The water follows the curve of the Earth, in accordance with physics. It provides the horizon. Why would you think otherwise? You do realize that gravity is a force that impels all terrestrial mass toward the center of the Earth, do you not? The resulting shape is a sphere (modified slightly by centrifugal acceleration), and water is the merest layer on that sphere. Just as the atmosphere is compressed down to its sea level density.
Water is the oldest level tool on earth. because it always finds the level. You can build extremely long canal systems and trust the water to always agree. The water never knows when to change angles.
And the plumb line never gets confused either. If you use a bucket of water and a plumb line you can always find a right angle. scale it up, still works.
These things are true...on a spherical earth. "Level" means at a constant distance from the center of the Earth. The plumb bob points to the center of the Earth. Now you are slipping into the tactic of offering truisms instead of argument. Truisms are statements like "two plus two equals four" or "the sky is blue." They are true. No one would argue with them. But they are irrelevant to the point under discussion. You are just waving your hands, since these point do not dispute the spherical Earth.
The level and the plumb line do dispute the ball. Because you cannot scale those truths out to a ball.
Its hard to accept because those are such obvious problems for the globe it doesn't seem like anyone would have ever believed the globe theory.
I noticed you called the stars "fixed". They may appear fixed, but the common theory of outer space would require that nothing out there is "fixed". So with that truth, many more problems with the globe theory arise.
Now you have to start imagining that they do orbit earth and not just... they must orbit earth on an angle that is perfectly consistent with earth's arbitrary axial angle. pretty neat trick.
We are on a ball, and that's how it works. Stop making contradictory statements and try to prove what you are saying mathematically.
I already said that the motion of the stars is so small, they are "fixed" insofar as anything practical is concerned. Does not pose any problem with the Earth being a globe. It poses a problem for you, because in a flat Earth, we should be seeing only a hemisphere of stars, but in reality we see a complete spherical distribution of stars. Not because we have communication with those who live on the undersurface of a flat Earth, but because the Earth is a globe.
The stars do not orbit the Earth. They are light-years away (determined by measurement). The Earth rotates on its axis and to us it looks like they are moving around. Get on a merry-go-round some time and see how that works.
The water follows the curve of the Earth, in accordance with physics. It provides the horizon. Why would you think otherwise? You do realize that gravity is a force that impels all terrestrial mass toward the center of the Earth, do you not? The resulting shape is a sphere (modified slightly by centrifugal acceleration), and water is the merest layer on that sphere. Just as the atmosphere is compressed down to its sea level density.
Water is the oldest level tool on earth. because it always finds the level. You can build extremely long canal systems and trust the water to always agree. The water never knows when to change angles.
And the plumb line never gets confused either. If you use a bucket of water and a plumb line you can always find a right angle. scale it up, still works.
These things are true...on a spherical earth. "Level" means at a constant distance from the center of the Earth. The plumb bob points to the center of the Earth. Now you are slipping into the tactic of offering truisms instead of argument. Truisms are statements like "two plus two equals four" or "the sky is blue." They are true. No one would argue with them. But they are irrelevant to the point under discussion. You are just waving your hands, since these point do not dispute the spherical Earth.
The level and the plumb line do dispute the ball. Because you cannot scale those truths out to a ball.
Its hard to accept because those are such obvious problems for the globe it doesn't seem like anyone would have ever believed the globe theory.
I noticed you called the stars "fixed". They may appear fixed, but the common theory of outer space would require that nothing out there is "fixed". So with that truth, many more problems with the globe theory arise.
Now you have to start imagining that they do orbit earth and not just... they must orbit earth on an angle that is perfectly consistent with earth's arbitrary axial angle. pretty neat trick.
We are on a ball, and that's how it works. Stop making contradictory statements and try to prove what you are saying mathematically.
I already said that the motion of the stars is so small, they are "fixed" insofar as anything practical is concerned. Does not pose any problem with the Earth being a globe. It poses a problem for you, because in a flat Earth, we should be seeing only a hemisphere of stars, but in reality we see a complete spherical distribution of stars. Not because we have communication with those who live on the undersurface of a flat Earth, but because the Earth is a globe.
The stars do not orbit the Earth. They are light-years away (determined by measurement). The Earth rotates on its axis and to us it looks like they are moving around. Get on a merry-go-round some time and see how that works.