Tag Archives: Globe Defenders

Flat Earth Glossary – Revised and Updated

Aether: Substance through which starlight moves Airy’s Failure: Experiment that proves starlight moves, not the telescope Analemma: Path of the sun, varies throughout the year Antarctica Treaty: Treaty signed by 53 nations that prevents ownership & settlement of Antarctica Asterism: Well-known part of a larger constellation, e.g. Big Dipper Astronot: A Freemason who pretends toContinue reading “Flat Earth Glossary – Revised and Updated”

Is Earth Shaped Like a Basketball?

Globe defenders love to post this meme. It shows when you zoom in on a basketball, it looks flat. And that proves earth is a globe! See! Except that it doesn’t. A basketball is a sphere. It doesn’t have thousands of miles of flat and level oceans like the earth does. It doesn’t have thousandsContinue reading “Is Earth Shaped Like a Basketball?”

Throw a Ball on a Moving Train

In order to explain how earth’s atmosphere sticks to its surface while the earth spins, globe defenders use this illustration:   Inside a moving train, throw a ball up in the air. Does the ball fly to the back of the car? No it does not! It falls back into your hand! Checkmate, Flat Earth!Continue reading “Throw a Ball on a Moving Train”