Argumentative Essay On Flat Earth Theory

In a YouTube video called “It will be hard to deny the earth is flat after you watch this..” from the account Flat Earth Talk, a man goes through his carefully thought-out demonstration to prove that the world is flat. He begins by pouring water on a lemon which as you might expect flows right off. He follows this by pouring water onto and ordinary dinner plate which of course pools on its flat surface (Flat Earth Talk, 2017). Whether this is legitimate proof that the earth is flat in the eye of the beholder, but it does represent a growing trend in support of the flat earth theory. The flat earth theory, at one time a widely held idea, has been disproven to the satisfaction of the scientific community many times over. Despite the scientific
Some believe that the bible is the only evidence that can be believed. Within it are several examples which can be interpreted to say that the world is flat. For example, “It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in” (Isaiah 40:22, English Standard Version) and “After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree” (Revelation 7:1, English Standard Version). There is some contention about whether the bible can be used to prove the flat earth theory or if the text is meant to be interpreted
Even if a person chose to ignore the photographic and video evidence as fraudulent there are still several other ways to observe that the earth is round. The earliest example is ships on the horizon. People noticed that the sails of the ships approaching the shore appeared before the hull due to the curvature of the earth (Loxton, 2018). Different constellations appear depending on where something is on the earth. Similarly, night and day occur at different times in different places on the earth. In a lunar eclipse, the round shadow of the earth is cast across the moon. There are also things like gravity, the coriolis effect, and plate tectonics that could not exist on a flat