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Old 07-15-2017, 09:53 PM
 
Location: NE Mississippi
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Interesting some think the Earth is still flat!

Flat Earth International Conference 2017
It is so flat in Lubbock, TX that you can stand on a tuna can, look North and see the back of your head.
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Old 07-15-2017, 09:55 PM
 
Location: Unperson Everyman Land
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I think it's their brains that are flat


The only way to get to the correct answer is to ask the right questions (even if they seem silly) and assume nothing.


https://phys.org/news/2017-01-reveal...-universe.html
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Old 07-15-2017, 10:03 PM
 
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I think that there may be a correlation between flat-earthers and creationists. A similar mind-set.

Something like holocaust deniers, or climate change deniers. Willful ignorance.
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Old 07-15-2017, 10:06 PM
 
Location: Iowa, USA
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I think that there may be a correlation between flat-earthers and creationists. A similar mind-set.

Something like holocaust deniers, or climate change deniers. Willful ignorance.
Creationism attaches itself more to extreme religious indoctrination.

Flat earth types, it seem, are more the super anti-government types. Because the government says this is true, it must not be true. Because gubment=bad.
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Old 07-15-2017, 10:10 PM
 
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If it's a parody like the Flying Spaghetti Monster then yes, otherwise it's anti-science religious right wingers.







Don't know of any contemporary religions that stipulate the Earth is flat.
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Old 07-15-2017, 10:14 PM
 
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I think that there may be a correlation between flat-earthers and creationists. A similar mind-set.

Something like holocaust deniers, or climate change deniers. Willful ignorance.





A similar mind set?


How so?




I've read Genesis.


Don't recall anything about a flat Earth.
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Old 07-15-2017, 10:24 PM
 
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Immediately followed by the "How to tax and regulate each and every single thing a person does because the climate changes" conference.

The policy ideas and the science are two different things. The former is flexible, the latter is what it is. Man-made climate change is happening, we have to address it. If most Republicans didnt have their heads stuck in the sand, they too could be part of the potential policy discussions which will shape our future.
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Old 07-15-2017, 11:17 PM
 
Location: Japan
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I think that there may be a correlation between flat-earthers and creationists. A similar mind-set.

Something like holocaust deniers, or climate change deniers. Willful ignorance.
Something like... something. Thank you for that insight.
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Old 07-16-2017, 01:06 AM
 
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Flat Earthers, Holocaust Deniers, Pro-Confederates, they are all the same to me. The angry, hateful, and willfully stupid. We have facts that refute anything that these types of people subscribe to. Flat Earthers are just like Holocaust deniers and Confederate defenders. People who are angry at the world. "Alternative facts" is just a way of rebelling against society. Being willfully wrong just for the sake of it.
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Old 07-16-2017, 01:17 AM
 
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Flat Earthers, Holocaust Deniers, Pro-Confederates, they are all the same to me. The angry, hateful, and willfully stupid. We have facts that refute anything that these types of people subscribe to. Flat Earthers are just like Holocaust deniers and Confederate defenders. People who are angry at the world. "Alternative facts" is just a way of rebelling against society. Being willfully wrong just for the sake of it.
Add to it the KKK, Women's March participants, Hillary supporters, Trump supporters, BLM, communists, marxists, stalinists, left wing extremists, right wing extremists, etc. People who are so narrow focused, they cannot comprehend other view points at all, and they create their entire identity around just one or two issues, in which they they will ensure the issues stay around forever.
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