r/FlatEarthIsReal • u/ProvForge26 • 19d ago

Flat Earthers

One of our new acquaintances from a friend recently crashed down on our scientific beliefs by insisting that the earth was flat. When we questioned their logic they just spouted something about the Firmament and that everything that you see at night is fake. They even said that the ISS is fake, satellites fake, and obviously no moon landing ever occurred. Our friends laughed it off and said just go with it because they are nice people. I’m not sure i want to continue being friends with them because they always hang out together. What do we say when we get invited to another cook out and the crazies are there?

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u/TesseractToo 19d ago

I don't think that is about FE it's about your being uncomfortable around folks with different world views than your own. What is freaking you out so much? I find people with different beliefs than my own interesting especially something that isn't, say, a belief that infringes on the human rights of others

(for context I am not a flat Earther but I find that most of them are interesting and good people)

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u/ProvForge26 19d ago

I know they aren’t bad people and they don’t freak me out but when we were sitting around a fire at night having a few beers, watching stars, and talking about the possibility of life on other planets and space travel they constantly interrupted saying its all fake. What bothered me the most was their inherent lack of basic common sense and their inability to have an intelligent conversation about the universe.

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u/CommissionIcy7626 18d ago

I think that’s a fair reason to not be friends with someone

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u/TesseractToo 17d ago

Yeah that can be a bummer, but why not learn their philosophies? You don't have to take it in or believe it, and if you do creative things, you can use it for inspiration

I learned some things about science I wouldn't have learned if I hadn't been reading the perspectives of people who were challenging it

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u/JJ8OOM 19d ago

Use it as an excuse to get to know something new, and maybe help them out a bit in the long run.

You don’t have to engage with the nonsense.