Ptolemy in the 1st century A.D. accurately predicted eclipses for six hundred years on the basis of a flat, stationary Earth with equal precision as anyone living today.

False. Copernicus,even though he thought the planets used circular orbits, was slightly more accurate. It was Keplar who put the final nail in the Ptolemy system with his much more accurate predictions. Keplar lived 400 years ago. And the standard model's accuracy increased as we approach current times.

So you are, as always, full of shit.