Wow, extrapolate much? Just because I said I doubted that a Mormon astronaut would lie to me, it doesn't mean that I have no other reason for believing the earth is a sphere.captainfearnot wrote: ↑April 25th, 2017, 10:04 pm Never thought I would agree with RH on anything pertaining to this issue, but he's right about one thing. That an astronaut happens to be LDS is about the dumbest reason to conclude that the earth is a globe that I can imagine.
Here, for you, Mr. Conclusion-Jumper, is what I wrote on January 5th in this very thread:
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"Well, I didn't think this discussion would last this long, but since it has:
Did the astronauts really go to the moon?
When astronauts go up in space, to the moon for example, is it true they circle Earth and observe that it is a globe?
If Earth is not a globe, is it possible the astronauts know this and are a part of a grand conspiracy to keep the public uninformed?
If there is this grand conspiracy to deceive the unwashed masses, who profits from it?
How would it hurt the public to know that the Earth is flat?
If the public learns that the Earth is flat, what would be the consequences? (For example, funding would be cut from all the various space programs and thousands of people would be prosecuted for perpetrating a fraud on society.)
Is it really possible that thousands of people are in on a secret of this scale and significance without revealing it to their parents, spouses, siblings, children, clergymen, best friends and bartenders?
Disclaimer: I'm not a science guy. I probably got some technical terms messed up. If you are kind enough to respond to me, please explain things just like you would to a 3rd grader."