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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 08:04 PM Feb 2018

Hold on to your hats! Answers in Genesis (of all places...) has an excellent Flat Earth rebuttal...

Lately, there has been an assault by a bunch of flat earthers on some science and astronomy organizations around here. Whilst looking around for more about it to have some fun with them, I found this:

https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/earth/flat-earth-proof-just-a-mirage/

Reflection, refraction, and just a little trig dispel their myth of ships not disappearing over the horizon. It won't sway the true believers, but it should help explain things to those not sure.

Now, I'm really interested in their their theory that since space is a vacuum, it should suck our atmosphere away if the earth is a globe. (But not if it's flat?) Should have a lot of fun with that one.

This stuff may seem laughable, but it's actually frightening. In the 21st century we still have to deal with the anti-science crowd? And it's not a religious thing-- it's a "science is tough, so I'm going to take the easy way out" thing.

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Hold on to your hats! Answers in Genesis (of all places...) has an excellent Flat Earth rebuttal... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Feb 2018 OP
The Flat Earth Society has members all over the globe! cos dem Feb 2018 #1
LOL pangaia Feb 2018 #2
That article is really pretty interesting.. the one about the photos of the ships... pangaia Feb 2018 #3
So the Answer wasn't REALLY in Genesis, was it?? lastlib Feb 2018 #4
Oh, dear lord. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #5
Who needs gravity defacto7 Feb 2018 #6
I think you've captured their thinking quite well. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #7
Has to do with cats.. Permanut Feb 2018 #8
Simple answer: the Earth sucks more William Seger Feb 2018 #9
Most of the flat earth folk aren't serious. And hardly anyone listens to the serious ones. struggle4progress Feb 2018 #10
Im not convinced that the majority of flat earthers arent just joking Victor_c3 Feb 2018 #11
Probably what you most accomplished was... ret5hd Feb 2018 #12
I'd ask where the center point on the flat Earth is sakabatou Feb 2018 #13

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
3. That article is really pretty interesting.. the one about the photos of the ships...
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 08:45 PM
Feb 2018

I learned something... Imagine that...

Know-it-all me. Thanks

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
6. Who needs gravity
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 10:23 PM
Feb 2018

when you have the power of the lord god holding us down with the glue of jesus.

Me thinks they have a universal emptiness where geometry is concerned.

Permanut

(5,608 posts)
8. Has to do with cats..
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:47 AM
Feb 2018

Somewhere I read that if the Earth were flat, cats would have knocked everything off the edge by now.

struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)
10. Most of the flat earth folk aren't serious. And hardly anyone listens to the serious ones.
Mon Feb 26, 2018, 12:25 AM
Feb 2018

So it's a waste of time debunking them

But those, who have nothing better to do, may want to go after the Man Will Never Fly folk, too: here's their website

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
11. Im not convinced that the majority of flat earthers arent just joking
Mon Feb 26, 2018, 03:09 PM
Feb 2018

I used to hang out with a guy that would get seriously bent out of shape if the flat earth thing was mentioned. I used to do it just to have fun.

I used to be one of two chemist in a metals production facility and I used to always try to convince everyone that I was an idiot. Talking about flat earth and crazy conspiracy theories was part of the “look” I was going for. I also used to come to work with my pants on backwards (try that one!) or my shoes on the wrong feet.

I usually got stuck giving the tours of our lab when the bigwigs came and I’d tell the people all sorts of crazy things - and most of the time they’d never catch it. Flux capacitors, dilythium crystals, inverse energy planes, whatever. I was really surprised more people didn’t catch the Star Trek or back to the future jokes. I’d even make up my own element names and get them mixed up on purpose. Fe would be referred to as “feronium” Ir wouldn’t be iridium but iron, Si would be silver, W = widgidium so on.

ret5hd

(20,491 posts)
12. Probably what you most accomplished was...
Mon Feb 26, 2018, 07:15 PM
Feb 2018

making sure the other chemist wasn't fired.

Just sayin'.

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