Please note that this is a republished, updated version of the page I originally published on November 13, 2021, with links to new articles, as well as new footage of the South Pole, including videos from The Final Experiment, definitively proving once and for all (yet again) that the earth can’t be flat.
I can’t believe I have to make this post, but some of the members of the body of Christ have made the same mistake that many evangelical Christians have made in recent years as well, and have concluded that the earth is flat, as well as that everything we know about outer space is a lie (among various other related conspiracy theories). Now, I’m not going to get into all the reasons as to why these ideas are so ridiculous myself; I don’t have the time to write up an in-depth treatise on the subject. Thankfully, I don’t have to, because there are already so many good explanations out there that I can link to, so I’m just going to post links to websites and YouTube videos that explain just how easy it is to debunk these ideas (and I’ll probably add more in the future as I come across them as time goes on).
However, before I do so, it’s important to note that the main reason some “Concordant” believers have even bought into these ideas in the first place isn’t because they’re into science and, through using the scientific method, have discovered something that the rest of us haven’t. The reason is primarily simply because they believe the Bible teaches that the earth is flat, and so they’re (rightfully) trying to stick with what they believe Scripture actually says. This is why the first link I’m going to share is to a webpage created by Young Earth Creationists which explains that the Bible doesn’t actually teach this at all (and that the idea that it does is based on misinterpretation of Scripture), and the next few will also be to articles by Young Earth Creationists on the topic of the flat earth theory. Of course, I’m not a YEC (Young Earth Creationist) myself. Like most of us in the body of Christ, I believe in what’s referred to as the Gap Theory; so while I believe God is ultimately behind the creation of the universe in some manner (from an absolute perspective, as we like to say), I don’t believe the planet or universe is particularly young, or that the universe was originally created in 6 days (the 6 days of Genesis 1 were about something else altogether, but that’s a whole other topic). But these pages by these creationists demonstrate well — by those who should be the most inclined to buy into the flat earth idea — that believing in Scripture doesn’t mean one has to reject what the scientific method has demonstrated to be true (and, as I said recently to someone, theology can’t contradict reality; when it does, we have to look into how we might be misinterpreting Scripture).
I should add, there’s another reason why some “Concordant” believers might be inclined to buy into such things as well. Because most of us grew up in the Christian religion, we’re used to religious authorities lying to us (whether intentionally or otherwise), and hence having to become sceptical about claims made by said religious authorities. Because of this experience, a number of believers have carried that scepticism over to claims made by other types of authorities as well, including claims made by scientific authorities, and so some of the members of the body of Christ are more inclined to automatically assume we’re being lied to by anyone who calls themselves an expert or an authority on a topic, regardless of whether that’s actually the case or not.
Anyway, I encourage anyone who believes the earth to be flat, people who might still be on the fence about the matter, or even those who are just wondering what this whole debate is all about, to take the time to study the following websites and videos carefully. I’ve included a variety of websites and videos on the topic, including some about Antarctica, because of the connected conspiracy theory that nobody is allowed to visit Antarctica (or even get near it, according to some Flat Earthers) or they’ll be shot by UN or NASA soldiers (take your pick), which is a conspiracy theory that most Flat Earthers actually believed (and some still do, sadly) prior to The Final Experiment in December 2024, when a group of Flat Earthers, along with some “Globe Earthers,” finally visited the South Pole in order to see if there’s a 24-hour sun down there in December (which is something they’d long claimed was impossible, not to mention admitted for years would disprove the Flat Earth idea if they did see it, and which, of course, they did see).
So please don’t just take for granted the truth of the talking points you’ve heard a few conspiracy theorists repeat on YouTube (most of whom I’m fairly sure don’t actually even believe what they’re saying themselves, but are simply promoting the Flat Earth theory in order to make money), because anybody can actually prove for themselves very easily that the earth actually is a globe, as some of these websites and videos make clear. In fact, anyone who actually reads every page listed below, and watches every YouTube video embedded below, will admit that the earth is not flat by the time they’ve finished, with the only possible exceptions being people who are entirely incapable of understanding math and science or people who are outright lying. And if anyone ever claims that this is not the case, ask them to refute and debunk every webpage and video listed below, and if they refuse, you can call them out as being either extremely ignorant or as being dishonest when it comes to this topic.
- A flat earth, and other nonsense: Debunking ideas that would not exist were it not for the Internet (by Creation Ministries International)
- Why the Universe does not revolve around the Earth: Refuting absolute geocentrism (by Creation Ministries International)
- Is the Earth Flat? (by Answers In Genesis)
- Reflections on the Flat-Earth Movement (by Answers In Genesis)
- What The Bible Says About Flat Earth Theories
- 10 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the Earth is not flat
- Five Ways to Disprove Flat Earth From Your Backyard
- Five Impossible Facts That Would Have To Be True If The Earth Were Flat
- 8 ways life would get weird on a flat Earth
- When Flat Earthers Spent $20,000 Trying To Prove Earth Is Flat And Accidentally Proved It’s Round
- Long-Range Shooting: Unraveling The Coriolis Effect’s Impact On Sniping Accuracy
- The weather helps disprove the flat-Earth hypothesis
- The Illusion of Clouds Appearing ‘Behind’ the Sun or the Moon
- Flat-Earthers “Prove” Sun Is Closer Than Clouds
- Fact check: Laser beam tests done over water are skewed by refraction, don’t prove Earth is flat
- Experiments Involving Flashlights, Laser, & Reflected Sunlight Over Water Surface
- Curvature of Water Surface
- Do Government Documents Admit That the Earth Is Flat?
- Fact check: NASA says Earth is a globe, uses ‘flat and non-rotating’ model in equations
- Is it true that there exists no real pictures of Earth taken from space?
- Flat Earth Busted
- Flat Earth Insanity
- FlatEarth.ws: Debunking Flat Earth Misconceptions
- How to debate a flat-Earther
- How to argue with flat-earthers
- How to Win an Argument With Flat Earth Conspiracy Theorists
- Fighting flat-Earth theory
- The earth is a globe
- Felicity Aston skis across Antarctica
- People Cross Antarctica All the Time. It’s Still Crazy Hard