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  1. Here is an informative Biblical Perspective on how and why "flat" Earth is errant. I heard Ray Comfort preach the Gospel Of Salvation Through God The Son Jesus Christ over thirty years ago. He has some very revealing and worth while messages starting at 31:55....... Enjoy!
  2. The curvature of the Spherical (geoidal) Earth............ AND "flat" Earthers PROVE the curvature of the Spherical (geoidal) Earth as WEL!!!
  3. The Milky Way Galaxy would NOT sink over the horizon of a "flat" Earth. "flat" Earth. WHERE, pray tell, is the "flat" Earth video of the stars passing over the Southern "ice" "wall" at MULTI MACH HYPERSONIC SPEED???!!! 24,901 miles x PI = 78,229 miles 78,229 miles / 24 hours = 3,260 miles per hour 3,260 miles per hour / 767.3 miles per hour per mach = 4.25 mach OK, "flat" Earthers HERE, PRAYED AND TOLD, IS YOUR CHANCE TO PROVE THEE Earth IS "flat". BUT, of course.................. Crickets. NO VIDEO CAN OR DOES EXIST!!! "flat" Earth. "flat" Earth is ALL Lies. NO doubt about it. Whatsoever.
  4. Northern Hemisphere Constellations of the Winter Sky November 26, 2017 James Miller Deep-Sky Objects, FAQs, Star Constellations 0 https://www.astronomytrek.com/winter-constellations-of-the-northern-hemisphere/ The Southern Hemisphere Sky New Zealand is also known as Aotearoa - The Land of the Long White Cloud. But when the cloud clears at night the sky offers some of the best stargazing opportunities in the world. https://nzastronomy.co.nz/pages/the-southern-hemisphere-sky
  5. Pythagoras (575-490 BC), Aristotle (384-322 BC), Eratosthenes (276-194 BC) …………….. Even as far back as nominally 2,600 years ago, people honestly searching for and discovering the Earth is Spherical (geoidal) in shape. Is there, pray tell, anyone honestly discovering the truth amongst us???!!! Jeremiah 33:3 New English Translation 3 ‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious[a] things that you still do not know about.’ Read full chapter Footnotes Jeremiah 33:3 tn This passive participle or adjective is normally used to describe cities or walls as “fortified” or “inaccessible.” All the lexicons, however, agree in seeing it used here metaphorically of “secret” or “mysterious” things, things that Jeremiah could not know apart from the Lord’s revelation. G. L. Keown, P. J. Scalise, and T. G. Smothers (Jeremiah 26-52 [WBC], 170) make the interesting observation that the word is used here in a context in which the fortifications of Jerusalem are about to fall to the Babylonians; the fortified things in God’s secret counsel fall through answer to prayer. It is interesting to note the Earth was truthfully and rightfully established as Spherical (geoidal) in shape by an eventually conquered people after the fall of Jerusalem whose language was used in penning the New Testament. Hey, just for fun and to lightening things up on a Labor Day Weekend……….. A throwback from nearly 50 years ago!
