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What If the Earth Was Actually Flat? (Extended)

What If | September 5, 2025



If the Earth had an edge, I hope it would look like this. The edge of a flat Earth. I know, I know, we’ve talked about it before. But there’s something mesmerizing about it. A flat Earth solar eclipse. Diagonally growing trees. The great wall of ice, guarded by NASA, of course. The flat-Earthers sure have a great imagination. But what if they were right? How would the Earth hold up in space? Would it revolve around the Sun, or would the Sun rotate around it? And why would you never walk to the Earth’s edge?

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  7. @ad-ko5iy

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    You're an ignorant retard. Try to open a history book.

    Nicolas Copernicus never say the earth wasn't flat. Everybody knew the earth was round since the ancient greece. In the middle age, people knew the earth was a globe. The flat earth theroy is a stupidity born in the XIXth century.

  9. @twostate7822

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    As far as flat earth being disproved by gravity, flat earthers "solve" that problem by claiming that gravity doesn't exist and is a fake theory. Flat earthers claim that gravity is actually electromagnetism, and the effects of density. Of course, that crackpot idea is totally preposterous and easily proved wrong, but flat earthers live on a different planet, a flat planet.

  10. @burtonjacobs5407

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    If the earth was round why doesn't it show when u flying in aeroplane???? The earth is Flat and covered by a dome ,there is no such thing as space the Bible says Heaven is God throne the Earth is His Footstool. A round stool never heard of it the earth is Flat according to God word.

  11. @burtonjacobs5407

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    Read Genesis 1 then u would realise the earth is Flat . It's covered by an ice wall that's why there is no one who can cross the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic ocean. The evidence is in God word .

  18. @jaidyes1

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    The Earth's shadow IS NOT casted on the moon during a half-moon faze. What we see is the light side and the dark side of the moon itself. The reason why flat earthers seem like they have a point, to people who don't know better with regards to this, is because we keep saying that the earth casts a shadow on the moon. This is a misconception. I made this comment as soon as I saw the animation where you have the fictitious flat earth passing the moon.

  20. @TimA-g9k

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    Whether the earth is flat, round, a donut, or something else entirely, nobody in this comment section actually ā€œknowsā€ anything outside of just agreeing with things youve been told. So none of your words are actually even yours. Cuz you dont really ā€œknowā€ anything for certain cuz youā€™ve never seen it with your own eyes . You just choose to believe what sounds the most plausible.

    Its not the shape of the earth thats the problem here. Its the closed minded and snarky passive aggressive ways of speaking as authorities when you dont actually ā€œknowā€ any more than the people you make fun of for questioning if theres more to the story. Whether right or wrong, those who question bring about discussions that bring about advancement. Whether by exposing a truth, or bringing about further insights into an already established model.

    Sitting in an echo chamber talking to yourselves and making fun of others contributes nothing to humanity. So youre no better than those you chastise. And you still dont really ā€œknowā€ anything.

  25. @ugenegareth9339

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    5:46 – there's no good old science in this video, only fanciful ai images used to boost your so called credibility, and monetary gain, becomes breeding ground to ignorance

    we certainly do have the technology, but no one has yet to launch a rocket, with a camera attached, to go right to the edge, of the earth, because of national security, land and maritime borders with defense missiles, will jeopardize anyone with the ambition to do so

  26. @ugenegareth9339

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    2 Esdras 7:75

    I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, show this also to thy servant: whether after death, as soon as every one of us yields up his soul, we shall be kept in rest until those times come when thou wilt renew the creation, or whether we shall be tormented at once?" 76 He answered me and said, "I will show you that also, but do not be associated with those who have shown scorn, nor number yourself among those who are tormented. 77 For you have a treasure of works laid up with the Most High; but it will not be shown to you until the last times.

    78 Now, concerning death, the teaching is: When the decisive decree has gone forth from the Most High that a man shall die, as the spirit leaves the body to return again to him who gave it, first of all it adores the glory of the Most High. 79 And if it is one of those who have shown scorn and have not kept the way of the Most High, and who have despised his law, and who have hated those who fear the Most High — 80 such spirits shall not enter into habitations, but shall immediately wander about in torments, ever grieving and sad, in seven ways.

    81 The first way, because they have scorned the law of the Most High. 82 The second way, because they cannot now make a good repentance that they may live. 83 The third way, they shall see the reward laid up for those who have trusted the covenants of the Most High. 84 The fourth way, they shall consider the torment laid up for themselves in the last days. 85 The fifth way, they shall see how the habitations of the others are guarded by angels in profound quiet. 86 The sixth way, they shall see how some of them will pass over into torments. 87 The seventh way, which is worse than all the ways that have been mentioned, because they shall utterly waste away in confusion and be consumed with shame, and shall wither with fear at seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they sinned while they were alive, and before whom they are to be judged in the last times.

    88 "Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they shall be separated from their mortal body. 89 During the time that they lived in it, they laboriously served the Most High, and withstood danger every hour, that they might keep the law of the Lawgiver perfectly. 90 Therefore this is the teaching concerning them: 91 First of all, they shall see with great joy the glory of him who receives them, for they shall have rest in seven orders.

