Nobody knows anything about the true shape of the world. The known, inhabited world is flat. Just as a guess, I'd say that the dome of heaven is about 4,000 miles away, and the stars are about as far as San Francisco is from Boston.
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To the "poe" comment: I think this is the guy who founded Flat Earth Society.
Does anyone have that hilarious pic of the earth, sliced in half, and shows contents such as "pudding" and whatnot? I can't find it anymore.
I'd say that the dome of heaven is about 4,000 miles away
"Nobody knows anything about the true shape of the world."
No, you mean, nobody of with your level of knowledge and intelligence knows much about anything.
No, your EEG is flat, but the earth has benn proven, over and over and over, to be essentially spherical.
The fact that you say that doesn't make it true. There is no credible evidence supporting your assertion and you've already shown yourself to be an idiot, so your opinion is worthless.
Ok, explain this to me: There is a map of the earth on that page that shows it as a flat circle. I take exception to that as I believe that is propagating a falsehood. Why, you ask? Good question. Allow me to explain. Has anyone ever heard the expression, "The four corners of the earth?" As in, "People have come from the four corners of the earth."
Now, if that is a true statement, and I have no reason to believe it isn't, after all, we all say it so it must be true. I would like to propose to you all my belief that the earth is a flat perfect square, with four corners.
*Does anyone else think that the guy has an almost uncanny resemblance to that other bat shit crazy conspiracy nut: Richard C. Hoagland?
How the heck do these people explain circumnavigation?
Charles, do you live in the US? 'Cause your little continent was discovered thanks to Chris Columbus, and the world being round.
"Postscript: Bob Schadewald, author of this essay, died March 12, 2000 at age 57. Charles Johnson died March 19, 2001 at age 76. For nearly 30 years Charles fought the lonely and futile battle to "restore the world to sanity.""
This article was written in 1980, so I guess it makes it slightly less stupid (very slightly). Though the fact that his society still has members today boggles the mind...
Methinks that most of these "members" probably look at the Flat Earth Society as a joke. No one can take this nonsense seriously. Anyone that has watched a rocket launch into space, with a rocket cam looking down from it, can clearly see the earth is curved and therefore round. He was right about one thing, The Space Shuttle DID have a problem with tiles falling off it. I'm not sure about having a handyman come and make come adjustments by screwing a few bolts in it so it would fit on the 747 is accurate though.
"The known, inhabited world is flat."
Please explain the earth's rotation.
The notion of a flat Earth can easily be disproved with (amongst other things) time zones. Yes, good old time zones. If the Earth was flat, then the sun would rise and set at approximately the same absolute time (we'll use GMT for the sake of argument), and thus all clocks used by vaguely intelligent people would be set for approximately the same time. Therefore, all you need to do to disprove the notion of a flat Earth is to call up a few people in a different time zone (since Charles J. Johnson is presumably from the USA, I say he calls some people from England, since they'll speak the same language as him) and ask them what time it is. It's very simple.
Nintendofreak, you didn't read the article did you? Notice there was no electricity (I think) or running water in his home. Do you honestly think he would have had a phone, and even if he did, know how to use it?
You guys have to read the article...this isn't even the best quote in there.
"In the old days, people believed the earth was flat, because it's logical, but they didn't have a picture of the way it was, as we have today. Our concept of the world is new. Marjory and I are the avant garde. We're way ahead of the pack."
Whatever wrote this, it has far too few functioning brain cells to qualify as Homo Sapiens. I'd suggest Oncorhynchus Stultus (clinically idiot salmon), or maybe Apis Insania (demented bee), but not anything further up the evolutionary scale.
I remember seeing, in the late 1980s, the obituary of a guy who had been the president of the Flat Earth Society (yes, it was still a continuing organization, but with a very small membership).
As an 8-year-old boy, he saw a globe for the first time and asked what it was; when the teacher told him it was Earth, the world he lived on, he said she and the globe-maker had to be wrong, that it was impossible for Earth to be shaped like that -- and until the day he died, he stubbornly maintained that childish misconception that Earth couldn't possibly be round.
For most of his adult life, he had been an airplane mechanic -- in California, if I remember correctly. Think about that: He would actually work on the planes that would fly away, over the horizon, and fly back again -- and he still refused to accept that the planet was anything but flat. There's a fine line between stubbornness and mental illness, and in my opinion, this guy and others like him pole-vaulted over it.
Quote > "Nobody can be that freaking stupid. Well, except maybe for homeschooled people."
OR those who go to American schools in the mad states
OR those who go to American schools in the mad states
They're not supposed to be this stupid. There's a certain kind of invincible ignorance that can't be penetrated. You can lead a horse to water, etc. etc.
This thinking isn't in the past. You're implying they're thinking :/
The comments here have reminded me how beautiful the planet is and now I want a poster of a photo of the Earth. Anyone who looks at that and says it looks so good it must have a Creater can be talked with.
Anyone screaming "God's GREEN earth is flat!" Needs a head-out-their-arse-ectomy. It's more blue then green, it's proven a sphere, and it is one planet of many we call Earth which has a capitol 'E' so don't call it dirt!
Sorry, a bit of overspill from other FSTDT posts there :)
"This is only true if you live in Kansas."
I live in Kansas, even we're not that stupid. At least those of us in the KC area aren't. I don't know about the rest of the state because most of us are to scared to venture west of Lawrence.
“Nobody knows anything about the true shape of the world.”
“The known, inhabited world is flat.”
“Just as a guess, I'd say that the dome of heaven is about 4,000 miles away, and the stars are about as far as San Francisco is from Boston.”
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