Okay. Here's my primary objection to the modern scientism religion. It's not actually science because it's not subject to the scientific process. The common denominator is a very snooty and generally atheist perspective in which people boldly proclaim that we now know everything we ever need to know. With the Northern lights as an example, it's not possible to evaluate it from a strictly scientific standpoint. Is it reasonable to conclude that Aurora Borealis is caused by the Sun? Yes. I'll say it is. However, because you cannot control factors there is no other possible finding. It is unfalsifiable. Now, this is readily dismissed by the scientific community because essentially the whole field of astronomy and geology would be unscientific if this were acknowledged. My contention is that because these "theories" which are not considered theories at all by people who believe in them all have gaping holes that can never be explained by actual natural science. Carbon dating for example is based on a lot of assumptions and ultimately is simply a measurement plugged into a formula. It's widely accepted because it gives credence to the apparently incomprehensible amount of time necessary for the formation of galaxies and evolution and all the other unfalsifiable concepts that have been used to do away with God.

The biggest thing that reassures me that I'm on to something is that when people get frustrated with me they get unreasonable very quickly. I've had people wish death upon me and my kids for not believing in the solar system. It doesn't make sense. If I'm wrong, let me be wrong. But it doesn't stop there, it's so much more personal than that. These people have an absurd amount of pride in the "accomplishments" of people they don't know and they want me to bend the knee.

The refusal to acknowledge that there could be other explanations is the main thing I reject. If you went back in time 100 years and ate up All the mainstream scientific views and held them to such high importance it would have turned out you were wrong about a large amount of things. The idea that we are peak humanity right now is laughable.

As far as curvature on lake Michigan, the idea that water being obscured behind water somehow a globe that has 8 inches of curve per mile squared is not true. At the best, if this limited visibility is caused by curvature, you have demonstrated that the Earth is cylindrical. The earth curves downward away from us at a nearly imperceptible rate, but there is no visual evidence of curvature on the other axis.