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AZ8theist

(7,236 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:37 AM Yesterday

Sorry, flat Earthers...

...But the Earth is a SPHERE.
As the moon passes behind the Earth, it makes a curved shadow. The ONLY WAY you can create a curved shadow is with a round object.
Humans have known this for thousands of years, yet in 2026 we are still battling idiots who think the Earth is flat.




Image was captured around 3am in Arizona. Unable to get decent pictures of the "blood moon" due to high clouds.
But enjoy this photo of the start of the full lunar eclipse!

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Sorry, flat Earthers... (Original Post) AZ8theist Yesterday OP
Was stunning here malaise Yesterday #1
We have always had definitive proof that the earth is not flat. . the cats niyad Yesterday #2
Haha malaise Yesterday #3
Have you ever met a person who believes the world is flat? Towlie Yesterday #4
Kyrie Irving NewHendoLib Yesterday #5
A freinds son in law has one in his family. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #6
I have, and there is no Socratic thing going on. The person is wedded niyad Yesterday #7
I've never read the bible but I'm pretty sure Dr. T Yesterday #8
The bible says neither...bad interpreters may have said those things JT45242 Yesterday #10
The Bible (mainly Genesis 1) doesn't say it but everyone believed it at the time. Towlie Yesterday #20
And the Bible certainly doesn't say anything about dinosaurs! Towlie Yesterday #21
I think the dinosaur thing was the guy who owns the Noah's Arc Dr. T 23 hrs ago #22
You're thinking of Ken Ham AZ8theist 23 hrs ago #25
They have conventions wolfie001 Yesterday #12
For people who don't exist, they sure have a lot of YouTube channels. Aristus Yesterday #15
As anyone who has seen the Death Star knows Tetrachloride Yesterday #9
But it could be just a disk nuxvomica Yesterday #11
True, but not every time. And not from different perspectives. AZ8theist 23 hrs ago #24
*Playing Devil's Advocate* J_William_Ryan Yesterday #13
The sad part, as i understand it, is the whole flat earth society thing started as a joke. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #14
Sorry, flat earthers have been around for millenia. Just google niyad Yesterday #16
Ah. I must have been living under a rock, lol. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #18
No, you probably just lived around rational people. niyad Yesterday #19
In Germany in 1862 it was proved that the more CO 2 you have in a body of gas the more heat that Botany Yesterday #17
Last I heard, it is flat ornotna 23 hrs ago #23
Turtles all the way down NoRethugFriends 23 hrs ago #27
I think I know were... Conjuay 23 hrs ago #28
The earth is NOT flat LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #26
Back when the internet was younger, Conjuay 22 hrs ago #29
Their brain waves are flat too. GreenWave 22 hrs ago #30
;-{)... Goonch 22 hrs ago #31
I've come across flat earthers. VGNonly 21 hrs ago #32

niyad

(131,528 posts)
2. We have always had definitive proof that the earth is not flat. . the cats
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:41 AM
Yesterday

would have knocked everything off of it by now.

Towlie

(5,571 posts)
4. Have you ever met a person who believes the world is flat?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:33 AM
Yesterday

I've never met a person who believes the world is flat, nor have I met a person who has met someone who believes the world is flat. In fact, I've never met a person who claims to have met a person who claims to have met a person who believes the world is flat.

I'm not convinced that such people even exist, and even if there are people who purport to believe that, they could just be expressing some philosophical, Socratic, point about epistemology along the lines of "the only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing".




mwmisses4289

(3,812 posts)
6. A freinds son in law has one in his family.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:03 AM
Yesterday

But they also believe covid is a hoax, and expect everyone else to raise their kids.
They are absolutely impossible to talk to.

niyad

(131,528 posts)
7. I have, and there is no Socratic thing going on. The person is wedded
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:25 AM
Yesterday

to their bs qanon beliefs as well.

Dr. T

(599 posts)
8. I've never read the bible but I'm pretty sure
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:02 AM
Yesterday

it says something about the Earth being flat. And it's only 6000 years old. And dinosaurs coexisted with humans. And all land on Earth was submerged in water. Those guided by blind faith need no proof other than their guiding manuscript.

