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Interest in the ‘Flat Earth’ conspiracy theory is skyrocketing
The Sun ^ | December 13, 2017 | Patrick Knox

Posted on 12/15/2017 12:30:37 PM PST by Gamecock

Support for the Flat Earth movement has been exploding in popularity, with millions believing NASA is trying to dupe us about the shape of our planet.

Google Trends data reveals searches for “flat earth” in the past two years have tripled, with a 90 percent surge in interest in the cranky conspiracy theory.

High-profile celebrity endorsements have helped grow a community of people who reject “globehead” thinking and insist that the world is in fact flat.

Those coming out about their belief include NBA player Kyrie Irving, who said in a podcast that he believed the Earth is not the globe we thought it was.

Then in September, rapper Bobby Ray Simmons Jr, aka B.o.B, launched a crowdfunding campaign to send satellites into orbit to confirm Earth’s shape.

Other celeb “flat-earthers” include Tila Tequila and cricket star Freddy Flintoff.

Outrageous stunts “proving” Earth is not a sphere have also been championing the cause.

Californian “Mad” Mike Hughes has built himself a homemade rocket out of scrap metal with the intention of seeing for himself the shape of terra firma.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: battlestarmoronica; bobbyraysimmonsjr; california; earth; flatearth; flatearthliars; flatearthmorons; freddyflintoff; kyrieirving; madmikehughes; mentalillness; mikehughes; orangecounty; tilatequila
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To: piytar

a sphere does not have an edge... you can travel indefinitely around a sphere and never reach a boundary or edge. On the other hand, if the earth is flat, it must have an edge somewhere, unless the earth is an infinite plane.

... the Bible does not teach that the earth is flat. It was Bible skeptics who introduced this false claim in the 19th century. It is a shame that professed Bible-believers recently have embraced this false argument and have gone on to promote the flat earth. When combined with its many scientific and observational problems, the flat-earth theory is disproven.


21 posted on 12/15/2017 12:50:51 PM PST by caww (freeen)
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To: Gamecock

The earth is not round but man is the cause of global warming crowd...got it


22 posted on 12/15/2017 12:52:03 PM PST by shotgun
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To: Gamecock

Some forms of stupid can’t be fixed


23 posted on 12/15/2017 12:53:49 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Gamecock

Wait! What does Jane Fonda say?


24 posted on 12/15/2017 12:54:05 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Gamecock
Discworld?


25 posted on 12/15/2017 12:58:57 PM PST by captain_dave
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To: Gamecock
Flat_Earth
26 posted on 12/15/2017 12:59:37 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: Gamecock
An alternative title...

IQs Are Plummeting A Round the World!

27 posted on 12/15/2017 12:59:44 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: Gamecock

The Earth is square since winds blow from the four corners of the Earth.


28 posted on 12/15/2017 1:00:34 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: GraceG

GraceG that is exactly right!!

WHY did I not think of that?!?!?!?!?!?

Don’t matter what it is - it must come off the table....or whatever...


29 posted on 12/15/2017 1:00:58 PM PST by Uversabound (Might does not make right, but it does enforce the commonly recognized rights of each succeeding gen)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Time to drink Brawndo! It’s got electrolytes!


30 posted on 12/15/2017 1:01:52 PM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: piytar

Silly you! There are variable lenses in aircraft windows to keep the round Earth theory alive.


31 posted on 12/15/2017 1:02:34 PM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Gamecock

I’d love tho hear their explanation of sunrise occurring at different times for people living in different places.


32 posted on 12/15/2017 1:03:45 PM PST by GingisK
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To: Fresh Wind; P-Marlowe
The hollow earth is well documented.


33 posted on 12/15/2017 1:06:22 PM PST by Gamecock (The greatest threat to humanity is not "out there" but "in here" in the recesses of the soul. TK)
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To: Gamecock

Expect to see more of this flat earth garbage as the West gets inundated with ever increasing numbers of tea towel heads. Their manual teaches that the earth is flat like a carpet.


34 posted on 12/15/2017 1:11:54 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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To: GraceG

That’s hysterical!!! And, oh so true!


35 posted on 12/15/2017 1:21:26 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: Fresh Wind

The sun is a disc.

The moon is a disc.

Both are man made. So says a flat earth believer I know well.

It’s really sad as he so fervently believes the earth is flat and there are huge mountains along the edge to keep the water in place.

I swear the number of conspiracy theories circulating exploded after the 9/11 theory came about.


36 posted on 12/15/2017 1:23:45 PM PST by warsaw44
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To: Gamecock

When pundits predicted this sort of thing back in the 70s and 80s I found it all so hard to believe...


37 posted on 12/15/2017 1:25:06 PM PST by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: TigersEye

38 posted on 12/15/2017 1:28:11 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Gamecock
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." - attributed to Abraham Lincoln

Note the second clause here, 'some of the people all of the time' and remember that there are some people who just WANT TO BELIEVE without basis or facts. We see it in almost every note-worth news item.

We are about to have the 49th anniversary of the Apollo 8 Christmas Moon Orbit mission. Yet there are bleepin idiots who claim that the whole Apollo Program was a grand conspiracy. Ignoring the fact that every nation on the globe could use Radio Direction Finders and Telescopes to pinpoint the locations of all of the missions in real time!

Then again there are people who believe that Hillary will become the US President just as soon as Robert Muller finds the Russian Conspiracy!

39 posted on 12/15/2017 1:32:44 PM PST by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: Gamecock

I know of at least one ‘flat earther’ right here in the Freeper community. I argued with him for about thirty posts, some months back. Didn’t make a dent in his thinking.


40 posted on 12/15/2017 1:36:30 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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