The thing that makes me believe that the earth is not flat mainly comes from the research i found on ancient technology. The ancient Egyptians seemed to believe the earth was a globe, you should read this article by Graham Hancock, interesting stuff: https://grahamhancock.com/nightingalee4/
Also there are clay tablets found made by the ancient Sumerians that depict our solar system with all of the planets.
There are some great youtube channels on ancient civilizations like "Ancient Architects" and "Bright Insight".
Love to hear your view on this
@nocirolo I checked out Graham Hancock's article briefly, honestly it seemed so math oriented, it was a little too complex for me (not saying I don't agree, just I would need to ut some serious time into the idea to grasp it.) . That is kind of the reason I bring up the sailboat going over the horizon, it is a simple experiment and anyone can do it-how can a sailboat that goes "over the curve" be brought back into view with a telescope? The answer to me is that it never did go over the curve because if it did a telescope would NOT bring it back into view!
As for Ancient civilizations, many (including egyptians) if not most believed earth was flat with a dome over it, I am surprised you have not seen those examples, here's one: "The ancient Greek conception, in turn, has some parallels with that of early Egyptian and Mesopotamian thought, with both thinking that the Earth was a large disc surrounded by a gigantic body of water. The ancient Chinese were also virtually unanimous in their view of the Earth’s flatness, although – in this system – the heavens were spherical and the Earth was square."
Here is the article
http://theconversation.com/flat-wrong-the-misunderstood-history-of-flat-earth-theories-53808
I believe there are many many lies we were told including lots of misinformation out there today confuses us, thats why my favorite flat earth proofs are ones you can prove on your own through direct experience and observation. Thanks for your thoughts on this subject, I hope my response makes some sense to you- Dave
100%!!!!!! The best part is ball earthers cannot use "gravity" as the excuse why!
I've read the article, interesting piece. A lot of information provided about the lunar and space missions is indeed fake and there is a lot of proof backing this. For instance the "Van Allen Belt". How did we manage to fly through this radioactive belt? There is a video from NASA where they address this problem (this is from a couple of years ago???), which would make the lunar landing impossible..
The cameras and film they used also couldn't survive this. There are also many examples where it is to obvious that the live feeds are not live at all (Myth Busters live chat with astronaut). They are pasted together in lengths that correspond with the weightlessness time of the NASA test (weightless) plains.
I also investigated the flat earth theory and at one point i too was convinced this was true.
There is a lot to say about the 2 (or more) theories and all the info about it doesn't make it easy to proof one or the other..
NASA - Never A Straight Answer
I agree, it isn't easy to prove one way or another. For me the preponderance of evidence lies with the earth NOT being a ball. Seeing chicago from 50 miles across lake michigan should be impossible on a ball earth of the stated size, period. Still lots I cannot explain on a flat earth though, but knowing how we have been lied to makes the case for a ball earth even weaker in my opinion. Thanks for your thoughts and honesty!