What happened to the religious aspect?

I thought religion or at least the catholic church played a big role in people's perception that the earth was flat centuries ago. Does no one here argue for a flat earth on religious grounds?

--Ticky

I thought religion or at least the catholic church played a big role in people's perception that the earth was flat centuries ago. Does no one here argue for a flat earth on religious grounds?

--Ticky

Most FE'ers are athiests and couldn't give two shits why the Catholics tried holding to the FE model.

religion and science have always been wary partners.

Not....not really. The church fuckin loved aristotle

I thought religion or at least the catholic church played a big role in people's perception that the earth was flat centuries ago. Does no one here argue for a flat earth on religious grounds?

--Ticky

Most FE believers here are not theists.

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religion and science have always been wary partners.

Not....not really. The church fuckin loved aristotle

Yeah, but the whole thing with Galileo Galilei caused the divorce.

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religion and science have always been wary partners.

Not....not really. The church fuckin loved aristotle

Yeah, but the whole thing with Galileo Galilei caused the divorce.

Lol because amongst many things he disproved Geosentricity, a classic FE model

I thought religion or at least the catholic church played a big role in people's perception that the earth was flat centuries ago. Does no one here argue for a flat earth on religious grounds?

--Ticky

Some people do, but very seldom.  I read one a while back by....Raa?  or maybe Aeropagite (that's now how it's spelled).  I can't be bothered to look it up, sorry,my time is too expensive for you.

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religion and science have always been wary partners.

Not....not really. The church fuckin loved aristotle

Yeah, but the whole thing with Galileo Galilei caused the divorce.

I thought the Catholic church didn't allow divorce.

I thought religion or at least the catholic church played a big role in people's perception that the earth was flat centuries ago. Does no one here argue for a flat earth on religious grounds?

--Ticky

No one does.  Perhaps you, and other REers should ponder that, and maybe think about what's being attacked on this site...

No, I'm quite clear about what's happening on this site. But I still would have thought that this site would have attracted people with religious arguments.

--Ticky

How is that possible?  You clearly don't understand what we're trying to say at all.

No, I'm quite clear about what's happening on this site. But I still would have thought that this site would have attracted people with religious arguments.

--Ticky

The (Catholic) Church did not believe the Earth was flat, it believed the Earth was the centre of the Universe. Gallileo argued for a Geocentric model rather than a Heliocentric one, but neither were flat Earthers.

It is possible to interpret the bible as a basis for Flat Earth belief, and to my knowledge there is at least one user here who does.

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I thought religion or at least the catholic church played a big role in people's perception that the earth was flat centuries ago. Does no one here argue for a flat earth on religious grounds?
--Ticky

No one does.  Perhaps you, and other REers should ponder that, and maybe think about what's being attacked on this site...

Beast is wrong and you were correct.  You can get a good idea of the strength of the atheist beast's flat Earth belief by virtue of the fact that after he learned that I believed the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' are not a forgery, he said he would recant his flat Earth belief if he saw one of the 'core' flat Earthers make a similar statement again.
Both Raa (who is a muslim) and myself (and to some extent Chaltier who does not post as much) believe the Earth is flat based primarily but not exclusıvely on a religious basis.  Also, Samuel Rowbotham was a devout protestant who would be considered a 'bible christian' today.

The (Catholic) Church did not believe the Earth was flat.

This statement does not accurately describe Latin Europe before the schism of 1054 after which it came under the influence of the largely sphericist mohammedan philosophers.

Gallileo argued for a Geocentric model rather than a Heliocentric one, but neither were flat Earthers.

If I am not mistaken, cheesejof meant to say that 'Galileo argued for a HELIOCENTRIC model rather than a geocentric one, but neither he nor the papacy of that time were flat Earthers' which is quite true.

The bible said something about the angel guarding the four corners of the earth, but that made them believe that it was flat and rectangular and not flat  and round.

How is that possible?  You clearly don't understand what we're trying to say at all.

Alright, if you say so. I was just asking a question. I know there are people who argue for a flat earth on religious grounds, I just haven't really seen it argued here. Anyways, if I don't get what this forum is about, then why don't you spell it out for me? But I would like to know one thing first, have you even read my other posts on this forum?

--Ticky