Many people think that modern astronomy’s ability to accurately predict lunar and solar eclipses is a result and proof positive of the heliocentric theory of the universe. The fact of the matter however is that eclipses have been accurately predicted by cultures worldwide for thousands of years before the “heliocentric ball-Earth” was even a glimmer in Copernicus’ imagination. Ptolemy in the 1st century A.D. accurately predicted eclipses for six hundred years on the basis of a flat, stationary Earth with equal precision as anyone living today. All the way back in 600 B.C. Thales accurately predicted an eclipse which ended the war between the Medes and Lydians. Eclipses happen regularly with precision in 18 year cycles, so regardless of geocentric or heliocentric, flat or globe Earth cosmologies, eclipses can be accurately calculated independent of such factors.
“Those who are unacquainted with the methods of
calculating eclipses and other phenomena, are prone to look upon the
correctness of such calculations as powerful arguments in favour of the
doctrine of the earth's rotundity and the Newtonian philosophy, generally. One
of the most pitiful manifestations of ignorance of the true nature of
theoretical astronomy is the ardent inquiry so often made, ‘How is it possible
for that system to be false, which enables its professors to calculate to a
second of time both solar and lunar eclipses for hundreds of years to come?’
The supposition that such calculations are an essential part of the Newtonian
or any other theory is entirely gratuitous, and exceedingly fallacious and
misleading. Whatever theory is adopted, or if all theories are discarded, the
same calculations can be made.” -Dr.
Samuel Rowbotham, “Zetetic Astronomy, Earth Not a Globe!” (151)
“The Chaldeans used to predict the eclipses three
thousand years ago; with a degree of accuracy that is only surpassed by seconds
in these days because we have wonderful clocks which they had not. Yet they had
an entirely different theory of the universe than we have. The fact is that
eclipses occur with a certain exact regularity just as Christmas and birthdays
do, every so many years, days and minutes, so that anyone who has the records
of the eclipses of thousands of years can predict them as well as the best
astronomers, without any knowledge of their cause.” -Gerrard Hickson, “Kings Dethroned” (40)
Another assumption and supposed proof of Earth’s shape,
heliocentrists claim that lunar eclipses are caused by the shadow of the
ball-Earth occulting the Moon. The idea
is that the Sun, Earth, and Moon spheres perfectly align like three billiard
balls in a row so that the Sun’s light casts the Earth’s shadow onto the
Moon. Unfortunately for heliocentrists,
this explanation is rendered completely invalid due to the fact that lunar
eclipses have happened and continue to happen regularly when both the Sun and
Moon are still visible together above the horizon! For the Sun’s light to be casting Earth’s
shadow onto the Moon, the three bodies must be aligned in a straight 180 degree
syzygy.
“According to the globular theory, a lunar eclipse occurs
when the sun, earth, and moon are in a direct line; but it is on record that
since about the fifteenth century over fifty eclipses have occurred while both
sun and moon have been visible above the horizon.” -F.H. Cook, “The Terrestrial Plane”
“It is alleged by
the learned that at a lunar eclipse the earth casts a shadow on the moon, by
intercepting the light of the sun. The
shadow, it is alleged, is circular, and as only a globe can cast a circular
shadow, and as that shadow is cast by the earth, of course the earth is a
globe. In fact, what better proof could
any reasonable person require? ‘Powerful
reasoning,’ says the dupe. Let us
see. I have already cited a case where
sun and moon have been seen with the moon eclipsed, and as the earth was not
between, or they both could not have been seen, the shadow said to be on the
moon could not possibly have been cast by the earth. But as refraction is charged with raising the
moon above the horizon, when it is said to be really beneath, and the amount of
refraction made to tally with what would be required to square the matter, let
us see how refraction would act in regard to a shadow. Refraction can only exist where the object
and the observer are in different densities.
