Earth: Spherical vs Flat

Thanks again to my opponent for this chance to debate this topic, which I am very passionate about. A flat earth indirectly proves the existence of God, Satan, heaven and hell. I appears that my opponent has nothing interesting to add to the debate, as far as my knowledge of both sides of the topic, and my repeated refutation of the contentions. As they say, practice makes perfect. C1 The "mirage" A gentleman named Joshua Nowicki has been photographing the Chicago skyline from across Lake Michigan for some time now. You can find them on his Facebook page. and a local news channel (2) found one and the photograph was featured on the evening news. I have been studying mirages for a few months now, and there is no such thing as an upright mirage. The distance across Lake Michigan from Michigan to Chicago is about 60 miles, we should not be able to see any of Chicago, just as the weatherman states. I contend that he is wrong in his assertion that this image is a mirage. C2. Gyroscopes Planes travel level with the ground for hundreds, even thousands of miles. To keep this level, they use an artificial horizon, which is basically a gyroscope. Gyroscopes remain on the same axis on which they were started in relation to space. Consider the apparent motions the earth is experiencing at any given time. Spinning at 1,000 mph, wobbling, flying around the sun, which is following the galaxy around the universe. How are gyroscopes even reliable with all these motions, much less going from one location on a ball to say, the opposite side of it? C2 The Horizon Borrowing a title from my opponent, the horizon is perfectly level 360 degrees from the observer no matter his elevation. High altitude videos show this, unless one thing is in place. Curved, or fisheye lenses. NASA loves to use the gopro camera, note the oceans have disappeared in the red bull dive. All planes must have curved windows, for other obvious reasons. The "Dog cam" (4) is a video that features both a regular, and a fisheye lens. I personally love this video, because it was the first time I "saw" the flat earth. The video is not long, and is beautiful. I recommend watching it a couple of times, with popcorn, on at least a 42" screen. Also pay close attention to the sun because... http://www.debate.org... C4. The sun is close Notice the hotspot? Notice it's size? Both the sun and moon are close, and small. If the earth were really flat, as I contend, and we see noon at Cali, and on the east coast we see it at roughly a 45 degree angle, this distance is about three thousand miles. this gives us 2 angles we know, and a distance we know. Do the math, and the sun is at about 3,000 miles above Cali. Many videos on YouTube are showing a shrinking, and growing sun and moon. The Go fast rocket launch (5) shows a moon at less than a fraction of it's original "from earth"size. Crespicular rays, when at a 90 degree angle from the viewer, are proof of a close sun. http://www.debate.org... http://www.debate.org... That is a good start for my opponent, he's going to need to come up with some really good stuff for the next round, as i intend to shred his contentions to pieces in round 3. (1) https://youtu.be... (2) https://youtu.be... (3) https://youtu.be...