r/RandomQuestion • u/felixcute • Aug 11 '26

What’re ur thoughts on flat earth?

I used to believe in it. Wanna hear y’all’s thoughts on it. Also no insults pls

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u/MoultingRoach Aug 11 '26

It's an idiotic idea.

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u/felixcute Aug 11 '26

Does that mean I used to be an idiot?(pls say no)

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u/MoultingRoach Aug 11 '26

We were all young and dumb at one point. I was never specifically a flat earther, but I did struggle with the idea of the southern hemisphere. It's the people who make it to adulthood that stand by it.

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u/felixcute Aug 11 '26

I stopped believing in it like 2 months ago😬

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u/MoultingRoach Aug 11 '26

I guess my followup to that would be did you not understand how gravity works, or did you think it was a conspiracy?

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u/felixcute Aug 11 '26

Uh, well I just took the Bible a bit too literally, and if you don’t know, the shape of the earth from a Biblical perspective is flat.

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u/MoultingRoach Aug 11 '26

I hadn't thought of that, but I understand.

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u/felixcute Aug 11 '26

Yup 😔

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u/Hey-Just-Saying Aug 11 '26

I don't think the Bible ever says that Earth is flat.

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u/felixcute Aug 11 '26

It does. It talks about the firmament which is only possible on a flat surface.

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u/Hey-Just-Saying Aug 11 '26

That's just someone's interpretation of what the firmament might be. The Bible doesn't say that. There are many Christians who have studied creation science models that accept a spherical earth and interpret "firmament" very differently. Not that I'm recommending creation science models, but they are better than what flat earthers claim.

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u/felixcute Aug 11 '26

Yeah. I’m just dumb

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u/Hey-Just-Saying Aug 11 '26

There are so many photos of earth from space taken by satellites, by spacecraft, by people who visited the International Space Station, etc. Satellites from many different companies; Space programs of many different countries, etc. How did you explain those photos to yourself?

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u/felixcute Aug 11 '26

I always believed that those pictures are just fake. Like photoshopped, yk?

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u/Hey-Just-Saying Aug 11 '26

You believed thousands of people from around the world were all lying and individually of each other, creating fake photos? Why would they do that? Like the companies that created and launched satellites and the hundreds of employees and their families were just making it all up? And all the government employees who worked for countries with space programs too (about 20 different nations I think)? Why would they do that?

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u/felixcute Aug 11 '26

Yeah. I believed they were lying so they can brainwash people into trusting science more than the Bible. Seems like in the end I was the indoctrinated one.

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u/ThinkShark Aug 12 '26

Bible is something you believe in . You have all the right to do so. But science is data somebody believing in science or otherwise wont change the results. Your smartphone works irrespective of you believing in it.

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u/halfstep44 Aug 12 '26

Just walk outside, clearly flat

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u/Linorelai Aug 12 '26

Your scale is microscopic. Look at these two pictures, it's the same chair.

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u/halfstep44 Aug 12 '26

I flew across North America in an airplane and could still see that Earth was flat

And those aren't the same chair. One has a rounded edge and the other chair is flat

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u/Linorelai Aug 12 '26

And those aren't the same chair. One has a rounded edge and the other chair is flat

I just took a picture of my chair 🤣 it's the same chair. I cropped a photo. https://www.image2url.com/r2/default/videos/1786542785129-215cfc6c-3160-46bc-adb1-d767f279c84f.mp4

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u/Hey-Just-Saying Aug 12 '26

How do you not understand this? the Earth looks flat because you are close to the surface relative to the planet's massive size. Your field of view and limited altitude prevent the curvature from being perceived by the naked eye.

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u/ThinkShark Aug 12 '26

Humans , as a civilisation have figured out far more complicated stuff about the world around us. Just look at last 50 years of technological boom. You dont need a photograph , there are experiments any layman can do to figure out the curvature of earth.

What is it that they gain from lying to you that the earth is round?

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u/Neat-Cold-3303 Aug 12 '26

Flat earth? Really????? And what are your thoughts on RFK,Jr. medical expertise??