news.bbc.co.uk — In the 21st Century, the term "flat-earther" is used to describe someone who is spectacularly - and seemingly willfully - ignorant. But there is a group of people who claim they believe the planet really is flat. Are they really out there or is it all an elaborate prank?
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charris1980Aug 5, 2008
so i don't get how they explain getting on a plane going east and hitting every continent on earth? at some point do they think you are "transported" to the other side of earth?
Closed AccountAug 5, 2008
rAmen
Closed AccountAug 6, 2008
Actually, the comment on Columbus is a bit of a fallacy. It was known, but not a widely held belief, that the earth was spherical even before Columbus. What he really wished to do was find a shorter route to China because the taxes on the Silk Road were too expensive. The Church - who benifited greatly from these taxes - held enough power to make map forgery a crime... then gave their approval to a well-known map-maker to forge "official" maps that showed Columbus' proposed route to the Indies by sea would be 4x longer, and therefore more expensive. They had maps made by the Chinese in their possession showing the Americas (and yes - even Australia) but refused to give them to Columbus.
ancienttoasterAug 6, 2008
I'd guess most Flat Earthers are creationist. But based on the creationists I know, most creationists aren't Flat Earthers.
Closed AccountAug 6, 2008
---------------So wait I'm bad because I think for myself on religious matters, but them I'm bad for being a mindless follower of blind faith. Which is it?----------------You obviously didn't read my post. So your reply is a rant, not a rebuttal.The bible was written by people who were even dumber than the dumbest person alive today.Listen, beliefs based on blind faith are utterly irrelevant. You can believe that cows came from outer space, that aliens created the universe, that people reincarnate into other life forms after death, or that a half-man, half god was sent by his father (and himself) to die for threee days and return to a place called "heaven"...You can believe ANY of these propositions but your believing them does NOT make them true or real. So it is wild conjecture at BEST.If what's true for you is not true for me there is no truth in it. Truth is an absolute, not some wishy washy idea. To say we have to believe in a "god" because we can't "disprove" a god is ludicrous. If this were the case, then we would have to believe in every single figment of mankind's collective imagination, such as Santa or the Toothfairy because we cannot truly "disprove" their existance either.What you think is a logical way of thinking actually fringes on the psychotic.When you educate yourself in history, psychology and world religion, you tend to see how ridiculous religions looks and why religion is the where it is today. It looks foolish from the outside but you cant blame people being religious when they were brainwashed from an early age and only studying one source.
xtothepowerofxAug 6, 2008
dugg down for suggesting a holiday destination?...
054k4Aug 8, 2008
Somebody shoot these flatearthers so that they don't corrupt the gene pool.
njankAug 29, 2008
doh. me=fail.