    92 The first order, because they have striven with great effort to overcome the evil thought which was formed with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death. 93 The second order, because they see the perplexity in which the souls of the unrighteous wander, and the punishment that awaits them. 94 The third order, they see the witness which he who formed them bears concerning them, that while they were alive they kept the law which was given them in trust. 95 The fourth order, they understand the rest which they now enjoy, being gathered into their chambers and guarded by angels in profound quiet, and the glory which awaits them in the last days. 96 The fifth order, they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible, and shall inherit what is to come;

    and besides they see the straits and toil from which they have been delivered, and the spacious liberty which they are to receive and enjoy in immortality. 97 The sixth order, when it is shown to them how their face is to shine like the sun, and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on. 98 The seventh order, which is greater than all that have been mentioned, because they shall rejoice with boldness, and shall be confident without confusion, and shall be glad without fear, for they hasten to behold the face of him whom they served in life and from whom they are to receive their reward when glorified.

    99 This is the order of the souls of the righteous, as henceforth is announced; and the aforesaid are the ways of torment which those who would not give heed shall suffer hereafter." 100 I answered and said, "Will time therefore be given to the souls, after they have been separated from the bodies, to see what you have described to me?" 101 He said to me, "They shall have freedom for seven days, so that during these seven days they may see the things of which you have been told, and afterwards they shall be gathered in their habitations."

    102 I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, show further to me, thy servant, whether on the day of judgment the righteous will be able to intercede for the unrighteous or to entreat the Most High for them, 103 fathers for sons or sons for parents, brothers for brothers, relatives for their kinsmen, or friends for those who are most dear." 104 He answered me and said, "Since you have found favor in my sight, I will show you this also. The day of judgment is decisive and displays to all the seal of truth. Just as now a father does not send his son, or a son his father, or a master his servant, or a friend his dearest friend, to be ill or sleep or eat or be healed in his stead, 105 so no one shall ever pray for another on that day, neither shall any one lay a burden on another; for then every one shall bear his own righteousness and unrighteousness." …..2 Esdras 7:75

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  35. @markwilliam9143

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    A Conceptual View of the Flat Earth and the Dome
    Throughout history, humanity has debated the true shape of our world ā€” spherical, oval, geoid, or otherwise. While modern science promotes the spherical Earth model, I hold a strong belief that the Earth could, in fact, be flat. This is not based on complex rocket science, extensive research, or laboratory experiments, but rather on imagination, common sense, and observation.

    In this concept, there is no such thing as the ā€œNorth Poleā€ and ā€œSouth Poleā€ as traditionally described. Instead, the center of the Earth is the point to which all compasses naturally point. The so-called ā€œSouth Poleā€ is not a single point at the bottom of a sphere, but rather the edge surrounding the entire known world.

    Light travels in straight lines; it does not curve. A compass needle similarly follows a direct path toward its magnetic center. If we think about the Earth as a flat plane, we can visualize it like a coin ā€” which, of course, has two sides. The surface we live on is one face of the coin, while the opposite side could potentially host another world entirely.

    Over our side of the Earth lies the firmament ā€” a vast dome that forms a perfect semi-sphere enclosing our world. This dome extends beyond the edges, continuing beneath and around to form a complete sphere enclosing both sides of the ā€œcoin.ā€ Here lies the origin of the confusion: from outside this enclosed system, the full dome would appear as a sphere, leading observers to mistakenly conclude that the Earth itself is spherical.

    As for what lies beneath or on the other side of this coin-shaped Earth, one can only imagine. Perhaps it is a mirrored worldā€¦ or perhaps, it could be the realm from which our so-called ā€œalien visitorsā€ originate…As in above, so below!.

    While this model challenges conventional thinking, it is simply an imaginative exploration ā€” a ā€œwhat ifā€ perspective that dares to consider possibilities beyond what we are told. Oh, about the sun and the moon, it's ok they're outside the dome.
    Anyways am just flat-earthering around don't bother.

  38. @GregoryYork

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    The sun moves above us in a circle. No space. We are under a sapphire dome. Ice wall surrounds us. Planets are not round balls of rock. They are self eliminating plasma. Why eles do you think they shine like stars because they are stars. Wondering stars.

  39. @JosephWelte

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    A flat earth is physically impossible why. If our earth was flat, we wouldn't have a day and night cycle, A magnetic field, Seasons, Time zones, Lunar and solar eclipse, and satellites and navigation. We would see all constellations at the same time on a flat earth, but we don't. If the earth was flat the climate would be unattainable for life because if the sun was only 32 miles across and 3,000 miles, it would not produce much heat at all. We would already be dead on a flat earth because if there was no gravity and it would be just accelerating upwards through space it would speed up until it got too fast and destroyed us. Our planets shape allows it to be habitable. we can't see the curvature of the earth because we are standing right on the surface, so it looks flat to us because we can only see a tiny fraction of the earth's surface also, we are tiny compared to the planet itself. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand physics. ( I am a science geek and i love science)

  40. @zeibeats

    September 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm

    yeah everything is true following the laws of physics that were also created by the liars who lie to us about the globe earth lol, but still i kinda still believe in globe earth, tho all this illuminati shit and free masonry kinda leaves me hanging to think a bit about flat earth

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