June 13, 2007

Flat Earth Theory

Posted at 12:01 am by Richard and tagged creationism, discworld, flatearth, fundamentalism, pastafarianism, podcast, stupidity. Popularity: 10% [?]

… and you thought Creationists lived with their head in the sands.

I found a podcast recently by The Infidel Guy, where he discusses a group I couldn’t believe actually existed today - The Flat Earth Society.

On this podcast, he discusses the beliefs of the Flat Earth Society who still believe that the earth is actually flat. A round disk, centred at the north pole, with a 150ft ice wall which keeps all the water in. How is it, then, that us “Round Earthers” are utterly convinced that the earth is actually round? Well, it’s a world-wide government conspriacy. One of the most disturbing things about this, is these views are apparently not motivated by religious dogma, but rather… just plain stupidity!

Have a read of their FAQ to fully understand just how nuts these views are. While it appears that the actual number of members who believe what they preach is small, I’m still hoping it’s just a big joke, but even Pastafarianists don’t take things that far.

(I wanted to find a nice picture of Discworld to use on this post, but I couldn’t find one that I could use without breaking copyright)

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