In 1881, English writer Samuel Rowbotham published Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe, a 430-page book in which he affirmed that Earth is flat. One-hundred and thirty years later, despite all the silly science that proves to us that the land we step on is actually spherical, his work is still spawning mini movements.

After Rowbotham passed away in 1884, Lady Elizabeth Blount, who admired his work, established a Universal Zetetic Society whose objective was “to carry on the work of the master.” With their beliefs largely based on a rather subjective reading of the Bible, after WWI the organization gradually lost influence and eventually disappeared.

Yet, the idea of a disc-shaped Earth has not completely vanished. The Flat Earth Society is a modern group dedicated to promoting Rowbotham's ideas and trying to convince skeptics

here is how stuff really works

i forgot to follow poe's law when posting the above

Let me shine today again. To teach you something else...

The night slowly and gradually changes into day. Day slowly and gradually changes into night. This phenomena is only possible if the shape of the earth is spherical. It is not possible if it was flat.

If the EARTH was flat, there would be a SUDDEN CHANGE!

It is amazing that this was already documented 1400 years ago!!

Quran sura Luqman chapter 31:29 says:
"Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into Day and he merges Day into Night; that He has subjected the sun, and the moon (to his Law), each running its course for a term appointed;"

@masukuma, don't even go there. These guys are lying to us that, we are not able to see beyond the 164 feet!! Yaani, in this time and age where we have sattelites and we are able to communicate with our people in kina @kiash and as far as the Far East etc

You see I don't blame the inadequacy faced by these fellows.

Even if we observe some things on this universe, we cannot conceptualize infinitude creation. Even within an individual himself, we don't know everything about our own bodies!

What I said in the above post is that, in outer nature we can see that there is no clear-cut line between night and day: each merges into the other. Yet the sun and the moon obey definite laws. Though they seem to go on forever. Yet their existence and duration themselves are but an atom in the great universe. How much more "merging" and imperceptible gradation there is in the whole universe?

in this day and age, with the technology available...c'mon!

i think this is the best illustration that it's a sphere. Even those guys who do a round trip around the world just go one way back to where they originated from.

you just had to drag this one here?

anyway..

'world' and 'earth' are two different things.

I can imagine a world that is flat instead of spherical. Or rather there might actually be flat worlds.

Again, the 3d imagery of the earth is a mathematical construction I suspect. If I'm correct, then we could be looking at a different mathematical worldview when someone says that the earth is flat.