If a shilling be put in the bottom of a glass and observed there is no
refraction. Refraction casts the image
of the shilling UPWARDS, but a shadow always downwards. If a basin be taken and put near a light, so
that the shadow will shorten inwards and DOWNWARDS; but if the rod is allowed
to rest in the basin and water poured in, the rod will appear to be bent
UPWARDS. This places the matter beyond
dispute and proves that it is out of the range of possibility that the shadow
said to be on the moon could be that of the earth.” -Thomas Winship, “Zetetic Cosmogeny” (78)
In an attempt to explain away the inconsistencies in their
theory, heliocentrists usually claim light refraction must be happening on a
scale large enough to account for the phenomena. George G. Carey in his “Astronomy and
Astronomical Instruments” claims that this is the reason the full moon has
sometimes been seen eclipsed above the horizon before the sunset, due to a
“horizontal refraction of 36 or 37 minutes, generally about 33 minutes, which
is equal to the diameter of the Sun or Moon.”
Even if this highly-implausible reverse-engineered damage-control
explanation is accepted, it cannot explain how Earth-bound observers are
supposedly able to see 12,000 miles 180 degrees around “the globe.”
18 comments:
You're killin it! Great article. Its true - many people don't realize that equally accurate predictions regarding the movements of the so-called celestial bodies was achieved by geo-centric models of the past; most think only under a helio-centic model can these movements be predicted with any accuracy and that it is a relatively new phenomenon. It is amazing.
Keep it up!!!
Mamma mia Eric you're a big, I'm getting closer to the reality of the Flat Earth, and I have to think again about everything, and you ragione.E really true what they say Kosher Nostra of Zion, the project will be completed when all people will know and false, because lies and created to be believed, the truth NO.Ciao.
Hi Eric, loving the recent articles.....
One question, how come you can't make the sun reappear by using a telescope just after it has set?
Thank you, and as always great stuff! The next obvious question is, what causes an eclipse? We know that the moon is self-illuminating, so does part of the light get blocked by something, and if so, what? And what is the sun, what is the moon, how do they stay suspended above us, are they attached to the dome, do they float, how do they keep their circular path, etc etc. I recently came across the theory that stars might even be sentient beings, and close up videos indicate they are definitely not what we've been told they are. Are these attached to the dome too? Too bad NASA uses their budget to deceive rather than teach. Imagine that, our tax dollars are funding our own enslavement.
Thanks everyone. Barzini, the ground horizon at ground level is only a few miles away, but by the time the Sun is on the sky horizon it is thousands of miles away, so zooming in on it isn't going to cause it to visibly rise. And for Albumfixer, it appears that "Rahu - The Black Sun," a third translucent celestial dark body is what causes eclipses. At least this is what was accepted all over the ancient world. Peace
As a newbie, it's fair to say that, I'm at the Hmmmm stage of my enlightenment. The first things that come to my mind are: Is the surface of Earth floating on a pool of magma? Do tectonic plates exist? Is the sun a fusion reactor? The answers to questions like these would go long way in explaining volcanic activity and earthquakes. If the ring of ice enclosing the oceans were melting and the oceans expanding would know and would it matter?
Thanks for the response Eric (about why we can't make the sun re-appear after setting with a telescope)
If we are claiming that the reason the sun sets is because it is going beyond the vanishing point of the naked eye, I still don't understand why we shouldn't be able to bring it back into view using a telescope
Any chance you can explain this in layman terms?
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I'm at the Hmmmm stage of my enlightenment.
You are already enlightened, my friend.
Eric, your research has been helpful for me and has answered most of my questions. But the main question that still nags me is why the time between sunrise and sunset at a certain line of latitude in the south (say, 50 degrees South) on (say) the first day of summer (December 21st) is the same amount of time between sunrise and sunset at the corresponding line of latitude in the north (50 degrees North) on the first day of summer (June 21st). This makes sense on a ball earth (spinning or not), but I'm having a hard time reconciling it with the flat-earth model. The time between sunrise and sunset on the first day of summer should be longer at 50 (or 40 or 30 etc.) degrees North than it is at 50 (or 40 or 30 etc.) degrees South on the flat-earth model, right? I'm fine saying that we don't have enough evidence to conclude that Antarctica has 24-hour daylight, as does the North Pole, but there seems to be evidence of symmetry between the length of days at corresponding degrees North and South on corresponding days of the seasonal cycle. What am I missing? Thanks for any help.
