Flat Earth Society...
- Thread starter Snitalvixzon
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Honestly, I think the flat earth people are just a bunch of trolls. I looked around their forums a while back, and they seemed like they were straight off of 4chan. They are just very dedicated to their trolling.
Yeah, that is a bunch of bs.
There is a point with me to free belief, and that's on the borderline.
There is a point with me to free belief, and that's on the borderline.
I love that site! They are hilarious. My favourite part is about the Antimoon (that causes Lunar Eclipses) which they claim can clearly be seen by the naked eye (area with no stars) but they can't take its picture because prolonged exposure to the Moon is apparently dangerous. Classic!
The world isn't completely flat, it bows in the center, is rounded at the edges, and sets on the back of a giant turtle. Now, before anyone asks what the turtle is standing on I will tell you; It's turtles all the way down.
There is an easy way to prove whether or not his theory is correct, based on the video.Snitalvixzon said:First off I wanted to say hi! I look around the forums a lot and decided to make an account only to realize I have been one for a while...
Now I'm sorry if this has been posted before but I couldnt find it after looking around
Website- http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php
Yes people believe this.
Somewhat related video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc0trwHSRIA
At first their ideas somewhat make sense but then your mind kicks in....I usually like to let other people have their beliefs but this I don't even know what to think. I don't know what else to add this is just crazy.
Oh and again, Hi!
1. Go to Argentina.
2. Get a boat/aircraft
3. Head for Antarctica
Why Argentina? According to the 'disc model' provided, Argentina would be closest to the edge of the world. That edge, having a barrier on it to stop water from pouring out, would be Antarctica if the Arctic is the center of the disc. The test is to see what happens if the plane/boat makes its way to Antarctica, aka the barrier of the world, and see if this barrier is penetrable, and if so, if there is a sheer drop on the other side.
In Science, theories are explanations of facts, and therefore can be twisted when facts are disproven. To disprove a theory fundamental facts have to be disproven to the point where the theory can no longer be twisted to maintain the theory.
So, at the ice barrier that is Antarctica, if the Flat Earth theory holds up, there should be either an impenetrable field or a sheer drop at the end of the world when you try to pass Antarctica.
If, however, instead you encounter Australia... its back to the drawing board.
I thought it was a joke forum until I saw the post counts. I hope they are fake. "The earth is flat because the Bible said so and the Bible has been more accurate then NASA before".
I missed the deny at the start of your paragraph and was preparing for a scathing or sarcastic responseevilneko said:
good thing I re-read OT Aristotle had this shit figured out, but he's not around to set these whippersnappers straight
Being a somewhat "sane" variant on a creationist I feel the need to explain the theory behind young earth "science"
God, when he created the world created it in a state of "in medias res" meaning that things were created pre-aged. Science says that the universe is trillions of years old. We know that light travels at a consistant speed, that rocks age a certain way.... But if you are creating it all from nothing there are no rules, in fact you are creating those rules. When god created the stars he created the light of those stars already in motion. When he created the earth he created it to start out being millions of years old. If you are telling a story do you start with nothing? explain the character's entire boring ordinary life? No! you start at the good bit!
Now we get to the reason... why?
Well that's simple. God created the world because he wants free will. If there was 100% undeniable evidence the the roles would be reversed, only the foolish idiots with no intelligence would be athists.... that's no free will at all it's just common sense. What god wants is someone who'll love him even if it's difficult and hard to do. otherwise the entire human race would be nothing but "fair weather friends" people who just want to go to heaven when they die or only think of him when they want him to do something.
Now, back to the topic...
I think flat earth people are either really stupid or they just think it for lulz.
God, when he created the world created it in a state of "in medias res" meaning that things were created pre-aged. Science says that the universe is trillions of years old. We know that light travels at a consistant speed, that rocks age a certain way.... But if you are creating it all from nothing there are no rules, in fact you are creating those rules. When god created the stars he created the light of those stars already in motion. When he created the earth he created it to start out being millions of years old. If you are telling a story do you start with nothing? explain the character's entire boring ordinary life? No! you start at the good bit!
Now we get to the reason... why?
Well that's simple. God created the world because he wants free will. If there was 100% undeniable evidence the the roles would be reversed, only the foolish idiots with no intelligence would be athists.... that's no free will at all it's just common sense. What god wants is someone who'll love him even if it's difficult and hard to do. otherwise the entire human race would be nothing but "fair weather friends" people who just want to go to heaven when they die or only think of him when they want him to do something.
Now, back to the topic...
I think flat earth people are either really stupid or they just think it for lulz.
I read through a few threads on the forum and listened to the interview and my brain hurts a little bit. I mean, I know people believe some stupid stuff, but with mountains and MOUNTAINS of evidence that the world is flat...and they still don't believe it...? That's sad...
It's ironic... the Flat Earth model comes from a pretty basic level of observation. The Earth looks flat. However, the explanations get more and more abstract.
The explanation of gravity seems pretty easy to disprove though. They claim that gravity is caused by a uniformly accelerating Earth moving through Dark Energy, I guess like a bubble through the ocean. But the constant acceleration means we'd have broken the speed of light aeons ago. That's not to mention the energy requirements.
Would be kind of fun if they were right, but that would mean an awful lot of our maths was wrong. Wonder if anyone has tried to work that theory of gravity into the Grand Unified Theory. Just for funsies.
The explanation of gravity seems pretty easy to disprove though. They claim that gravity is caused by a uniformly accelerating Earth moving through Dark Energy, I guess like a bubble through the ocean. But the constant acceleration means we'd have broken the speed of light aeons ago. That's not to mention the energy requirements.
Would be kind of fun if they were right, but that would mean an awful lot of our maths was wrong. Wonder if anyone has tried to work that theory of gravity into the Grand Unified Theory. Just for funsies.