EDIT: Out of respect for Krishnas Prophet, I changed the title to a slightly less rude intro to my debate. But...
Yes, this is your new name. Embrace it. I actually think it's a cool name to have, but that's only me. Anyway...
Here's my proposal. You say that because the earth has a flat horizon, that means that the earth is flat.
The average horizon can extend anywhere from 3 to 12 miles, or more depending on your height and position.
The diameter of the earth is over 9,000 miles, and the circumference is over 27,000 thousand miles. That 3 to 12+ mile horizon is a microscopic hole in a very large bucket. Bump it up to 50, or even 100, it's still a very small number compared to the measurments of the earth.
And just because it's a flat horizon doesn't mean the earth is flat. You say that the earth must have a round or curved horizon in order to be a round globe. I think not.
That makes no geometrical sense at all. The horizon stays flat all the way around, curving downwards into the rest of the globe.
Your description of a round earth is only possible with a curved horizon, but what would it be curving into? That would look like a Pringle. Everything should look like that messed up curvy SuperView on a GoPro.
So my challenge to you is this: A round earth is very much possible with a flat horizon that wraps around. If the horizon were to curve, it wouldn't make sense, on any form of the earth, flat or round. This is not a matter or science, or math or numbers. This is plain logic, common sense.
Put this into perspective. If you were the size of a molecule or cell, and you were placed on a Baseball, would the horizon you see be curved or flat?
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Edited by name-not-needed: 2/22/2017 3:50:18 AMI liked for the Pringles pic. So satisfying
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[quote]Pissnas Shmophet[/quote] Fixd
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Krishna is still a thing? People still argue with him? Y tho.
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New proposal...Start a damn Kickstarter to send this guy (?) from the southern tip of Africa to the "arctic wall" on a boat. Have him take a left when he gets to Antarctica. If he keeps taking lefts the earth is flat. If he ends up taking rights he would be circumventing the continent of Antarctica and not a surrounding glacial wall. If he takes the right, forced sterilization. If he takes the lefts, well, jokes on all us REs and we should probably refrain from reproducing. Not too worried about the outcome. Also, the circumference of Antarctica is roughly 11k miles from my understanding, the "arctic wall" is around 78k. So that. Unless you believe any excuse Tom Bishop has, then there's so many reason this is false. Krishna is Tom Bishop?
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Stop encouraging him
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Edited by STDs101: 2/17/2017 8:29:52 PMFLATMAAAAAAN...NA NA NA NA NA NA NA FLATMAAAAAAN,FLATMAAAAAAAAAAAN
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That pic is so satisfying.
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I just wanna see the answer to... "If the earth is flat why is there no pics of the edge???
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Nice.