What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?

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What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?

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RE: What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?

December 6, 2017 at 1:29 pm

(December 6, 2017 at 1:24 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Flat earth has less math.

I think it actually has more. They have to account for gravity, why the sun can't be seen at all times (similarly, why the moon can't be seen at all times), how seasons work, etc. All of that is quite easy to explain with a spherical Earth, not so much with a flat one.

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