The origin...

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The origin...
« on: October 03, 2008, 04:29:21 AM »
How explains the flat Earth Society the origin of the planet?, and the continental drift? ???

A map exists with the united continents, as they were before?

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Re: The origin...
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2008, 06:26:52 AM »
Regarding the origin of the planet:

The Flat Earth Society holds its origins in devout Christianity which took a strict literal interpretation of the bible. The primary purpose of the Flat Earth Society was to actively refute science and show the Bible to be correct. This was achieved through public speaking and leaflet distribution.

Short, true to it's origins, answer: Because God made it.


I did not know that... I'd guessed as much, but it's kind of refreshing to see it posed as such.

I looked it up a little more. Here's a newsletter from the society as guided by Charles K. Johnson:

    Aim: To carefully observe, think freely rediscover forgotten fact and oppose theoretical dogmatic assumptions. To help establish the United States...of the world on this flat earth. Replace the science religion...with SANITY

    The International Flat Earth Society is the oldest continuous Society existing on the world today. It began with the Creation of the Creation. First the water...the face of the deep...without form or limits...just Water. Then the Land sitting in and on the Water, the Water then as now being flat and level, as is the very Nature of Water. There are, of course, mountains and valleys on the Land but since most of the World is Water, we say, "The World is Flat". Historical accounts and spoken history tell us the Land part may have been square, all in one mass at one time, then as now, the magnetic north being the Center. Vast cataclysmic events and shaking no doubt broke the land apart, divided the Land to be our present continents or islands as they exist today. One thing we know for sure about this world...the known inhabited world is Flat, Level, a Plain World.

    We maintain that what is called 'Science' today and 'scientists' consist of the same old gang of witch doctors, sorcerers, tellers of tales, the 'Priest-Entertainers' for the common people. 'Science' consists of a weird, way-out occult concoction of gibberish theory-theology...unrelated to the real world of facts, technology and inventions, tall buildings and fast cars, airplanes and other Real and Good things in life; technology is not in any way related to the web of idiotic scientific theory. ALL inventors have been anti-science. The Wright brothers said: "Science theory held us up for years. When we threw out all science, started from experiment and experience, then we invented the airplane." By the way, airplanes all fly level on this Plane earth.
Reference.
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Re: The origin...
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2008, 06:38:13 AM »
I remember that cartoon, I think it was "assholes".

Re: The origin...
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2008, 10:07:20 AM »
Yup. I'm reminded of the Gary Larson cartoon, where God's just finished making the (round! gosh!) earth in his workshop.
Well, I guess the debate is over: if Gary Larson drew it that way, it must be true...