My favorite proof, and really it’s the reason I don’t argue with flat earthers anymore. The fact that the sky appears to rotate about two points opposite each other in the sky is unassailable proof that the Earth is round. If someone is willing to just ignore that, there’s literally no point talking to them about anything
Ooh good one. I wonder what the flat earth explanation for this is.
Anyhow, the persistent belief in something like a flat earth isn’t really a question of evidence.
To most people the way we understand the world around us is through the scientific method. As in I have not personally observed the results of testing vaccines on thousands of people to ensure that they are safe, but others have and others have reproduced their findings, so I’m happy to accept their published assertions.
However, there’s plenty of people for whom the scientific method is merely one belief system amongst many, and you can simply choose which group resonates with you.
Additionally science tells us all sorts of unpleasant things about ourselves that we don’t really want to hear. Why would I want to listen to “science” telling me I need to exercise more when this nice lady on facebook tells me that this crystal can realign my chakras and restore my health.
The flat earth explanation for this is that the celestial bodies, sun, moon, planets, distant stars, do not exist and the light show in the sky is projected by Big They.
Big They are non-Christians. Is what it boils down to.
A core mechanic of Christianity is a persecution complex, they see themselves as a small group of people who REALLY know what’s going on in a big scary world full of powerful authority figures who think otherwise and will kill them for failure to conform. It’s why they use a device of brutal torture/execution as their symbol, they fucking LOVE being persecuted.
Jesus had the Romans, so modern Christians have to have…the Jews, the CIA, the British Royal Family, the godless communists, the Muslim terrorists, the woke left, something that is more influential than them hell bent on destroying them, or opposing their “rightful” authority.
The bible says WE should be in charge, so we require it to be right. In those cases where observable reality conflicts with the bible, the bible is correct and reality is wrong. And somewhere in the bible, the earth is described as flat. And when you’re in “god put dinosaur bones underground as a test of our faith” deep as too many of these delusional nutcases are, they’ll refuse to accept literally anything including the results of their own experiments if it conflicts with their chosen narrative.
My favorite proof, and really it’s the reason I don’t argue with flat earthers anymore. The fact that the sky appears to rotate about two points opposite each other in the sky is unassailable proof that the Earth is round. If someone is willing to just ignore that, there’s literally no point talking to them about anything
Ooh good one. I wonder what the flat earth explanation for this is.
Anyhow, the persistent belief in something like a flat earth isn’t really a question of evidence.
To most people the way we understand the world around us is through the scientific method. As in I have not personally observed the results of testing vaccines on thousands of people to ensure that they are safe, but others have and others have reproduced their findings, so I’m happy to accept their published assertions.
However, there’s plenty of people for whom the scientific method is merely one belief system amongst many, and you can simply choose which group resonates with you.
Additionally science tells us all sorts of unpleasant things about ourselves that we don’t really want to hear. Why would I want to listen to “science” telling me I need to exercise more when this nice lady on facebook tells me that this crystal can realign my chakras and restore my health.
The flat earth explanation for this is that the celestial bodies, sun, moon, planets, distant stars, do not exist and the light show in the sky is projected by Big They.
I never get that, who is Big They and why would they want to fool us? What’s the point?
Big They are non-Christians. Is what it boils down to.
A core mechanic of Christianity is a persecution complex, they see themselves as a small group of people who REALLY know what’s going on in a big scary world full of powerful authority figures who think otherwise and will kill them for failure to conform. It’s why they use a device of brutal torture/execution as their symbol, they fucking LOVE being persecuted.
Jesus had the Romans, so modern Christians have to have…the Jews, the CIA, the British Royal Family, the godless communists, the Muslim terrorists, the woke left, something that is more influential than them hell bent on destroying them, or opposing their “rightful” authority.
The bible says WE should be in charge, so we require it to be right. In those cases where observable reality conflicts with the bible, the bible is correct and reality is wrong. And somewhere in the bible, the earth is described as flat. And when you’re in “god put dinosaur bones underground as a test of our faith” deep as too many of these delusional nutcases are, they’ll refuse to accept literally anything including the results of their own experiments if it conflicts with their chosen narrative.
What if they just go “but what if the stars are fake?”?