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I didn’t mention anything about opposites, I just don’t believe in one more god than you. I was raised Christian, went to Sunday school and then church when I was older. Once I was old enough to think critically for myself I decided it wasn’t for me. I have no issues with the general principles espoused I just don’t think, on the balance of evidence, that there is a god. And if we’re throwing shade at people who don’t believe the same things as us, I find it sad that some people feel the need to tell others their life would be better if only they’d believe the same things as them.

Except most countries that date is 11/9 so…

To paraphrase Ricky Gervais; There are hundreds of gods that others believe in that you don’t. I just don’t believe in one more.

Maybe not eliminate but: No state = no state assistance = less incentive to travel to that place if you don’t have a means of supporting yourself. Also No state = no taxes paid in order to pay for state assistance = less animosity towards ‘illegals’ for using said state assistance.

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Power and money obviously. Not sure how it garners anyone power and money but, you know, reasons…

From the comment you’re replying to I quote; “the Stellarium software, on which they depend for predicting occlusion times, is intended for star observation session planning, not exact timing. It can be a minute or two off at times, and atmospheric conditions add more potential errors.”

Best globe earth proofs, off the top of my head, in no particular order: Ships disappearing over the horizon from the bottom up not just getting smaller until you can’t see them anymore. (Same for mountains or any distant tall object). The mathematics of navigating using the stars and a sextant that work in the real world but would not work if we were not on a globe. Plane flight paths which follow an apparently curved route but when mapped on a globe is a straight line. (And no I don’t believe all the private aviation companies in the world are somehow in on the conspiracy.) A laser beam projected out level to the ground does not stay level but appears to rise at exactly the rate predicted if we were on a globe with a circumference the same as that which we have calculated for the earth. Our model of the earth which can explain how it formed and what its structure is which is supported by P and S waves from earthquakes. Constellations getting lower in the sky as you travel south in the northern hemisphere and or as you travel north in the southern hemisphere. The fact that different constellations are visible in the northern and southern hemisphere.

If this experiment does suggest a flat earth… 1) we have this big pile of experiments and evidence over hear suggesting the earth is a globe and this 1 experiment here suggesting it’s flat. Occam’s razor would suggest the earth is a globe but there is a gap in our understanding ( or methodology, or data analysis of the 1 experiment) that needs reconciled. 2) we have this big pile of experiments and evidence over hear suggesting the earth is a globe and this 1 experiment here suggesting it’s flat. Throw out all of the well established evidence because1 experiment appears to contradict it. I’m ok with 2 IF an explanation can be given as to why each and every experiment and observation for a globe earth can be explained and a new model for each presented that can reliably predict what we observe in the real world.