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Preparing the plate

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The case for a flat earth under a firmament, from what the Bible says to what the institutions say, set out one plate at a time. Each plate gives the claim as its advocates make it, and marks it by what the record shows.

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List of plates

156 plates in six chapters. Start anywhere; the model turns to each one. At the end, what the record showed across all of them.

  1. Start with the text. These are the verses advocates build on: a solid sky, waters above it, a circle with corners, pillars underneath, a sun that moves and an earth that does not. Each plate shows the verse, the reading, and what the words can and cannot carry.

    Plates 1 to 26, 26 questions

  2. Now look up. Star trails, Polaris, the sun and moon, the wandering lights, and the stars that are said to fall. This is where the model can be checked against what anyone can see on a clear night.

    Plates 27 to 61, 35 questions

  3. The horizon, the level of water, and the long shots across bays and lakes. These are the field tests advocates run themselves, and the classic experiments they cite. Each plate says exactly what was measured and what was not.

    Plates 62 to 94, 33 questions

  4. Antarctica, the treaty, the midnight sun and the long southern flights. On a flat map the south is the edge, so this is where the two models make the sharpest different predictions.

    Plates 95 to 110, 16 questions

  5. What sits at the centre, and what lies underneath. The mountain of God in the north, Mercator's map, Sheol and paradise below, Eden, a world before Adam, the sons of God and the Nephilim. Most of this is a question of reading, and the cards say so.

    Plates 111 to 122, 12 questions

  6. NASA's own papers, a nuclear test, a 1960 report, the church, and what happens when advocates test their own claims. Documents are quoted as written; what they prove is a separate question.

    Plates 123 to 156, 34 questions

How to read a plate

Most plates show one of two models, set up to answer the same question.

The flat model
A flat plane with a local sun and moon circling above it, under a dome: the specification most advocates actually draw, with the north-polar map taken as real geometry. The record calls it Model F.
The globe model
The earth as a sphere turning under a distant sun, drawn from standard astronomy and asked the same questions. The record calls it Model G.

Every plate carries the record's mark, not the walk's. The order of the plates follows the case; the mark follows the evidence.

Text states
The verse says it in so many words.
Interpretation
A reading of the text that others read differently.
Documented event
It happened, and the documents show it.
Measured result
Someone measured it and published the numbers.
Model prediction
What a model computes. Not an observation.
Untested
No test on record settles it yet.
Disputed
The record holds real evidence on both sides.
Contradicted
The record shows otherwise.
Access gap
The source could not be opened to check.

Map from Natural Earth (public domain). Scripture from the King James Version (public domain), text via bible-api.com. Photograph of Chicago from Indiana Dunes by Alen Ištoković, CC BY 3.0. Film quotations are short excerpts for comment and study, each linked to its source.