Re: Pearls Before Swine: Rat is a Flat Earther

On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:51:45 -0500, "Jay E. Morris"
<morrisj@epsilon3.comcon> wrote:

On 8/28/2024 11:21 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:

On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 03:11:46 +0100, Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:
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On 24/08/2024 16:44, Paul S Person wrote:

On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:00:58 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
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Pearls Before Swine: Rat is a Flat Earther
     https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/08/23
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Oh no, they keep on popping up all over the place.

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If the Sun actually travelled around the Earth, the answer would be:
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one day

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But we know that the Earth rotates on its
axis in 23 hours, 56 minutes.  (true)
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So, the Sun must go around the Earth either
in about twelve hours, or one year.  I'd have
to think about that, and I refuse to.

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=46lat earths don't rotate. That's the context of the discussion.

 
They don't?  Is the perimeter a circle? square? rectangle? triangle?
polygon? irregular?   It can certainly still rotate in any orientation
(even providing the concept of day & night).  Is it occupied only on
one side?  or are both sides occupied?
 

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If it rotated the elephants and turtle would get so dizzy you'd end up
with celestial vomit everywhere.  Hey, maybe that's what comets are
actually made of?

First, it must be understood that I am not a flat earther. I am merely
talking about the concept.

Second, thanks for reminding the confused that the flat earth usually
rests, ultimately, on a stack of turtles that go "all the way down" in
a magnificent infinite regress.

Third, if you want to see a depiction of a flat earth, /Gods of Egypt/
shows one. No elephants or turtles, however -- and, yes, it has two
sides, giving a new meaning to "underworld".

The world of /Dark City/ might also serve as an example, of sorts.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"