Christopher Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 1 hour ago, DasBroot said: He's going to 1800 feet. 1800 feet. Any money on him coming back and saying 'Yep, earth sure looks flat from here. Flat earth confirmed!' Which will be publicity for his campaign. Also his statement that rocketry is just 'formulas and stuff', not 'science' is amazing. I find this Flat Earth Theory fascinating in a insane kind of way: Sun. Moon. All the planets in the Solar System: All are round. Just hte earth somehow is flat. And there is a conspiracy to keep that a secret for...what reason exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 50 minutes ago, Christopher said: And there is a conspiracy to keep that a secret for...what reason exactly? Because the flat Earth is biblical, and Satan hates you. OK, there are probably flat Earthers that aren't religious believers (not just not Christians), but that's out on an even further limb of crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Christopher said: I find this Flat Earth Theory fascinating in a insane kind of way: Sun. Moon. All the planets in the Solar System: All are round. Just hte earth somehow is flat. And there is a conspiracy to keep that a secret for...what reason exactly? Because the followers of person(s) who popularised it (Washington Irving) want to keep it a secret. They want to keep the "flat earth theory" as a bludgeon against religion. Only that no informed person during the Greek-Hellenistic-Roman-Midieval eras ever believe the nonsense. That is the conspiracy, that is the secret. Now you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 There are few things as pitiful as someone who believes in a theory that was never intended to be taken seriously in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 "The turtle moves!" DasBroot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Guys, the bible says the earth is flat, so as far as millions of Americans are concerned it's flat. Look at this guy and realize he's not trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 I can't find the reference right now, but there's a verse in the Old Testament somewhere that manages to mess up counting to six. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Accepting parts of the old testament as literal has always been problematic at best, for me. There has always been self-righteousness, ignorance, hypocrisy and 'doing evil in the name of....' Faith is a choice. Michael Hopcroft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 15 hours ago, assault said: Because the flat Earth is biblical, and Satan hates you. OK, there are probably flat Earthers that aren't religious believers (not just not Christians), but that's out on an even further limb of crazy. With Flat Earthers, I'm inclined to think that they've hit on their cause because it's crazy. That is, it used to be that you could get a rise out of people by being a creationist, but when everyone started bending over backwards to accommodate you, well, it just seemed unsatisfying. Then there was Moon landing denial, but when Buzz clocked that guy, you realised that you were hanging out with jerks and losers. (Same with 9/11 deniers.) I mean, those guys just didn't have the guts to embrace the crazy in a satisfying way. So, Flat Earth it is! Now you're the wackiest guy on the block for sure. . . . . So expect Moon Denial to be next. DShomshak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Only people who live in perpetually overcast places do that. Like Seattle. And Vancouver. And Holland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 I have heard a theory that states there is no idea so stupid or disproven that at least about 20% of people won't believe it or at least claim to. Hell, how many peolle list "Jedi" as their religion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 8 hours ago, Starlord said: Accepting parts of the old testament as literal has always been problematic at best, for me. There has always been self-righteousness, ignorance, hypocrisy and 'doing evil in the name of....' Faith is a choice. Genesis carries two self-contradictory accounts of the creation of Humanity -- the founding of the species in the first chapter ("Male and female he created them"), and the explanation of "why are humans evil?" in the second and onward. Neither is scientifically literal. There are a lot of things in Genesis that make no sense as literal statements, but are perfectly sensible if taken in the sense of "everything that is is the result of the actions of a single, superior being we call God, and He views the Universe as essentially sacred and good. We have been placed as stewards of that universe, and given the task of taking care of that sacred, good creation." The main point of the Adam and Eve story seems to be not so much that God created two perfect beings and expected them to populate the earth from just their genetic base (which is absurd), but "Humans were basically good, but have free will and as such are capable of making bad choices. They need the ability to make bad choices, but sometimes those choices are VERY bad and lead to unbearable consequences." There are questions about that account (did Cain feel remorse?), but it is interesting that rather than strike him down God chose to make Cain live with the consequences of having killed his brother. Pariah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 I have never understood how the literal interpretation of a text outstanding for its content of parables became so overwhelmingly important to so many. Pariah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Just heard on BBC and All Things Considered: Ratko Mladich, organizer of the Srebrenica massacre and other atrocities in the Bosnian Civil War, has finally been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Dean Shomshak gewing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 5 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: There are questions about that account (did Cain feel remorse?), but it is interesting that rather than strike him down God chose to make Cain live with the consequences of having killed his brother. Given that God hung a big warning sign on Cain and put the word out that he was under protection and any injury to him would meet massive retaliation, the question to me is "Why would anyone think God wasn't completely pleased with Cain's act? He's rewarding it." I wish I had a Deity looking out for me and promising sevenfold retribution to anyone acting against me. But I'm not about to go kill someone for it. Lucius Alexander Anyone injuring me risks the wrath of the palindromedaries, but that's not nearly as intimidating...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Apokolips is invading? Mysterious 'booms' are being heard all over the world - and nobody knows what they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 11/21/2017 at 2:34 PM, DasBroot said: He's going to 1800 feet. 1800 feet. Any money on him coming back and saying 'Yep, earth sure looks flat from here. Flat earth confirmed!' Which will be publicity for his campaign. Also his statement that rocketry is just 'formulas and stuff', not 'science' is amazing. A cessna private aircraft has a ceiling of 13,500 feet. See:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_172 good god these people are true idiots. foir a fraction of what he spent on this suicide ride he could have chartered a cessna and gone like 7x higher. 1800 feet?! I can get higher than that by standing next to my neighbor's window in summer and inhaling... Christopher and wcw43921 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 And jets like a 747 can cruise at up to around 39,000 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Animated Justice League Cast Wants a Reunion Movie, Need Fans’ Help Pariah and Bazza 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Dolly the cloned sheep was not old before her time: study Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 On 11/22/2017 at 6:48 PM, Lucius said: Given that God hung a big warning sign on Cain and put the word out that he was under protection and any injury to him would meet massive retaliation, the question to me is "Why would anyone think God wasn't completely pleased with Cain's act? He's rewarding it." I wish I had a Deity looking out for me and promising sevenfold retribution to anyone acting against me. But I'm not about to go kill someone for it. Lucius Alexander Anyone injuring me risks the wrath of the palindromedaries, but that's not nearly as intimidating...... I think he placed the mark and curse on Cain, because Cain was afraid of having vengeance rained down on himself. But, I'd have to check on the details, to be fair. Note: though that would imply more people in the world than the decendants of Adam, but anyhow Edit: Well, I am pretty sure Cain's punishment was to be cast out of his homeland to become a wanderer. Exiled, essentially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 One story I heard was Lilith was the first woman but refused to be submissive to Adam so god threw a tantrum and exiled her from eden. Then he made eve as a good l'il drone by making her from adam's rib. Caine and Lilith hooked up eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 27 minutes ago, Badger said: I think he placed the mark and curse on Cain, because Cain was afraid of having vengeance rained down on himself. But, I'd have to check on the details, to be fair. Note: though that would imply more people in the world than the decendants of Adam, but anyhow Edit: Well, I am pretty sure Cain's punishment was to be cast out of his homeland to become a wanderer. Exiled, essentially Some myths claim Caine was doomed to be separate from people forever and as people spread over the earth he was forced to go to the moon to keep away from people, so "the man in the moon" was Caine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Yeah, they've made many a crazy story on Cain, I've heard a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 So Caine was the first Inhuman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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