2024-05-22
The Flat Earth theory is much in prominence these days, and whilst I don't necessarily reject it out of hand, a lot of people cite biblical reference to support it, and we are discovering gradually that much of what we were taught in school and elsewhere is just flat out (sorry, couldn't resist) wrong.
So should we give the flat earth theory credence?
I wouldn't rule it out, although I wouldn't rule it in either, as there are too many facets about it that don't make much sense to me.
Do we really live on a flat cake dish under a glass dome to keep us fresh and clean for customers in Café Universe? What does that say about the customers and the café? And about us?!
Will it all make sense in the future? I cannot say, but I can say that this little exercise in explaining how it works is probably the best I have seen so far.
Moe seriously, it leaves a number of questions unanswered ... such as how do the Sun and the moon shine, eclipse, and how do the stars maintain the precession of the equinoxes?
Speaking of stars, are they really just led lights stuck on the inside of the firmament in fixed positions? Are the sun and/or moon inside or outside the firmament?
What is the "true" nature of the universe outside the firmament?
Where and what are the other planets in the solar system that astronomers and astrologers spend such a lot of time observing? What is a "solar system" anyway if the sun is simply rotating around Earth within or without a "firmament"?
And how does the notion of consciousness fit into all this if everything is ultimately a construct of consciousness?
Where are the asteroid belt and the comets of the Oort cloud? etc etc.
And if you mine down deep enough from the Earth's surface, where on earth will you end up ..?
You can probably think of more questions.
But let us accept for the moment that there may be answers to all these questions.
It's your view that counts ...
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