What I don't understand is that this "theory" seems really easy to disprove. Why do things travel down instead of up or right or left?
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The rays would all be equal. Here is a photo of what they're talking about. These rays are obviously hitting earth at a triangle shape which, to be fair, ought not to happen if the sun is massively bigger than the earth, regardless of how far away it is. In fact, the further away something is, the broader its light should be. Try it with a torch up close to your desk or wall or something and move it further and further back - see what happens to the light.
They point out how those rays act and it's completely understandable where they're coming from.
If you held a pea up to your lightbulb about the equivalent distance as the earth is alleged to be from the sun you would not see the light behaving in that manner. The way the suns rays penetrate through the clouds simply DOES suggest a much closer and more concentrated light source.
Now, I'm not saying that the earth is flat or that there isn't some legitimate fancy scientific rationale behind the behaviour of these rays which is beyond the ken of the layperson. I'm only saying that, once it's pointed out to you, the official scientific position clearly just doesn't pass the eyeball test.
Well sort of. It depends where you are on the ball The image is silly and cannot be used to demonstrate anything. The sun is showing through an opening in the clouds. It has nothing to do with the sun's size in relation to the earth. The sun 'broadcasts' and spreads out in that image, just like you expect it to. Remove the clouds and the light is all over uniform for the angle you are looking at. If you're on the north pole, the sun rays are at a low angle. If you're at the equator, it's above you. Simple.