Alarming Flat Earthers’ Conversation About A Preschooler’s Textbook Brainwashing Their Kids Goes Viral
Members of the Flat Earth Society claim that the Earth is flat. You know, because taking a walk on the planet’s surface is sufficient enough to deem all contrary evidence as false. Ships disappearing into the horizon? Satellite photos of Earth? Pff, nonsense! Lies! Fabrications of the “round Earth conspiracy,” orchestrated by NASA and the government.
Recently, one of these flat earthers shared a photo they took of their daughter’s preschool textbook. In it, the authors present another “hoax,” the Moon landing. Soon, the comment section was filled with people complaining about the system pushing its agenda, and you couldn’t make this stuff up.
After reddit user mynameisethan182 shared a screenshot of the conversation, it quickly went viral. The post has accumulated over 30K upvotes and 1.7K comments in a matter of hours, and people couldn’t believe their eyes.
Interestingly, did you know that flat earthers also believe that gravity is just an unproven theory? The movement, led by Californian Nathan Thompson, 31, has attracted tens of thousands of followers including a few famous ones, such as rapper B.o.B. or former reality TV star Tila Tequila.
Some flat earthers even tried proving their claims. One of the most notable attempts belongs to Mike Hughes, a daredevil who used a homebuilt manned-rocket in an attempt to see for himself if the Earth is indeed flat. His rocket made of scrap metal was estimated to cost $20,000 and using a mobile home as a custom launchpad, it climbed 1,875 feet with Hughes inside. The landing ended up being hard but the parachutes successfully deployed. The rocketeer wasn’t seriously injured, however, he’s still convinced that the Earth is flat. He claims that real evidence will come with “larger rockets”.
People thought the conversation was ridiculous
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Tragic. What benefit do they think there is for such a conspiracy to even exist??? Confuses the hell out of me.
The benefit of this conspiracy would be "turning people away from God's word". The bible says the earth is flat, so the evil round earth satanists must be out to destroy the bible's credibility with their evil round-earth nonsense...
Most people I know who believe in God are not flat earthers.
It's a comment Avital Pilpel, not a criticism. 🙄 Just a comment about the religious people I know. Nothing more, nothing less.
Where does it say in the bible that the earth is flat? https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/earth/does-bible-teach-earth-flat/
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Alex - I said most flat earthers are religious, NOT that most religious people are flat earthers. At least fundamentalism used to be the motivation before the internet. See Martin Gardner's "Fads and Fallacies" (1957), the chapter "flat and hollow".
Can we move all flat earthers and Anti-Vaxxers to their own island somewhere away from the rest of us? Blatant disregard for science halts beneficial advancements
Yeah! An island on the edge of the world, just behind the turtle head!
In the space marked “Beyond Here Be Dragons”.
Then the Great A'Tuin eod have to listen to their drivel and that would be cruel.
Kathy - more like "beyond here be morons".
First let's put them in a plane and fly them around the sphere that is the earth. And then airdrop them into a leper colony.
I suspect many of those flat earthers and anti-vaxxers are the same people. So we can use a small island. And wait for climate change to solve the problem.
We can put them on the Moon and then laugh at them from down here.
The most famous FE guy does actually live on an island in Washington, haha.
Yeah, no kids for them either!
how can there be so many of them??? I just can't wrap my mind yround this, how so many people can believe in somthing like this which has been proven bei sience over and over again (yes, I know, there are other examples of where this is happening)
The same way there are so many Christians. A lack of critical thinking
I am a Christian and I can think critically and logically. I know that science is real and I would never doubt the word of people who are experts in a particular field.
Just saying I’m also Christian but that doesn’t make me refute science & not have critical thinking. “Christians” are not a group of people who thinks the same, just like not all men are misogynist. Most Christians can hold both rational thoughts & faith in God hand in hand without cancelling each other.
I don't think that's fair. I'm not religious, but there's no proof there *isn't* a god. As long as you don't let your religion hold you back from believing in provable things, I won't judge.
It isn't all christians, and it isn't just christians, but i get your point. All the 'the *insert holy book* says the earth is flat, so it obviously is' b******t can stem from religious fanaticism, among other things.
I should have added.........about their pet belief
And a great deal of superstition.
The ancient Greeks were the first, in about 500 BC. 2000 years later, Magellan sailed around the Earth in the early 16th century. If it was flat, he would’ve fallen off, but he didn’t. When we finally went into space, we very plainly saw that it’s round. Then again, Flat Earthers aren’t the kind of people who take much stock in indisputable fact; it upsets their confirmation bias.
Downvotes are occuring. I think some flat-earthers have just realised we're talking about them...
Tragic. What benefit do they think there is for such a conspiracy to even exist??? Confuses the hell out of me.
The benefit of this conspiracy would be "turning people away from God's word". The bible says the earth is flat, so the evil round earth satanists must be out to destroy the bible's credibility with their evil round-earth nonsense...
Most people I know who believe in God are not flat earthers.
It's a comment Avital Pilpel, not a criticism. 🙄 Just a comment about the religious people I know. Nothing more, nothing less.
Where does it say in the bible that the earth is flat? https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/earth/does-bible-teach-earth-flat/
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Alex - I said most flat earthers are religious, NOT that most religious people are flat earthers. At least fundamentalism used to be the motivation before the internet. See Martin Gardner's "Fads and Fallacies" (1957), the chapter "flat and hollow".
Can we move all flat earthers and Anti-Vaxxers to their own island somewhere away from the rest of us? Blatant disregard for science halts beneficial advancements
Yeah! An island on the edge of the world, just behind the turtle head!
In the space marked “Beyond Here Be Dragons”.
Then the Great A'Tuin eod have to listen to their drivel and that would be cruel.
Kathy - more like "beyond here be morons".
First let's put them in a plane and fly them around the sphere that is the earth. And then airdrop them into a leper colony.
I suspect many of those flat earthers and anti-vaxxers are the same people. So we can use a small island. And wait for climate change to solve the problem.
We can put them on the Moon and then laugh at them from down here.
The most famous FE guy does actually live on an island in Washington, haha.
Yeah, no kids for them either!
how can there be so many of them??? I just can't wrap my mind yround this, how so many people can believe in somthing like this which has been proven bei sience over and over again (yes, I know, there are other examples of where this is happening)
The same way there are so many Christians. A lack of critical thinking
I am a Christian and I can think critically and logically. I know that science is real and I would never doubt the word of people who are experts in a particular field.
Just saying I’m also Christian but that doesn’t make me refute science & not have critical thinking. “Christians” are not a group of people who thinks the same, just like not all men are misogynist. Most Christians can hold both rational thoughts & faith in God hand in hand without cancelling each other.
I don't think that's fair. I'm not religious, but there's no proof there *isn't* a god. As long as you don't let your religion hold you back from believing in provable things, I won't judge.
It isn't all christians, and it isn't just christians, but i get your point. All the 'the *insert holy book* says the earth is flat, so it obviously is' b******t can stem from religious fanaticism, among other things.
I should have added.........about their pet belief
And a great deal of superstition.
The ancient Greeks were the first, in about 500 BC. 2000 years later, Magellan sailed around the Earth in the early 16th century. If it was flat, he would’ve fallen off, but he didn’t. When we finally went into space, we very plainly saw that it’s round. Then again, Flat Earthers aren’t the kind of people who take much stock in indisputable fact; it upsets their confirmation bias.
Downvotes are occuring. I think some flat-earthers have just realised we're talking about them...