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Post by keresm on Jul 28, 2009 14:37:58 GMT -5
I just encountered a flat earther.
Hold me.
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King Leopard
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Post by King Leopard on Jul 28, 2009 14:41:33 GMT -5
Oh ...
Oh my.
You hush now, child. It's all gonna be all right.
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Jul 28, 2009 14:50:35 GMT -5
Birthers, Flat Earthers, whatever the "sun around the earth!" call themselves, still exist?
...and we're supposed to believe that because certain RELIGIOUS ideas have existed for so long, that that means they're credible?
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Post by keresm on Jul 28, 2009 14:57:22 GMT -5
Birthers, Flat Earthers, whatever the "sun around the earth!" call themselves, still exist? Geo-centrists. I've met them before too.
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Post by id82 on Jul 28, 2009 15:06:44 GMT -5
Details!
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Post by keresm on Jul 28, 2009 15:09:02 GMT -5
Was going to submit quotes, but the thread got deleted by the mods. Apparently, saying 'that belief is idiotic' is a personal attack. But someone calling me a pedophile for stating that some 16 year olds are more capable of mature informed consent than some 30 year olds isn't a personal attack.
Go figure.
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Jul 28, 2009 15:09:52 GMT -5
Birthers, Flat Earthers, whatever the "sun around the earth!" call themselves, still exist? Geo-centrists. I've met them before too. I'll try to remember the term from now on. I know heliocentrist, but damned if I can remember geocentrist.
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Post by Hades on Jul 28, 2009 15:16:51 GMT -5
Can you give us a little more info? I'm interested to know how/where you met this person and what transpired. It's rare to find a genuine flat earth believer. From my experience anyway.
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Primal Eve
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Post by Primal Eve on Jul 28, 2009 15:29:42 GMT -5
Birthers, Flat Earthers, whatever the "sun around the earth!" call themselves, still exist? ...and we're supposed to believe that because certain RELIGIOUS ideas have existed for so long, that that means they're credible?No one will ever go broke betting on the stupidity of humanity.
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Post by Hades on Jul 28, 2009 18:48:42 GMT -5
Birthers, Flat Earthers, whatever the "sun around the earth!" call themselves, still exist? ...and we're supposed to believe that because certain RELIGIOUS ideas have existed for so long, that that means they're credible?No one will ever go broke betting on the stupidity of humanity. Then the question becomes "How can I cash in on this?"
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Post by keresm on Jul 28, 2009 19:02:42 GMT -5
Can you give us a little more info? I'm interested to know how/where you met this person and what transpired. It's rare to find a genuine flat earth believer. From my experience anyway. It started with a discussion on evolution, and I mentioned that gravity was also a theory. The person I was discussing it with said essentially 'huh?', and then the flat-earther jumped in with how it's all magnetism because the earth is flat. We already knew him for a fundie due to other discussions, but until that point, we didn't realize how idiotic he was. Honestly I think the major reason the thread got deleted was the religious mod realized how often the flat-earther had agreed with his viewpoint on religion and didn't want anyone to see the flat earther making him look bad.
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Post by Hades on Jul 28, 2009 19:05:16 GMT -5
It started with a discussion on evolution, and I mentioned that gravity was also a theory. The person I was discussing it with said essentially 'huh?', and then the flat-earther jumped in with how it's all magnetism because the earth is flat. lolwut
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Post by banjaxed on Jul 28, 2009 20:17:41 GMT -5
It started with a discussion on evolution, and I mentioned that gravity was also a theory. The person I was discussing it with said essentially 'huh?', and then the flat-earther jumped in with how it's all magnetism because the earth is flat. lolwut ^Seconded
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Jul 28, 2009 21:14:10 GMT -5
Yeah, the belief that magnetism=gravity is not uncommon among Fundies. See, it means that gravity is "explained," so it puts it on a higher level than that drivel that is evolution. How these people think that, in years of research, scientists wouldn't reach this sudden epiphany or have any evidence whatsoever to discredit it is either beyond me or attributed to a conspiracy.
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Post by Hades on Jul 28, 2009 21:23:14 GMT -5
Yeah, the belief that magnetism=gravity is not uncommon among Fundies. See, it means that gravity is "explained," so it puts it on a higher level than that drivel that is evolution. How these people think that, in years of research, scientists wouldn't reach this sudden epiphany or have any evidence whatsoever to discredit it is either beyond me or attributed to a conspiracy. Of course it's conspiracy. Let's not forget what Ray Comfort said to thunderf00t, "I know you know that god is real, that's what the scriptures tell me". Scientists know it, but they're part of the Great Deception.
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