barnhart wrote:Another question, how many of you know flat earthers personally? Family? Church Family? Home school group?
I don't know any personally...but I argued with some on the internet that were conservative Christian types.
A brother I know calls this stuff mental pornography. He thinks adherents to this type of nonsense/conspiracies get a "charge" out of being "keepers of secret knowledge" and smarter than the rest of us ordinary folks that are mass deluded. I agree, bottom line I've never convinced a one of these folks of craziness of their claims.
I wondered if it might be an offshoot of creationism, (among conservative christians).
I have a colleague and friend who is a flat earther among other conspiracy theories he holds in high regard.
I don't know anyone who is a flat earth theorist related to conservative Christian beliefs, but I do know some respected Anabaptists who are geocentrists based on their biblical literalism.
Like F Schaeffer said, the problem with atheism isn't that people don't believe, it is that they end up believing anything. It does bother me though that a bunch of "kingdom Christian" types have fallen into this pseudo-reality. Welcome to the world of every opinion counts. (And of course it isn't just the flat-earthers...there are plenty of other nonsense conspiracies...)
It really is saddening to see so many people falling for this nonsense. It really says volumes about their world view, and trust, and life experiences. I hope our churches do not use these people as school teachers.
RZehr wrote:It really is saddening to see so many people falling for this nonsense. It really says volumes about their world view, and trust, and life experiences. I hope our churches do not use these people as school teachers.
What about geocentrists based on biblical literalism? I had some teachers who were there.
