Flat or Globe Earth?

Originally posted by The Disciple…: ↑

Any one got a answer for this:

If we lived on a globe, then the Earth must curve away from us significantly over distance — especially when observed from a high point like the Glass House Mountains in Queensland.

But when you go there and look for yourself, you see something very different.

Real-World Setup:

Location: Mount Ngungun or Mount Beerburrum (~250–280 m elevation)
Viewpoint: Facing east toward the ocean, or west across the inland
Visible Horizon: On a clear day, the human eye can see the horizon extending across up to 90–100 km of distance

Globe Earth Curvature: What We’re Told to Expect

Using the standard globe Earth formula:
Curvature = 7.85 cm per km²
At 100 km distance, the expected drop is:
0.0785 × 100² = 785 meters
That means:
The Earth should drop away by nearly 800 meters over that distance.
The edges of the horizon (left and right of your center view) should dip noticeably.
You should see a clear “bowl” shape across your full view.

Now Test It with a 1-Meter Spirit Level

Here’s a simple, visual test anyone can do:
Stand at the summit of Mount Ngungun or a similar high peak.
Hold a 1-meter builder’s level perfectly straight (use a tripod or steady hands).
Look across the top edge of the level and compare it to the horizon line in the distance.
✅ If the Earth were curved:
The middle of the horizon should appear higher, and the edges should drop away noticeably.
Over a 90–100 km span, the curve should dip nearly 800 meters.
❌ But what you actually see is:
The horizon remains flat and level all the way across.
The top of the spirit level aligns perfectly with the entire horizon — no drop on either side.
The Earth appears like a flat plane, not a ball.

Water Confirms It Too

Water always finds its level. Oceans, rivers, lakes — all rest perfectly flat from edge to edge.
You’ll never find a body of water that curves upward or downward to fit a globe — because it doesn’t.

✅ Conclusion:

From the Glass House Mountains, you can see 90–100 km of horizon.
The globe model demands the Earth should curve away by hundreds of meters — yet you see no curve at all.
A simple builder’s level test proves the horizon is perfectly flat, not curved.
Water and land confirm: the Earth is level and motionless, just as we observe — and as Scripture declares.

Any one got a answer for this?

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The earth curves about 8 metres over 10 kilometres and by then you have lost sight of the horizon. The earth is a massive object compared to human perception making it all but impossible to see or measure a curve even from a mountain top.

Have you ever watched a large ship sail over a horizon? With binoculars we see the hull disappear and then the upper structures or masts as it passes across the curve of the earth.

Depending on the composition of a body any object with a radius between 200 and 800 km will be reconfigured by gravity to an approximately round shape. The earth is about 6,400 km so to retain any surface as flat the earth must be exerting is own astonishingly powerful unknown force to repel the gravity that is acting upon it. No bodies of sufficient mass and radius have ever been observed in space to be flat.

Water does submit to gravity if the globe is of sufficient size such as the earth to exert sufficient gravity.

Even the landmass is effected by the gravitational effect of the moon via a land tide bulging up to about 30 cms.

Flat earth is all about perspective, even from the top of the highest mountain you may not see a curvature, you can begin to see a curvature of the earth at about 35,000 feet. It looks to be curved to me from the window of a high flying jet.