  6. Eratosthenes of Cyrene Quick Info Born 276 BC Cyrene, North Africa (now Shahhat, Libya) Died 194 BC Alexandria, Egypt Summary Eratosthenes was a Greek mathematician who is famous for his work on prime numbers and for measuring the diameter of the earth. View one larger picture Biography Eratosthenes was born in Cyrene which is now in Libya in North Africa. His teachers included the scholar Lysanias of Cyrene and the philosopher Ariston of Chios who had studied under Zeno, the founder of the Stoicschool of philosophy. Eratosthenes also studied under the poet and scholar Callimachus who had also been born in Cyrene. Eratosthenes then spent some years studying in Athens. The library at Alexandria was planned by Ptolemy I Soter and the project came to fruition under his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The library was based on copies of the works in the library of Aristotle. Ptolemy II Philadelphus appointed one of Eratosthenes' teachers Callimachus as the second librarian. When Ptolemy III Euergetes succeeded his father in 245 BC and he persuaded Eratosthenes to go to Alexandria as the tutor of his son Philopator. On the death of Callimachus in about 240BC, Eratosthenes became the third librarian at Alexandria, in the library in a temple of the Muses called the Mouseion. The library is said to have contained hundreds of thousands of papyrus and vellum scrolls. Despite being a leading all-round scholar, Eratosthenes was considered to fall short of the highest rank. Heath writes [4]:- Certainly this is a harsh nickname to give to a man whose accomplishments in many different areas are remembered today not only as historically important but, remarkably in many cases, still providing a basis for modern scientific methods. One of the important works of Eratosthenes was Platonicus which dealt with the mathematics which underlie Plato's philosophy. This work was heavily used by Theon of Smyrna when he wrote Expositio rerum mathematicarum and, although Platonicus is now lost, Theon of Smyrnatells us that Eratosthenes' work studied the basic definitions of geometry and arithmetic, as well as covering such topics as music. One rather surprising source of information concerning Eratosthenes is from a forged letter. In his commentary on Proposition 1 of Archimedes' Sphere and cylinder Book II, Eutocius reproduces a letter reputed to have been written by Eratosthenes to Ptolemy III Euergetes. The letter describes the history of the problem of the duplication of the cubeand, in particular, it describes a mechanical device invented by Eratosthenes to find line segments xx and yy so that, for given segments aa and bb, a:x=x:y=y:ba:x=x:y=y:b. By the famous result of Hippocrates it was known that solving the problem of finding two mean proportionals between a number and its double was equivalent to solving the problem of duplicating the cube. Although the letter is a forgery, parts of it are taken from Eratosthenes' own writing. The letter, which occupies an important place in the history of mathematics, is discussed in detail in [14]. An original Arabic text of this letter was once kept in the library of the St Joseph University in Beirut. However it has now vanished and the details given in [14] come from photographs taken of the letter before its disappearance. Other details of what Eratosthenes wrote in Platonicus are given by Theon of Smyrna. In particular he described there the history of the problem of duplicating the cube (see Heath [4]):- Eratosthenes erected a column at Alexandria with an epigram inscribed on it relating to his own mechanical solution to the problem of doubling the cube [4]:- Eratosthenes also worked on prime numbers. He is remembered for his prime number sieve, the 'Sieve of Eratosthenes' which, in modified form, is still an important tool in number theory research. The sieve appears in the Introduction to arithmetic by Nicomedes. Another book written by Eratosthenes was On means and, although it is now lost, it is mentioned by Pappus as one of the great books of geometry. In the field of geodesy, however, Eratosthenes will always be remembered for his measurements of the Earth. Eratosthenes made a surprisingly accurate measurement of the circumference of the Earth. Details were given in his treatise On the measurement of the Earth which is now lost. However, some details of these calculations appear in works by other authors such as Cleomedes, Theon of Smyrna and Strabo. Eratosthenes compared the noon shadow at midsummer between Syene (now Aswan on the Nile in Egypt)and Alexandria. He assumed that the sun was so far away that its rays were essentially parallel, and then with a knowledge of the distance between Syene and Alexandria, he gave the length of the circumference of the Earth as 250,000 stadia. Of course how accurate this value is depends on the length of the stadium and scholars have argued over this for a long time. The article [11] discusses the various values scholars have given for the stadium. It is certainly true that Eratosthenes obtained a good result, even a remarkable result if one takes 157.2 metres for the stadium as some have deduced from