FLAT EARTH SOCIETY

[Connolly]

Science of a flat earth (http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/FlatWhyFlat.htm)

Anyone want to challenge their "science"?

Apparently they back their convictions with quotes from the bible too.

[Connolly]

Also, check out their forum.......

FES forum (http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forums/)

[Dark Exodus]

:lol:


The Flat Earth Society is not in any way responsible for the failure of the French to repel the Germans at the Maginot Line during WWII. Nor is the Flat Earth Society responsible for the recent yeti sightings outside the Vatican, or for the unfortunate enslavement of the Nabisco Inc. factory employees by a rogue hamster insurrectionist group. Furthermore, we are not responsible for the loss of one or more of the following, which may possibly occur as the result of exposing one's self to the dogmatic and dangerously subversive statements made within: life, limb, vision, Francois Mitterand, hearing, taste, smell, touch, thumb, Aunt Mildred, citizenship, spleen, bedrock, cloves, I Love Lucy reruns, toaster, pine derby racer, toy duck, antelope, horseradish, prosthetic ankle, double-cheeseburger, tin foil, limestone, watermelon-scented air freshner, sanity, paprika, German to Pig Latin dictionary, dish towel, pet Chihuahua, pogo stick, Golf Digest subscription, floor tile, upper torso or halibut.

Tis but a joke.


...Well, maybe.

[rouchambeau]

It's a joke.

[Connolly]

Anyone have the actual website for the organisation?

I doubt their science is far off a joke.

The forum is the proper one I think.

[FriedFrog]

"Batshit insane"

[Enragé]

its a joke

nobody ever believed the earth was flat, except maybe cavemen. THe idea that people in the middle ages believed the earth was flat stems from an article by some dude in the 1800's who wanted to ridicule the vatican. For some reason it ended up in history schoolbooks presented as fact.

[which doctor]

Originally posted by [email protected] 10 2006, 07:06 PM
its a joke

nobody ever believed the earth was flat, except maybe cavemen. THe idea that people in the middle ages believed the earth was flat stems from an article by some dude in the 1800's who wanted to ridicule the vatican. For some reason it ended up in history schoolbooks presented as fact.
And it's also presented as a fact that Colombus was one of the few people that lived during the 1400's who actually believed the earth was round. In reality much of the population during that time believed the earth was round. People believe that he was such an intellectual.

History books are teh suxx0r

[Everyday Anarchy]

That's some interesting stuff NKOS and Fist of Blood.
Do you have any credible sources? I'd like to hear some more about that.

[Clutch]

Welcome to the Flat Earth Society!


Thanks for taking the time to go through this FAQ. It was created in light of the realization that for someone with a "round-Earth" (RE) background, the FE theory would appear at first glance to have some glaring holes.

No kidding.

These guys can't be serious. :rolleyes:

[Enragé]

Originally posted by [email protected] 11 2006, 05:37 AM
That's some interesting stuff NKOS and Fist of Blood.
Do you have any credible sources? I'd like to hear some more about that.
well basicly my history teacher (he's a cool guy) but i looked it up for ya;

"The common misconception that people before the age of exploration believed that Earth was flat entered the popular imagination after Washington Irving's publication of The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1828. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth

;)

[bezdomni]

The idea that Columbus was a great revolutionary that proved the world was round is simply the result of sloppy elementary school teaching.

He was in no way a great anything.

[Rollo]

He was great at killing and exploiting native americans.

[Rollo]

He was great at killing and exploiting native americans.

[Rollo]

He was great at killing and exploiting native americans.

[kjt1981]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18 2006, 12:16 AM
The idea that Columbus was a great revolutionary that proved the world was round is simply the result of sloppy elementary school teaching.

He was in no way a great anything.
Come on - decent sailor; give him his due!

There are holes in virtually any legend you wish to name, nits that can be picked to bring said legend down. Ok he probably did many bad things in the America's; but what the boy didnt know about mainsails and poopdecks probably wasnt worth knowing

[Janus]

He was in no way a great anything.
Agreed.

By the way, it seems like a total waste of time and effort if that whole "society" was a joke.

[FidelCastro]

couldn't people in the Middle ages look at a hill? Since the existence of hills have been proven since man could understand what a hill is, the flat earth theory has been disproved. The Earth could not be flat, but bumpy and cratery at best like a pubesant teen. God people are so damn stupid. /sarcasm

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Fidel, are you serious?

By 'flat' they did not mean 'level', but 'not spherical'.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

The idea that Columbus was a great revolutionary that proved the world was round is simply the result of sloppy elementary school teaching.

He was in no way a great anything.

From: Columbus day? There's nothing to celebrate! (http://freepeoplesmovement.org/fp15g.html)

"It has also been claimed that Europeans believed the Earth was flat, and that Columbus proved them wrong. This myth can be traced back to Washington Irving's novel The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1828).

"The fact that the Earth is round was evident to most people of Columbus's time, especially other sailors and explorers. (Eratosthenes (276-194 BC) had in fact accurately calculated the circumference of the Earth). The only thing in dispute was the distance to the Indies (where Columbus planned to sail).

"Most European sailors and navigators concluded that the Indies were too far away to make sailing to them worth considering. They were right and Columbus was wrong; had he not unexpectedly encountered a previously uncharted continent in mid-travel, he and his crew would have perished from lack of food and water."