That's amazing. The claims made by religion are utterly ridiculous when examined using the scientific method and I've known plenty of religious people that believe them anyway. But I have never actually met a flat earther. It makes me sad and even a little afraid when I see how religion inhibits a person's ability to think critically. And many of these people want to pass legislation based on these beliefs.

We had one around here for awhile. Certifiably insane, it appeared. Crazy mathematical formulas with matching accusatory rants… I’d only ‘heard of them’ until then, and at that, thought it was a joke. Apparently not, but not worth delving into ..more like an example of those the tribe would have eliminated back when sanity meant survival.

Idiots have always been with us nothing new and just as irritating

Is the US public school system completely broken?
Maybe this craziness is due to a liberal ideology that faith and belief is as acceptable as facts and evidence?
Where you validate god and religion; maybe the consequence is any absurd belief is as good as another?

Apparently, gravity is due to the earth contunually speeding upwards!!

Sad commentary on 21st century education, that it’s still failing to teach some people the basic scientific facts of how our universe works. Where are these people schooled, and how can such ignorance still be around in the Internet age? Perhaps that is actually the problem, the www is helping to regress civilisation, by the unchecked and unchallenged proliferation of conspiracy theories and crackpot ideas!

I just recently reconnected with a girlfriend who, during our 4 years apart, came to believe that the earth is flat.

I believe this movement is a result of people's growing distrust of government. I concluded this once she proceeded to assert the moon landing was faked, 911 was a conspiracy and "gravity is not a thing."

I also concluded that 4 years apart clearly hadn't been long enough.

IMO, I think much of this flat Earth uprising has a religious motive.

Earth being round, doesn't give with Genesis.
Christ believed in what would later become Genesis and so did Mohamed.

I was raised in a very religious environment. Went to church often. That was in the 70s and 80s. It wasn't until I was a teenager did I read Genesis. When I did it was easy to see why they didn't preach it on church. Genesis really shows Christ and Mohamed weren't divine. It shows they were false profits.

Anyway there are two points I would like to make. The first is the flat Earth movement is likely fueled by a group of people which are Christian.

They likely understand millennials have easy access to execuative summaries to Genesis. This is bad news for all Jewish based religions.

Second. More important than first.

On this website a flat earther showed up. I think her name was Tracy anarchist. Anyway, she or possibly he, started a debate about the Earth being flat. She either left or blocked me when I asked her what the motive of a government would be for convincing its population the Earth is flat.

I also asked the question why would not only the modern goveents do this, but the Brittish and the very Chatholic Spanish Empire do it as well? What is the motivation over a 500 year span with 3 different world powers who didn't see eye to eye?

Anyway. I get you were annoyed by this guy, but maybe you can turn him and make the world a better place.

Colossal idiot

What a waste of your time! hug