Archived Flat Earthers debunked: How we know the Earth and Moon are spheres, not discs (space.news)
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Archived Flat Earthers debunked: How we know the Earth and Moon are spheres, not discs (space.news)
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[–] LiberatedDeathStar 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
The ancient Greeks, Romans, Germanics, Egyptians, etc. knew the world was round way back in the B.C.s...
You can see the bending horizon from a boat, and the sailors in prehistoric times knew this. As far as God goes, it says the Earth is round in the Holy Bible. I can't remember the exact verse, but in the Old Testament it says the earth is a ball/sphere.
[–] smokratez 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
How would you know what they thought?
No, you can't. The horizon is flat as fuck from a boat's perspective.
Again, how do you know what the people back then thought? Are you a time traveler?
It doesn't. The bible talks about the firnament. Which is the dome that covers the Earth. "Scientists" have called it the van Allen belts.