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PoindexterOglethorpe

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29. Some of them might be,

Reply to canetoad (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 11:51 AM

Mar 2019

but apparently a whole lot of them truly believe the earth is flat.

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A small commentary upon belief systems... [View all] PCIntern Mar 2019 OP

My mom was like that iwillalwayswonderwhy Mar 2019 #1

Sounds like the flat earthers. Lonestarblue Mar 2019 #2

I'm not so sure about the current crop of flat-earthers canetoad Mar 2019 #7

Some of them might be, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #29

That's why I think THEY'RE the ALIENS!! 2naSalit Mar 2019 #3

these things don't seem all that much more kooky than "mainstream" religion, imo anarch Mar 2019 #4

I'm with him. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #13

Good post. llmart Mar 2019 #16

It is that randomness that people have a hard time with TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #18

Well, you put it much more succinctly than I did and your examples are good ones. llmart Mar 2019 #22

John Fugelsang made a doc called "Dream On" TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #23

I've seen it. llmart Mar 2019 #25

Yup It's all psychology. All of it. lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #34

Have you ever asked where these beliefs come from? canetoad Mar 2019 #5

I got a 404 error on that link, but found the download here: CrispyQ Mar 2019 #37

you left out the "d" in .pdf -- link works if you add that back in! diva77 Mar 2019 #38

Thank you! canetoad Mar 2019 #39

People who find reality boring need "fun" beliefs mart48 Mar 2019 #6

Yep malaise Mar 2019 #8

sounds like more sex on the wrong brain certainot Mar 2019 #9

I have a neighbor who has bizarre beliefs Maggiemayhem Mar 2019 #10

The problem comes in when they want to pass laws and restrict others based on their delusions Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #11

PCIntern, I'll bet a common thread to all these conspiracy theories is.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #12

Who is in charge of the agreed upon reality? Alwaysna Mar 2019 #14

in Charge Are DallasNE Mar 2019 #21

The Paranoid Style in American Politics.. MicaelS Mar 2019 #15

Any point trying to show that we had a satellite around Jupiter for years and it found no extra sun? Botany Mar 2019 #17

Didn't you know...? PCIntern Mar 2019 #19

So NASA is in on it too? Botany Mar 2019 #20

They faked the moon landings, didn't they? JHB Mar 2019 #24

All part of the Deep State... Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #26

i wonder how I can break that news to my S.I.L.? Botany Mar 2019 #27

Amazing the lengths people will go to support their evil beliefs, right? Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #28

To what end? Igel Mar 2019 #32

Argumentative a bit? PCIntern Mar 2019 #40

A while back I asked My Son the Astronomer PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #30

Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2019 #31

They need to be published but surreptitiously and anonymously PCIntern Mar 2019 #33

The internet (especially Facebook) has enabled these nuts FakeNoose Mar 2019 #35

Science Fiction has always had its share. hunter Mar 2019 #43

Some highly competent people customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #36

That's almost as bad Beringia Mar 2019 #41

You mean there aren't? PCIntern Mar 2019 #42