What bothers you more... A religious person pushing their religion on you, or a flat earther who cannot understand that the earth is round?
Flat earthers aren't passing laws telling me when I can drink or how I can have sex.
Very good point !!
Neither bothers me. It's their problem, especially if they don't take the hint when I tell them to fuck off. Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Flat Earthers are amusing. Religious zeolots are sinister
That is a tough choice. I've got to say pretty much equal and equally repulsive.
I know and respect many believers. I can't say the same for flat Earthers. Conspiracy theorists of all sorts, including 9/11 are equivalent to theists except they don't have the excuse of indoctrination. They chose to ignore evidence all on their own as adults who should know better.
I do not understand how any person could believe the earth is flat!
I've run into a half dozen flat earthers. In all their cases, they are devout Christians. I believe faith (belief without evidence in defence of evidence) is a common mindset of theists and flat earthers.
Indoctrination into a religion is a powerful thing that isn't easily broken. Active ignorance of the world and basic science learned in elementary school is just being a damn moron. They aren't "fighting the system". They're being fucking idiots.
I would argue the "fucking idiots" could also apply to many theists that assert faith (belief without evidence i.e. whatever they want to believe) as fact.
Religion is made up of many things, culture, opinion etc. The fact that most of them are based on things they can't prove is one thing. The fact that the earth is not flat is not up for discussion. As it is said, you're entitled to your own opinion but you are not entitled to your own facts.
I used to argue with flat earthers, but gave it up. Now I'm super happy they think it's flat. Yep. Flat as a pancake, obviously. That the earth is a sphere, well, that's a huge conspiracy, and we're all in on it.
For flat earthers the only thing to fear is sphere itself.
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Thank you all who have responded. I was not looking for anything other than additional perspectives. Some I agree with. Many others that have helped me get out of the box I was in and making sure I do my best to keep an open mind and continued learning.
You are curious and I am not playing... figure those odds.