I think if you introduced another layer of complexity with the sun oscillating in the r-direction (closer to the arctic during the north hemisphere summer and closer to the antarctic during the south hemisphere summer) it would make physical sense in that regard
of course it'd still make no sense in several other aspects, like the fact that we have discrete sunsets/rises instead of the sun just gradually fading into darkness, and also the fact that the sun's path is an arc (these are actually the same point kinda)
I think if you introduced another layer of complexity with the sun oscillating in the r-direction (closer to the arctic during the north hemisphere summer and closer to the antarctic during the south hemisphere summer) it would make physical sense in that regard
I mean, you'd make it closer to the real model, sure. But this is just "epicycles" for Flat-Earthers. Yeah, it solves the immediate math problem, but now you're left asking "Why does the sun wiggle like that?"
the fact that we have discrete sunsets/rises instead of the sun just gradually fading into darkness, and also the fact that the sun's path is an arc (these are actually the same point kinda)
Even bigger than that, you gotta start asking what the Sun is made of and why this burning mass is hanging at the proper distance from the earth's surface? The nice thing about modern physical models is that you can not only perfectly chart the sun's changes, but apply the physics behind the Sun's existence to the problems of terrestrial energy production. The only time the Bible has ever been used to meet domestic energy needs is during a book burning.
Even bigger than that, you gotta start asking what the Sun is made of and why this burning mass is hanging at the proper distance from the earth's surface?
you could ask the same about the actual reality we live in though
I'm pro-religion-as-a-source-of-history although I know it has its limits/there's a lot of 2000-year-old political bullshit baked in, not to mention emotional epiphanies that could be literally construed as "LSD dream spirits" etc. It's still the closest available thing to a written history of the "prehistoric" world
I think if you introduced another layer of complexity with the sun oscillating in the r-direction (closer to the arctic during the north hemisphere summer and closer to the antarctic during the south hemisphere summer) it would make physical sense in that regard
of course it'd still make no sense in several other aspects, like the fact that we have discrete sunsets/rises instead of the sun just gradually fading into darkness, and also the fact that the sun's path is an arc (these are actually the same point kinda)
I mean, you'd make it closer to the real model, sure. But this is just "epicycles" for Flat-Earthers. Yeah, it solves the immediate math problem, but now you're left asking "Why does the sun wiggle like that?"
Even bigger than that, you gotta start asking what the Sun is made of and why this burning mass is hanging at the proper distance from the earth's surface? The nice thing about modern physical models is that you can not only perfectly chart the sun's changes, but apply the physics behind the Sun's existence to the problems of terrestrial energy production. The only time the Bible has ever been used to meet domestic energy needs is during a book burning.
you could ask the same about the actual reality we live in though
I'm pro-religion-as-a-source-of-history although I know it has its limits/there's a lot of 2000-year-old political bullshit baked in, not to mention emotional epiphanies that could be literally construed as "LSD dream spirits" etc. It's still the closest available thing to a written history of the "prehistoric" world