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TreasonousBastard

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12. Even better than "flat earth" is the idea that we are living on the inside of a sphere...

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Tue Nov 14, 2017, 08:49 PM

Nov 2017

We can't fall off the edge because there is no edge. Day and night are caused by the moon circling around the sun, which sits in the middle of the sphere. The rest of solar system and the universe is either orbiting the sun or just an illusion.

Now, try to argue with THAT nutter!

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I met someone who believes the "flat Earth theory". [View all] BigmanPigman Nov 2017 OP

If the earth was flat, cats would have shoved everything off it by now. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #1

Bwaaaaaa Glamrock Nov 2017 #3

SO TRUE Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #4

Everyone knows this. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #2

I wonder if it would do any good to ask that person PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #5

They have an answer for all of it. BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #9

Well you can see the Ice Wall yourself right here, so it must be true marylandblue Nov 2017 #6

Of course! And it's all carried on the back of four elephants standing on a turtle . . . StatGirl Nov 2017 #7

So, all those photos of Earth from space are faked? sinkingfeeling Nov 2017 #8

Yes, it is all fake and it involves NASA, BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #10

From Bloom County.... muntrv Nov 2017 #11

Even better than "flat earth" is the idea that we are living on the inside of a sphere... TreasonousBastard Nov 2017 #12

Even better than "flat earth" is the idea that we are living on the inside of a sphere... TreasonousBastard Nov 2017 #13

Bound to happen. Turbineguy Nov 2017 #14

It's scary and concerning there are so many. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #16

Same here, about six months back. Codeine Nov 2017 #15

The sad part is, they refuse to prove their own claims. Refuse to do experiments. DetlefK Mar 2018 #17

I ran into the flat earth dude walking his turtle again BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #18