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Flat Earth Community / Re: Round vs. Flat

« on: June 14, 2017, 08:32:55 PM »

You would also think that if they are so secure in their beliefs they wouldn't spend nearly as much time trying to defend them. So either they are losers with literally nothing else to do or they aren't as confident as they purport themselves to be about their worldview and need almost constant validation and affirmation.

As someone who quit their job last fall, I still don't have that much time to sit around on the internet, so I'd like to believe it's not because they've nothing better to do
My initial post had in it something like what you just said, but my goal wasn't to start a flame war. I've noticed all these threads end up in massive fights but I am genuinely curious, so I wanted a few responses that were somewhat informative before it inevitably degraded to that lol.

Edit: I suck at the internet, please forgive my double post..

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Flat Earth Community / Re: Round vs. Flat

« on: June 14, 2017, 08:26:35 PM »

I noticed this forum last night, joined today, and I can't help but notice all the round earthers who spend time on here. If the flat earth theory is blatantly wrong, why waste any time debating it when you could spend time doing virtually anything else? Are people truly passionate about round earth? I've never met anyone like that in person, but hey, maybe I'm just not paying enough attention. lol
Curiosity has gotten the better of me, I don't mean to sound malicious/sarcastic/whatever. I have nothing against round earthers, since most people are (though, as I said, typically only passionate about it online).
Isn't the FET totally crazy in the round earther's mind? Like someone saying, "they taught us the wrong alphabet, and it's really been this all along!" Well that would be completely nuts and no one would even bother arguing with that, because, what'd be the point? clearly it's insane and I would have better things to do, and rational ideas to contemplate.
I'm just wondering why someone who believes this irrefutable knowledge, that the earth is round, would even make time during their day to stop by this forum.

..sorry for this mess of a post.. also sorry for the bad alphabet analogy, but hopefully instead of tearing it apart you will understand what I tried to say there..

I can only speak for myself.   I have always been fascinated by the things people believe and how they got to that point.   Be it politics, religion, conspiracy theories, and now FE.

Can you tell me how you arrived at the FE conclusion?

Thanks for taking me seriously, what you said makes a lot of sense. I'm fascinated with conspiracy theories even though I don't believe in a lot of them.

I wouldn't say I've concluded the world is flat, it's just that they bring up a lot of interesting points. I know some can be proven wrong, but I feel like some of their ideas make a lot of sense. (globe or plane, I don't trust NASA either way.. scams and lies as far as I'm concerned)
Last winter, my dad started talking about the FET and I thought he was kidding because, otherwise, he's such a brilliant person who was also blessed with common sense. I was surprised when he said that he really thinks it's possible the earth is flat. I actually had no idea this was even a thing until then. Then I started looking at the proofs that it was a globe, and found that there's a ton of people who believe it isn't. Anyways, by looking for reasons he was wrong, I ended up being partial to the idea that our earth really could be flat. Whether it's true or not, I can't deny that I find it fascinating.. also, it makes the Bible more intriguing, too.
I'm keeping my mind open either way; I'm not looking to be swayed one way or the other in this particular thread, just curious about what draws people here. Thanks for your response!

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Flat Earth Community / Round vs. Flat

« on: June 14, 2017, 05:32:10 PM »

I noticed this forum last night, joined today, and I can't help but notice all the round earthers who spend time on here. If the flat earth theory is blatantly wrong, why waste any time debating it when you could spend time doing virtually anything else? Are people truly passionate about round earth? I've never met anyone like that in person, but hey, maybe I'm just not paying enough attention. lol
Curiosity has gotten the better of me, I don't mean to sound malicious/sarcastic/whatever. I have nothing against round earthers, since most people are (though, as I said, typically only passionate about it online).
Isn't the FET totally crazy in the round earther's mind? Like someone saying, "they taught us the wrong alphabet, and it's really been this all along!" Well that would be completely nuts and no one would even bother arguing with that, because, what'd be the point? clearly it's insane and I would have better things to do, and rational ideas to contemplate.
I'm just wondering why someone who believes this irrefutable knowledge, that the earth is round, would even make time during their day to stop by this forum.

..sorry for this mess of a post.. also sorry for the bad alphabet analogy, but hopefully instead of tearing it apart you will understand what I tried to say there..