Perhaps Max doesn't realize that very, very little of what anyone knows is based on first-hand evidence.
Is Max Eberle as big as a goof as I now think?
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Perhaps Max doesn't realize that very, very little of what anyone knows is based on first-hand evidence.
that was beyond funny,
Not taking Max's side on this but at one time in the history of the world those who said the Earth was round were considered the crazy (and dangerous) ones.
I don't subscribe to the "everyone must fit in the same box" idea of a safe society. I also don't believe in Minority Report style pre-crime punishment or "treatment" for those who are perfectly functioning people who have wacky beliefs.
I mean if we want to go down that path then people who believe in god/gods and all the fairy tales surrounding them probably need mental health treatment as well.
Sometimes adults need invisible friends, too.
i can solve this dilemma for you all: the boy went to James Madison University.
Lotta tree huggin goin on in Harrisonburg.
Lotta tree huggin goin on in Harrisonburg.
That's a pretty ridiculous post there. What the hell does this have to do with fitting in the same box? Democrat and Republican is an example of different boxes, horror movies vs comedy movies is an example of different boxes, gay vs straight is an example of different boxes, hot dogs vs hamburgers are an example of different boxes. What the hell does thinking the earth is flat have to do with different boxes. That is simply a mental deficiency, confused thought processes, blood flow disorder perhaps ... but different boxes?
This has to do with elementary level common sense and rational thinking and processing of proven information centuries old.
Wow ... how the hell do you respond to a statement like yours? You infer his box has an iota of legitimacy. In and of itself your post is not a rational statement with any relevance to the subject and I'm attempting to reply like it were rational itself.
If you can't see the difference, I don't know what to say.
Hey I was just broke down right by JMU on Monday night. They got some real real cute honeys round those parts!
That was at a time when the evidence was not yet overwhelming for the earth being round. Not to mention that it was at a time when people in general were kind of dumb and didn't think as much in a scientific manner (scientific manner meaning believing in what most of the evidence points to after as much testing as possible rather than holding onto beliefs out of tradition etc).
Some people argue a belief in God is still reasonable because science has never been able to explain where matter came from and matter had to have been created out of nothing somehow. Whatever your personal belief about God though, as I said before, mental illness isn't about having an incorrect belief here and there due to bias or ignorance or just being dumb, it is about incorrectly believing in lots and lots of things in the face of overwhelming evidence and on a large scale being unable to decipher the reality of the world around you in the face of overwhelming evidence.
Actually the last time educated people thought the world was flat was before the ancient Greeks, who already understood that the earth was spherical.
Poor comparison, John.
It's been proven beyond a reasonable doubt (unless you're a tin foil hat wearing idiot) that the Earth is round.
It hasn't been proven that God does or doesn't exist.
Although all available evidence points to does not. And it's not a coincidence that many flat earthers are also diehard bible thumpers who think that the earth is flat because the bible says so.
There is no reasonable proof for God's existence which is why it's called "faith". I personally find belief in sky fairies to be irrational but I know many fine people who do believe in them.
Faith is an intangible, a HUGE rock floating thru space is not.
Actually, from what I have seen, most flat earthers are not Bible believers. And, the Bible does not state that the earth is flat. Just the opposite, actually.
I agree and think John has it backwards. Most flat earthers are not religious from what I have seen. As far as the Bible, it does make reference to "the four corners of the earth" which while a bit ambiguous some would argue is an inferred statement of the earth being flat coming from the Bible. Others argue it is essentially just a figure of speech.
God, faith and all of that is a totally diff discussion anyway. There are good points that's could be made on both sides but none of it can be verified one way or the other. NOW, talking about flat earth, sun, moon and all his other stuff is completely verifiable or disproved - that is the difference.
John,
Science has basically found the 'fingerprint' of the creator of the Universe.
It's a ratio that exists in everything that they look at in one way shape or form.
It points to an individual creator of the Universe. That is what most would call God.
This is partly why some 'scientist' are now more earnestly looking to find or make up, devise other viable new 'theories' other than the Big Bang where ALL matter came from the empty nothing of 'space'.
Best Wishes.
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Are you referring to " The Golden Rule " ?
There is a verse that says the Lord sits above the circle of the earth . I think most people who used the stars as navigation could probably surmise that the earth was round . The flat earth people i think actually believe the earth is shaped like a American football. I think the average person in times past probably didn't care , they were trying to stay fed.