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Originally posted by dbates
A simple answer is that glass is heavier than air and the force of gravity would cause it to fall to the Earth. Also I don't think God does windows. Can you imagine trying to clean a glass window that size?
Originally posted by Gazrok
It's a shame all those spacecraft keep crashing through that glass ceiling...who pays for the repairs by chance?
The serious flaw in this idea (besides the obvious), is that we (and other nations) have sent numerous craft into space and beyond, outside this magical glass dome, and yet nobody ever mentioned crashing through it....
Originally posted by Quest
Also, pictured of the earth's globe from space... its a sphere.
Additionally, any planet or star we look at is a sphere as well with features clearly showing rotation and thus spheres are the norm for large masses like earth.
Craziest theory i ever read on ATS once. Beats the flat earthers even.
Originally posted by Quest
Ok, I got your proof... HAM radio...
My buddy can bounce a signal off the moon with refaction EXACTLY as predicted by an all gas atmosphere. Glass would have a much greater degree of refraction.
Testable by anyone with a strong transmitter/receiver.
Originally posted by smallpeeps
What's up, Plumbo? Still stumping for Cyrus/Koresh Teed, eh? Man, I have to respect you because you really do claim to believe this and I've never seen a bigger windmill to tilt at.
Seriously tho', if I am not mistaken, Teed's theory is based on a particular law of geometry that says every point outside a sphere, if inverted, would have a twin, smaller point inside the sphere. Am I right? This is why you believe:
1: The "universe" is actually very small, something like 100 miles across at best, right?
2: The stars and constellations I see at night are actually TINY, like two-feet across and encased in black-ice which only looks like a void of space.
3: This big black icy star-studded ball floats above us and the refractive effects of the glass atmosphere make us think it's outer space. At the center of this ice-ball, sits God Almighty.
4: The earth's surface is actually an inverted sphere, and when the biblical flood occurred, lots of sand and silica actually made it up to orbit and remained there after the water subsided, right?
...I just want to summarize Teed's beliefs as I understand them. You believe he was an apostate, though, don't you?
It's hard not to like you because you're sticking to your guns on this one. I think the idea is one of the most fantastic ideas I've ever heard. Please give us more of your excellent 3D stuff because personally I love it.
[edit on 11-5-2005 by smallpeeps]
Originally posted by Rock Hunter
Plumbo: How does your theory explaine the geophysical evidence about the structure of the inner earth. I.e a crust, mantle, outer core inner core??
Originally posted by Quest
Thanks smallpeeps....
Now i won't be wasting any more time in this thread.. i thought it was a serious questions not a recruitment for a cult.
Originally posted by Byrd
Not only would the spacecraft smash through the thing, and radio would bounce differently, but if we were surrounded by a glass bubble, the temperatures would get so hot that Earth would melt.
With no heat exchange system (like outer space) to cool things off, the heat buildup would have slagged the glass and everything else around Earth milennia ago.
(moving this to chit chat... )
Originally posted by RichardPrice
No offence, but have you ever actually considered going .... outside? Put down the keyboard, step away from the computer, put some clothes on (assuming you have any), and open that front door
Your 'theory' isnt new, I came across a similair one which said we were actually living on the inside face of a sphere something like 15 years ago, and my physics teacher sat me down, and went through each claim and proved to me using credible methods and facts that were backed up from sources that the claims were rediculous.
There are simply too many things pointing the other way - like for example the grade of glass you allude to simply doesnt exist in nature, pretty much everything a standard person calls 'glass' cannot be created in nature, it requires an intelligent process to make.