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Offline Neil Obstat

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Re: Flat Earthers on Cathinfo.com Are Spending More Time on
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2018, 08:01:37 PM »
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    Australia is interesting.
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    Notice how the east-west lines curve in the opposite direction from those in Canada/USA.
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    Why are there no maps of Australia with latitude lines curving in the opposite direction?
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    Maybe you can find one!!
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    (Probably not)
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    Offline Neil Obstat

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    « Reply #16 on: January 01, 2018, 08:10:33 PM »
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    Here's a map that compares Australia and New Zealand to the USA relative to latitude from the equator.
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    The USA is north latitude and Australia and New Zealand are south latitude, upside-down, obviously.
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    But the shapes of these areas are shown reasonably well on a flat surface projection, when they're in reality on a curved surface, the earth's curved surface.
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    Notice that Australia is considerably less wide, east to west, than the USA.
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    In all the flat-earth models, Australia is almost twice as wide as the USA.
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    Ever wonder why?
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    Answer: distortion (a.k.a. falsehood)
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    Offline Neil Obstat

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    « Reply #17 on: January 01, 2018, 08:21:00 PM »
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    Flat-earthers really don't like Australia.
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    It's too problematic for them.
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    Here's a grid-layout of Australia with parallel longitude lines. Notice how much larger Tasmania becomes:
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    And Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea are shrunk down.
    Tasmania is about 3 times the size of East Timor here.
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    Distortion!
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    Offline Ladislaus

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    « Reply #18 on: January 01, 2018, 08:36:41 PM »
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  • Is this a worldwide conspiracy to hide the "secret forbidden gnostic flat-earth" doctrine?

    Well, that's the theory.  While it might sound preposterous on the surface, having dug into quite a few other cօռspιʀαcιҽs that turned out to be true, I wouldn't put much past them:  9/11 inside job, faked US moon landings, etc.

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    « Reply #19 on: January 01, 2018, 08:47:40 PM »
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    North and south directions are traceable as straight lines on maps and on the ground.
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    But east and west directions are not -- with one exception, which is at the equator.
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    Only on a spherical earth can the equator be a straight line in the same way that all longitude lines are straight.
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    The border between Canada and the USA is a curved line on the ground and on a map.
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    If that were "explainable" as you say, on a "circular flat earth model," then please explain how the equator, which is also a curved line on that "model" is in fact a straight line on the surface of the earth.
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    Funny you mention north/south.
    Because there are no north/south orbits of spacecraft.  All orbits are east to west.


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    « Reply #20 on: January 01, 2018, 08:56:05 PM »
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  • USA is approx 2, 900 miles across.
    Australia is approx 2, 500  miles across. 

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    « Reply #21 on: January 01, 2018, 09:13:08 PM »
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    North and south directions are traceable as straight lines on maps and on the ground.
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    But east and west directions are not -- with one exception, which is at the equator.
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    Only on a spherical earth can the equator be a straight line in the same way that all longitude lines are straight.
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    The border between Canada and the USA is a curved line on the ground and on a map.
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    If that were "explainable" as you say, on a "circular flat earth model," then please explain how the equator, which is also a curved line on that "model" is in fact a straight line on the surface of the earth.
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    We never told you the equator is a straight line.

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    « Reply #22 on: January 01, 2018, 09:14:26 PM »
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    Flat-earthers really don't like Australia.
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    It's too problematic for them.
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    Here's a grid-layout of Australia with parallel longitude lines. Notice how much larger Tasmania becomes:
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    And Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea are shrunk down.
    Tasmania is about 3 times the size of East Timor here.
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    Distortion!
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    « Reply #23 on: January 01, 2018, 09:15:37 PM »
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    « Reply #24 on: January 02, 2018, 02:50:58 AM »
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  • USA is approx 2, 900 miles across.
    Australia is approx 2, 500  miles across.
    How big is Australia compared to USA?

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    How big is Australia? Many people don’t realize that Australia is really large, in-fact its about the same size as continental USA. For example, traveling from Sydney to Perth (East Coast to West Coast) is about the same as traveling from New York to Los Angeles. So when planning your Australia Vacations, make sure you’re realistic with the destinations you want to visit and the time you have available for your vacation.
    Its also worth noting that Australia’s population is significantly less than America’s (the whole of Australia has about the same number of people living in it as the state of Texas). So from an infrastructure standpoint Australia travel cannot support the same frequency of flights, ferries, trains & buses between destinations. This means you need to be very mindful of travel times, connections and the like. A simple oversight in booking a once-a-day island ferry and a once-a-day flight that do not connect properly could put your trip in total disarray. In short, careful trip planning is the key!
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    « Reply #25 on: January 02, 2018, 04:48:03 PM »
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  • USA is approx 2, 900 miles across.
    Australia is approx 2, 500  miles across.
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    Last time I checked, 2,900 is greater than 2,500.
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    Flat-earth maps:
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    Which is larger, Australia or the USA?
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    Which is larger, Australia or the USA?
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    That one is from the so-called flat earth society, showing Australia to be larger than Asia.
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    « Reply #26 on: January 02, 2018, 04:59:01 PM »
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    Australia is interesting.
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    Notice how the east-west lines curve in the opposite direction from those in Canada/USA.
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    Why are there no maps of Australia with latitude lines curving in the opposite direction?
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    Maybe you can find one!!
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    (Probably not)
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    One of the numerous questions to which flat-earthers have no intelligent answer: 
    Why are there no maps showing the latitude lines over Australia curving like the ones over Canada/USA do, around the north pole?
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    Maybe flat-earthers don't know what latitude lines are.
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    « Reply #27 on: January 02, 2018, 09:22:38 PM »
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    One of the numerous questions to which flat-earthers have no intelligent answer:
    Why are there no maps showing the latitude lines over Australia curving like the ones over Canada/USA do, around the north pole?
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    Maybe flat-earthers don't know what latitude lines are.
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    The horizon always appears perfectly flat 360 degrees around the observer regardless of altitude. All amateur balloon, rocket, plane and drone footage show a completely flat horizon over 20+ miles high. Only NASA and other government "space agencies" show curvature in their fake CGI photos/videos.

    The horizon always rises to the eye level of the observer as altitude is gained, so you never have to look down to see it. If Earth were in fact a globe, no matter how large, as you ascended the horizon would stay fixed and the observer / camera would have to tilt looking down further and further to see it.

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    « Reply #28 on: January 03, 2018, 08:16:25 AM »
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    Notice how the east-west lines curve in the opposite direction from those in Canada/USA.
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    Uhm, actually, these look pretty straight to me.

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    « Reply #29 on: January 03, 2018, 12:08:55 PM »
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  • Maps are not proof of anything.  Lines drawn on them, even less so.  Scientific analysis of reality proves earth is flat.  Whenever globe believers want to debunk something, they always point elsewhere--like a drawn map. Notice they don't look at the earth and the normal functions of things like water, the horizon, levels, line of sight, and all the physical instruments that measure.  Cameras, telescopes, sextants, gyros, lighthouses, compasses, etc. are instruments that do not work on a sphere given the curvature declination necessary to that model, yet never demonstrated or proven. Flat earth scientific and mathematical proofs are never countered in any coherent way, but contrary arguments are sent up like diversionary complicated smoke screens in order to deceive.  There are no proofs whatsoever that earth is a globe.  But there are hundreds of proofs, simple proofs, that earth is not a globe.  Further, all the measuring devices of modern man prove earth is flat.  Fault's Pendulum doesn't even prove globe earth, so globers have zero instruments backing their model.