values given by Pliny. It is less good if 166.7 metres was the value used by Eratosthenes as Gulbekian suggests in [11]. Several of the papers referenced, for example [10], [15] and [16], discuss the accuracy of Eratosthenes' result. The paper [15] is particularly interesting. In it Rawlins argues convincingly that the only measurement which Eratosthenes made himself in his calculations was the zenith distance on the summer solstice at Alexandria, and that he obtained the value of 7°12'. Rawlins argues that this is in error by 16' while other data which Eratosthenes used, from unknown sources, was considerably more accurate. Eratosthenes also measured the distance to the sun as 804,000,000 stadia and the distance to the Moon as 780,000 stadia. He computed these distances using data obtained during lunar eclipses. Ptolemy tells us that Eratosthenes measured the tilt of the Earth's axis with great accuracy obtaining the value of 11838311 of 180°, namely 23° 51' 15". The value 11838311 has fascinated historians of mathematics, for example the papers [9] and [17] are written just to examine the source of this value. Perhaps the most commonly held view is that the value 11838311 is due to Ptolemyand not to Eratosthenes. Heath [4] argues that Eratosthenes used 24° and that 11838311 of 180° was a refinement due to Ptolemy. Taisbak [17] agrees with attributing 11838311 to Ptolemy although he believes that Eratosthenes used the value 215152 of 180°. However Rawlins [15] believes that a continued fraction method was used to calculate the value 11838311 while Fowler [9]proposes that the anthyphairesis (or Euclidean algorithm) method was used (see also [3]). Eratosthenes made many other major contributions to the progress of science. He worked out a calendar that included leap years, and he laid the foundations of a systematic chronography of the world when he tried to give the dates of literary and political events from the time of the siege of Troy. He is also said to have compiled a star catalogue containing 675 stars. Eratosthenes made major contributions to geography. He sketched, quite accurately, the route of the Nile to Khartoum, showing the two Ethiopian tributaries. He also suggested that lakes were the source of the river. A study of the Nile had been made by many scholars before Eratosthenes and they had attempted to explain the rather strange behaviour of the river, but most like Thaleswere quite wrong in their explanations. Eratosthenes was the first to give what is essentially the correct answer when he suggested that heavy rains sometimes fell in regions near the source of the river and that these would explain the flooding lower down the river. Another contribution that Eratosthenes made to geography was his description of the region "Eudaimon Arabia", now the Yemen, as inhabited by four different races. The situation was somewhat more complicated than that proposed by Eratosthenes, but today the names for the races proposed by Eratosthenes, namely Minaeans, Sabaeans, Qatabanians, and Hadramites, are still used. Eratosthenes writings include the poem Hermes, inspired by astronomy, as well as literary works on the theatre and on ethicswhich was a favourite topic of the Greeks. Eratosthenes is said to have became blind in old age and it has been claimed that he committed suicide by starvation. https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Eratosthenes/ More like 2,000+ years people have known the real truth and story.
  7. I suspect you are attempting a meaningful and conclusive outcome based on actual information and grounded reason with one steeped in demonstrating agnotology. Within the sociology of knowledge, agnotology (formerly agnatology) is the study of deliberate, culturally induced ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product, influence opinion, or win favour, particularly through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data (disinformation). I hoped as much whereas the fanatical resistance to honest and sincere dialogue with ready and notable aid is stolidly stonewalled by the agnotological practitioners. For some unknown reason. I do, however, highly commend you for the prolific, flawless, and exceptionally applicalbe information and comments you post. Thank You!!!
  8. This has similar content regarding the Star Of Bethlehem that I have found facinating. https://bethlehemstar.com
  9. Another thing that I do that might work is rub your hands together with the bag flag in between near the top. The wrinkling seems to open it up.
  10. !!!CSM (R) Thack!!! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸!!!HOOAH, SIR!!!🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
  11. Thank You, @Markinsa! I only watched the first 3:30 of the video or so. Although this could be a orbiting satellite or airplane laser or vehicular mounted laser initiated fire, a couple other potentially plausible causes are a car b que or someone intentially parked the car and set it on fire to hide evidence or whatever reason. There may be forensic analysis later in the video or may be provided elsewhere by a specialist to note the likely cause of the car fire.
