...clip...
Also, please help out - how far can we sail a ship without falling off? Can we park our boat on the edge, toss a net over the edge, and catch bunches of fish?
If you plan on going sailing here's a map of the world:
Download the full-size (31.4 MB) map here ---> http://i.imgur.com/O8IpMmi.jpgAs you can see the Antarctic ice ring is the limit to how far you can sail. But don't plan on going there any time soon as the Antarctic Treaty System is in place and you'll be met with military force if you try and sail anywhere near Antarctica.
A religion of fear?
Note the coastal length of the United States in the diagram, above. Compare it with the coastal length of Antarctica. The United States can't even protect its own boarders from individual "invaders." There is no way that such a large Antarctica coast could ever be protected. If the flat earth in the diagram were real, loads of people would have expressed it throughout past years. In addition, there is nothing like the idea of protecting those borders from invasion by anyone... except by accident.
The thing that has happened over the years is that the borders of Antarctica have been proven by seafarers to be just what they would appear to be with a round earth.
Now, here is the question.
Are flat earth people simply a bizarre religious group, hanging onto the old ways of the Roman Catholic Church?
...or...
Are they a group that is trying to become a minority group in the eyes of governments so that they can start to collect free funds?
...or...
Are they really a group that is being set in place by the U.S. and/or other governments for some purpose that we are not sure of?
Whatever the truth is, flat earth doesn't stand up against real scrutiny. However, we have warm, loving, "home environments" set in place for "special" people such as these.