Put another way, why do the days in the southern half of the earth get longer as you move south of the meridian that the sun is traveling on? For example, we can verify that the days at the southern tip of South America (at roughly 54 degrees South) are longer during their summer months than the days in places north of there. On the flat-earth model, during the southern summer months, the days should get shorter as you move south of the sun's meridian. Right? What am I missing?
Eric, This ridiculous site "State of the Nation 2012" says people behind the flat earth movement are in fact a CIA PSYOP in conjunction with the Tavistock Institute and the NSA....Good Lord!!! What in the world will these desperate people come up with next?
http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=28951
Actually they also said something as stupid as this, "If ever the CIA and/or Tavistock Institute wanted to test out a new mind-control program, the Flat Earth Theory would be the perfect theme for the program."
Morons at State of the Nation...your bus is leaving.....
The powers that be must getting really worried that people are starting to think for themselves and shake the shackles on all of the lies. Keep up the good work Eric Peace Mary Martha
Hey JDS, if you read the following article you'll see how the length of days/seasons certainly do make sense on (and only on) a flat, stationary Earth:
http://ifers.ace.st/t159-polar-zones-vs-temperate-and-tropic-zones
And Antarctica absolutely does NOT have 24 hour sunlight ever. This is a lie to fit with their model:
http://ifers.ace.st/t68-no-midnight-sun-in-antarctica
Thanks Mary, they are trying everything they can to discredit the exploding Flat Earth movmement and failing miserably. Peace
If I may ask...what is their overall motive in globe earth? To support Darwinism and Big Bang? Where and how do ETs fit in the picture. Safe to say that other distant planets are also created like earth (terraforming etc.) and despite flat earth model it would still be accurate to apply astrology in ethereal forces/subtle energies onto humans? Our leylines and vortices still connect to outer realms? All so intriguing and if one can explain their motives for this globular indoctrination it would help to understand where we and other races fit in this picture.
The motive? The James King Bible is one of the earliest books people can get a hold of that describes a flat earth. The Quraan describes a heliocentric model. The people who worship Lucifer want to destroy the faith of humanity in an intelligent creator. If the world were to be officially proven worldwide that the world is flat, there would be a resurgence in faith in non-pagan Christianity. This is was my own two cents seeing how you asked a question. That or NASA wants to scam people of money or stop "discovering" new planets. P.S. some people say that satellites are a hoax.
Thank you, and the theory of another unseen celestial body blocking the sun or moon during eclipses makes a lot of sense, and in their own way the ancients had already figured it out. I also saw somewhere that blood red moons may be caused by a semi-transparent body passing in front of the moon. We have an eclipse coming up in a few weeks so maybe we can try to observe what is really going on.
Eric I just picked up a copy of "Rear Admiral BYRD and the Polar Expeditions by Coram Foster. It is a vintage copy with a copyright of 1930. There is a letter dated November 30, 1929 from President Herbert Hoover stating, "To commander Byrd: I know that I speak for the American People when I express their universal pleasure at your successful flight over the South Pole. We are proud of your courage and your leadership. We are glad of proof that the spirit of great adventure lives. Our Thoughts include also appreciation of your companions in flight and your colleagues whose careful and devoted preparation has contributed to your great success." I thought you couldn't currently fly over Antarctica because "They" say it is "Too Cold" Boo Hoo! How to I get this book to you? (without the baddies who monitor your blog finding you) Is there a 3rd party where I can send it? You need to see this book!!!
Greetings Eric Dubay.
Do you think it's possible that just as the moon, and sun, circle a flat Earth (I'm not convinced), that human made satellites can circle the flat Earth?
Mary Martha, It seems that book is a novel written by Delos W. Lovelace under the Pen name of Coram Foster, but I could be making that up too.
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