  12. My mother's brother (my uncle) lives with his wife (my mother's sister-in-law and my aunt) in a retirement home. In the fall of 2021, my aunt was infected with COVID at 89 years old. My uncle never got COVID staying with her in the same suite in the retirement home. My aunt was exhausted for about a week then tired for about three weeks. My 89 year old mother had COVID this spring and had the same response as my aunt. No one had medical treatment or was hospitalized. I am not sure what their blood types are. I had COVID in early January of 2020 and March of 2021 and did not need or want medical treatment and was not hospitalized. My blood type is B+. Since May or so of 2021, I have been taking Calcium/Magnesium/Zinc, Vitamin C, liquid Vitamin D, and either Vitamin K1 or K2 most every night. I have not had any illnesses including COVID since taking the supplements. I generally do not have illnesses. Typically, I do not have issues with contagions so I do not care if I am infected with SARS-COVID 2 strains in the future. I would be fortunate to have future SARS-COVID 2 strains to develop the antibodies. I do not seek to get infected with SARS-COVID 2 strains directly while contracting future SAR-COVID 2 strains is no concern for me. If infected, I just self isolate, rest, and recuperate. No big deal. I had both my hips replaced last year. I signed a do not resuscitate having refused any blood transfusions or human products. Any blood transfusions or human products from someone who had been COVID Whackcinated would be a clear and chronic death experience since the blood or human products would be mRNA corrupted and I would experience the same ill effects as one who was COVID Whackcinated. My surgeon thought otherwise when I told him why I was doing what I was doing. At least I am safe from the acute and chronic ill effects of the COVID Whackcination. By the way, an anterior hip replacement is worth looking into if needing a hip replacement since my recovery was very rapid. Doesn't cut any ligaments, sinews, tendons, or muscles. The natural stem and ball is removed then the metal prosthesis is inserted where the natural stem was removed. The socket is replaced with a metal socket and plastic insert. The replacable metal ball is a compression fit and the plastic insert can also be preplaced in the future when needed. The replacement life cycle is nominally 10 - 15 years. They do stretch the muscles considerably and, for some reason, wrench the ankle so these items take a while to be more normal. I have about the same range of motion now as before the surgery. The pelvic muscles and my outer quads improve noticably all the time and are nearing pre surgery performance.
  13. “The Earth Is Flat!” The Literary Complexity of Truth, Lies and Fake Knowledge Abstract Truth is never self-evident or based on ocular proof alone. It has to be based on an argument and, thus, to be shaped for communication, which makes knowledge with a truth-claim a social phenomenon that can only be obtained through a complex mediation of theoretical preconditions, research technology, interdisciplinary collaboration and significant financial investments. Moreover, it is always disseminated in a politically charged context through complex media platforms, today ranging from journals and monographs to social media. The contemporary debate on truth-claims, and thus on ontology and epistemology, often lacks historical perspective beyond its contemporaneity nurtured by the debates about fake news. Yet, the awareness of the lies and fake knowledge this modern complexity may release was clear already in the emerging modern entanglement of science and culture during the Enlightenment, before electronic media. A reading of the comedy “Erasmus Montanus” (1731) by Ludvig Holberg serves as a case in point. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pol-2020-2002/html?lang=en
  14. Flat Earther A reminder that as much of a failure that you are, there is always someone more disappointing than you. (although you are currently on Urban Dictionary, so maybe not so much). "You strike me as someone who would be a Flat Earther" https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flat earther's&page=9
  15. Flat Earther Someone who doesn’t even have two brain cells. They lack a brain to store said cells in the first place. Flat Earther: The earth is flat!!!!!! Sane person: Shut up. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flat earther's&page=9
  16. Flat Earther Someone whose mother drank while pregnant, though it is also a possibility that they have suffered a blow to the head, causing mental retardation. Person 1: Did you know that Jessica is a flat earther? Person 2: Yeah, her mom should have never had that one sip... https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Flat-Earther's&page=9
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