The meaning of the word “argument” in the title of this post that I am using is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as,

“A coherent series of reasons, statements or facts intended to support or establish a point of view.

In this article, however, I want to give you just one basic simple-to-understand reason, something there is no way people who believe the earth is flat can explain away. They may try but their logic will be faulty and unscientific. They mock science and tell us not to trust the scientists. And they do have a point about some science and scientists. There are of course pseudo-sciences, false sciences that academic institutions teach. All Christians should know there are sciences falsely so-called such as Darwinian evolution. But not all sciences are false. If they were you wouldn’t have the technology to read this on your PC, tablet or phone. And some science is downright evil! I’m talking about gene editing and the pharmaceutical industry making new drugs that are ultimately harmful to health.

You may ask, “Why yet another article about Flat-earth?” This will make it 10 articles in all on this website and will be probably my last one.

I am absolutely alarmed that so many good people, even men and women of God, are falling into the Flat-earth cult trap! Recently a good talk show host I loved to listen to, Stew Peters, fell into that trap. Yes, just like him, I don’t trust NASA either. But NASA is not the only space agency putting satellites into orbit. And I didn’t learn the earth is a sphere from NASA. NASA was created in 1957. Academics knew the earth is a sphere for two millennia.

The Greek philosopher Pythagoras was the first to come up with the concept of a spherical Earth back in the 6th century BCE. Pythagoras’s idea was based on his observations of the moon during a lunar eclipse. He noticed that the shadow cast by the Earth on the moon was always round, no matter what part of the planet was facing the moon. This was one of the first pieces of evidence that people had that the Earth might be a sphere.

Recently I posted on social media a remark that the earth cannot be flat, and a Flat-earther commented, “Give it a rest!” Is it OK for them to proclaim their Flat-earth propaganda but not for me to knock it?

Why I think it’s bad for a Christian to proclaim the earth is flat: The Bible tells us we should speak truth.

Zechariah 8:16  These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

Proverbs 14:5  A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

I believe promoting flat earth is promoting a lie. It hurts our witness for Christ to the unbelieving world.

Here’s the argument I believe to be the ultimate reason against Flat-earth theory:

The sun cannot be seen at night. The sun is the brightest and most powerful source of energy in our solar system. If the sun cannot be seen at night, something must be blocking it from our view! What could be big enough to block it? Only the earth itself! The sun is obviously visible on the other side of the earth because all all times exactly 1/2 of the earth is illumiated by the sun while the other half is in darkness. If the earth is flat, the sun must be therefore illuminating the bottom side of the earth for the earth to block the sun, and even Flat-earthers themselves will not say people live on both sides of a flat earth! The only model that can explain why we cannot see the sun at night is a spherical model. The sun is hidden by the earth itself due to its curvature.

End of discussion.

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