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Flat Earth
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Donald G
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Re: Flat Earth
Re: Flat Earth
Postby Tom Foolery » Apr 28th, 2016, 12:09 pm
The mining company should be made to make the earth all flat again
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Bsuds
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Re: Flat Earth
It is really confusing to some people because the Earth is only flat on Mondays. The rest of the week it's round!
That's why Monday is such a bad day.
That's why Monday is such a bad day.
My Wife asked me if I knew what her favorite flower was?
Apparently "Robin Hood All Purpose" was the wrong answer!
Apparently "Robin Hood All Purpose" was the wrong answer!
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averagejoe
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Re: Flat Earth
Lets put this flat earth theory to rest....
In approximately 150 AD Greek Geographer Claudius Ptolemy, a Roman citizen living in Alexandria Egypt, created the world's very first World Atlas call "Geographia".
It was 8 volumes of detailed hand made maps of Europe, Asia and Africa.
When creating these maps, he had a problem of putting a round world on a flat piece of paper!
So to help him solve his problem to make his maps to portion right the right size on his flat maps, he created/used Longitude and Latitude.
Notice to that he has the Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn on his map meaning they knew the world was round...
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy
More of Ptolemy maps...
In approximately 150 AD Greek Geographer Claudius Ptolemy, a Roman citizen living in Alexandria Egypt, created the world's very first World Atlas call "Geographia".
It was 8 volumes of detailed hand made maps of Europe, Asia and Africa.
When creating these maps, he had a problem of putting a round world on a flat piece of paper!
So to help him solve his problem to make his maps to portion right the right size on his flat maps, he created/used Longitude and Latitude.
Notice to that he has the Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn on his map meaning they knew the world was round...
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy
More of Ptolemy maps...
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Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Thor Heyerdahl Says: “Our lack of knowledge about our own past is appalling.
Thor Heyerdahl Says: “Our lack of knowledge about our own past is appalling.
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averagejoe
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Re: Flat Earth
Also for Flat Earthers...give or take a few thousand miles in 200 B.C.
Gotta love ancient history....
Eratosthenes of Cyrene Greek scientific writer, astronomer and poet who also studied at Alexandria Egypt at the Great Library.
Eratosthenes estimated the World was 28,000 miles in circumference back in 2OO B.C.
(Earth is 25,000 miles round)
britannica.com/biography/Eratosthenes-of-Cyrene
Gotta love ancient history....
Eratosthenes of Cyrene Greek scientific writer, astronomer and poet who also studied at Alexandria Egypt at the Great Library.
Eratosthenes estimated the World was 28,000 miles in circumference back in 2OO B.C.
(Earth is 25,000 miles round)
britannica.com/biography/Eratosthenes-of-Cyrene
Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Thor Heyerdahl Says: “Our lack of knowledge about our own past is appalling.
Thor Heyerdahl Says: “Our lack of knowledge about our own past is appalling.