There are many FE atheists and we believe the earth is flat because of the evidence supporting it. You find this strange because you are conditioned to believe in a round earth. Spend some time here reading the facts and see if you don't rethink your conceptions.
Thanks for the replies.
What I mean is that in RE stars and planets are formed all the time. As we speak new life can emerge right now on some distant planet because of chance. An atheist can say a god is not needed to explain this.
In FE the earth is special and unique, and this fits far better in the creationists view. The earth seems to be the only mass that does not have a gravitational field. The sun, moon and stars are tiny. The sun's only purpose seems to be to shine upon the earth in a spotlight manner. I can't even imagine what stars are in FET. Because everything rotates around an axis above the north pole, the earth must occupy a very special place in the universe. The existance of other earths don't seem to be possible. All this fits with a creationists view. For an atheist it is almost unimaginable for a single unique thing to exist that is so much different from all the other celestial bodies.
Perhaps if you explain your views of the universe a bit I can understand better.
There are probably more religious flat earth groups than not. However, a line needs to be drawn between the two groups. Most of the religious groups run off archaic ideas and non-scientific or non-fully zetetic principles. A distinction is drawn between these groups. The modern flat earth movement consists of those that don't necessarily hold such questions important or even relevant. As expected, many modern flat earthers are atheists - I'd wager the majority of them from my personal experience.
Add to it that there are several competing models in modern flat earth theory and you have a can of worms.
For example, equating my model to creationism falls flat as I hold the Universe, and more to the point the Earth, has always been. I hold normal sized planets, and I hold all planets and the earth have a gravitational pull. I also hold its quite possible they are roughly the same size.
This is not really a question of creationism vs science. Its more a question of whether one accepts the Copernican principle, which is a misuse of mathematical induction ( and as such may or may not be valid.) While one might be hesitant to say the Earth is special, its equally ridiculous to apply what you know about a very small area of the universe, and what we see from it, to the entire universe. Especially when you consider how much we really know about our local area. We have no objective way to say how light travels through the space-medium.
Of course, to some extent this induction is necessary. I think the majority of modern flat earthers will agree that this induction is taken to extreme levels at times.
Charles Fort talks of this in a more localized sense. Theres a tendency of scientists to try to box everything into what they know rather than explore the phenomena to satisfactory level or simply state "we aren't sure what caused this, but thats not weird." Its no surprise either. Just look at how science is funded and developed. Money is thrown more likely at that which explains or refutes the explained rather than that which searches for truth.
The foundations of science is important and have been forgotten. Its not the best method to start with, and its being guided by social concerns rather than a search for truth. Now I'm not saying all scientists are lying, or are working for money and are not concerned with truth. I'm just saying to some extent its beyond science at this point to act objectively, at no fault of those studying it (ignoring the flaws in the scientific method.)
That said, the Cambridge model (which is covered heavily in the FAQ) is heavily influenced by Christian ideology due to its conception and roots. This does not make it invalid, per se. However, some ideas have crept due to the time it was conceived and the technology available at the time that need to be taken care of by proponents of that model.