JT45242

(3,987 posts)
10. The bible says neither...bad interpreters may have said those things
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:07 AM
Yesterday

The moronic British clergymen who came up with the 6000 year old earth based on the Hebrew texts would be laughed at by every Hebrew scholar and Rabbi on Earth for thousands of years.

He took the bad English translation and came up with that number.

As for the Earth being flat, just not addressed.

Dr. T

(599 posts)
22. I think the dinosaur thing was the guy who owns the Noah's Arc
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:38 PM
23 hrs ago

park. Thank you for educating me. Apparently, there's a gap between what the bible says and how people interpret it.

I might be wrong about this also. The bible has been translated and retranslated from languages that no longer exist. It's like that classroom exercise where the first kid whispers something into the ear of the kid next to him. That kid turns to the kid on the other side and paraphrase what he thought he heard. By the time it gets to the tenth kid in the chain, the original statement is lost. What are your thoughts about that? I'm genuinely curious, not trying to make trouble.

AZ8theist

(7,236 posts)
25. You're thinking of Ken Ham
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:06 PM
23 hrs ago

The "Answers in Genesis" clown who built that ridicuous park.
He had a debate with Bill Nye some years ago. Bill Nye, the "Science Guy" was an educator, not a scientist, who nonetheless eviscerated Ham in a debate about the bible and the ark. It's well worth a look:



Unfortunately, the dabate was held at the "Ark Encounter", so the audience was made up of believers, so one sided to start.
Nye probably changed very few minds.

wolfie001

(7,494 posts)
12. They have conventions
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:08 AM
Yesterday

It's a full-time gig for some of these morons. Just like 'The Joe Rogan Show.' People get rich off this up-to-their-neck horseshit.

AZ8theist

(7,236 posts)
24. True, but not every time. And not from different perspectives.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:55 PM
23 hrs ago

Also, eclipses cannot be explained above a flat Earth, since everyone on the planet sees the same moon at the same time.
And the moon is inverted in the southern hemisphere. That can only be explained when viewed from a globe.

J_William_Ryan

(3,453 posts)
13. *Playing Devil's Advocate*
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:15 AM
Yesterday

They really don’t believe the Earth is ‘flat.’

It’s more of a question everything mindset, don’t believe something unless you see it or experience it for yourself.

mwmisses4289

(3,812 posts)
14. The sad part, as i understand it, is the whole flat earth society thing started as a joke.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:19 AM
Yesterday

Couple of college students back in the 1990's, iirc. They were flabbergasted at how many people actually took them seriously.

niyad

(131,528 posts)
16. Sorry, flat earthers have been around for millenia. Just google
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:29 AM
Yesterday

"flat earth" and "flat earth societies".

mwmisses4289

(3,812 posts)
18. Ah. I must have been living under a rock, lol.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:40 AM
Yesterday

I had never heard of them until about 1990's.

Botany

(77,023 posts)
17. In Germany in 1862 it was proved that the more CO 2 you have in a body of gas the more heat that
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:31 AM
Yesterday

… body of gas will hold. That has never been proven false in the 164 years after that was shown
to be the case and yet we have millions of Americans who claim that the case of global warming
hasn’t been proven. Sadly a lot more of Americans believe that crap then that the earth is flat.

ornotna

(11,457 posts)
23. Last I heard, it is flat
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:46 PM
23 hrs ago

On the back of four elephants on the back of a giant turtle.

I read that somewhere.

Conjuay

(3,038 posts)
29. Back when the internet was younger,
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:19 PM
22 hrs ago

I found a bulletin board for flat earth types.
I went on there to laugh at the rubes, but once there, I realized these people had conspiracy theory about EVERYTHING!
The 'lunatic fringe' is a lot larger (and scarier) than I ever realized!

VGNonly

(8,466 posts)
32. I've come across flat earthers.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 02:49 PM
21 hrs ago

Also moon landing deniers, young-earthers, evolution deniers and Noahs ark believers.




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