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27. This is probably what I would have done.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #12)

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 03:54 PM

Mar 2014

I'd get in so much trouble.
I am just glad I haven't met one yet.

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Today I met an actual flat earther [View all] nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 OP

I really love Cosmos Gothmog Mar 2014 #1

Like they did with the original one nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #7

You should have told her to walk in a straight line ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #57

While tempting... nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #60

That's ridiculous zappaman Mar 2014 #61

Of course, you can! Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #62

Well, sorry to be a hard-ass, but FUCK 'em. calimary Mar 2014 #21

Ok It's Official, I have got to watch this show!!! Heather MC Mar 2014 #96

It is a great show Gothmog Mar 2014 #97

JUST WATCHED AND..... Heather MC Mar 2014 #124

Ick Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #2

Cosmos is not making these people nuts. riqster Mar 2014 #3

But now they feel their life is under attack nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #5

Their brains are under attack. glinda Mar 2014 #31

While that might the case, it is also their lives nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #50

Well young people will just have to be forced to accept religion. Been done before. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #74

Is happening now via Conservative Laws passed and places like Holly Lobby. glinda Mar 2014 #143

They might actually be the cause of Enthusiast Mar 2014 #144

Very true but is it really about abortion? I think it is about other things politically motivated. glinda Mar 2014 #145

I agree. It really isn't about abortion. It's about control. Authoritarianism. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #146

blind faith relieves the person of having to think critically NightWatcher Mar 2014 #4

Exactly, the electricity can't be explained nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #6

If electricity is "God's Will", how does she explain the fact that it didn't come into use until the catbyte Mar 2014 #22

We have possibly the use of some of these lamps in antiquity nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #23

I should have said wide commercial use, sorry! catbyte Mar 2014 #24

You welcome nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #26

You have to be very specific with these people ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #59

My mom saw me watching a period piece on TV. "Do you think people really dressed like that?" ieoeja Mar 2014 #79

My dad once asked about the age of the universe nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #100

my grandfather sabbat hunter Mar 2014 #119

He was busy raising a family and getting a business going nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #122

Nadine,,me again. pangaia Mar 2014 #130

Did you go to HS with me? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #131

Yes, I went to HS with you. pangaia Mar 2014 #132

I said that because of what we all had to take nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #134

Ninny. Because Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #86

It was Lewis Black who said sabbat hunter Mar 2014 #120

"A bit of a dick." Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #133

Stupid comes in, stupid goes out, you can't explain that hatrack Mar 2014 #67

Did you tell her a Catholic Priest came up with the Big Bang Theory. dilby Mar 2014 #8

I actually did not know that one nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #10

Yeah most people don't but especially the hardcore fundamentalists. dilby Mar 2014 #29

I hate to point this out, which was a shock to me coming from a Catholic country, nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #33

I actually managed to shutup a raving Racist for the past month or so because of that. ieoeja Mar 2014 #84

I hope it does nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #85

George Lemaitre bananas Mar 2014 #148

I love telling people about that Union Scribe Mar 2014 #63

Yeah works for both sides. dilby Mar 2014 #71

In 2014 there are people who exist that believe the earth is flat?? Initech Mar 2014 #9

She honestly believes the sun comes around the earth nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #11

There are certainly people who claim to believe that, on the internet muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #14

Just when I think I've seen humanity reach it's lowest point of stupidity... Initech Mar 2014 #15

I've found that giggling helps... Wounded Bear Mar 2014 #12

True, I felt that walking away was a better choice nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #13

This is probably what I would have done. Xyzse Mar 2014 #27

That's what I usually do. And then I feel bad. progressoid Mar 2014 #77

Luxury rehabs? rug Mar 2014 #16

"the big bank" theory pintobean Mar 2014 #17

Those folks huddle on Wall Street. adirondacker Mar 2014 #51

Hahaha, "the big bank." Love it, what a great vision of the ultimate beginning of All Things! enough Mar 2014 #18

I don't know what this is.... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #19

And that is a scary prospect indeed nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #25

A personal story.... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #34

We have a US Congressman who is a doctor nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #37

Is he a medical yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #38

Medical nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #40

Just to scare you a little more, Yui, there are bible colleges turning out Nay Mar 2014 #94

She won't last long after an independent chart audit. Aristus Mar 2014 #39

That was a few years ago... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #41

Undoubtedly. Aristus Mar 2014 #47

Sadly, the USA is full of anti-intellectualism and intellectually lazy people. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #104

Interestingly, US schools fell behind after losing Ilsa Mar 2014 #107

I'd ask for book, chapter and verse... Xolodno Mar 2014 #20

The flat earth thing was never true, it was made up by some teachers to explain Christopher Columbus dilby Mar 2014 #35

Actually...no Xolodno Mar 2014 #45

Did you read that? dilby Mar 2014 #46

I found out last year that I work with a moon landing denier. PeaceNikki Mar 2014 #28

Head over to te Religion forum. You can deal with that same kind of reasoning daily. cleanhippie Mar 2014 #30

Is there a theory of reverse evolution because it seems to be Cleita Mar 2014 #32

Over the last forty years we have had the far right religious right nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #36

Sure, Obama espoused it in 2008. ieoeja Mar 2014 #87

Yes, it''s called "de-evolution" or "Devo" bananas Mar 2014 #147

I laughed in a believer's face before when they tried telling me that kind of nonsense. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #42

Is she ironing her fur long johns with a hot rock? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #43

It sucks that one can't even go to a coffee shop without being harassed by zappaman Mar 2014 #44

Bouncy Beef Balls For Soup pintobean Mar 2014 #49

There are plenty of flat earthers in Texas including some running for office Gothmog Mar 2014 #48

First they went nuts because we have a black president...then they get even more nuttier Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #52

Did the gays ever leave? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #53

And we thought Galileo got that all straightened out some 400 years ago. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #54

There is a certain segment that would love to burn him today nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #56

So anything that exists is "God's will" then. Did she address that? nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #55

I did not want to get into that debate to be honest nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #58

They don't even attempt to imitate the God they worship, do they? nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #73

You mean the god who told them to keep their religion in the Temple? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #76

Any of them, actually. lol They're modeling themselves more on the stereotype of satan nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #83

i agree w/ NDT, there is no debating these people. pansypoo53219 Mar 2014 #64

I am not sure I wanted that mental!!! nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #65

They say they dont go by the Old Testaments anymore ErikJ Mar 2014 #66

Evil nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #70

Actually for the time period most of those laws were pretty legit. dilby Mar 2014 #90

I've only encountered this sort of aggresively satisfied and schmuckiness in the Anglosphere MisterP Mar 2014 #68

"But all this is coming out because of Cosmos. It is making these people nuts." awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #69

Well when Tyson declares that nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #78

Wait- are you saying women weren't created awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #80

I know a shocker nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #81

I am a man... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #82

There is no reason to try to have an adult dialogue with these people...... Swede Atlanta Mar 2014 #72

I personally believe people can have faith nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #75

my daughter's Catholic school has Niceguy1 Mar 2014 #102

Yes, yes it was nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #103

They are indeed out there... South_Street Mar 2014 #88

She (flat earther) is already burning in her own hell of denial. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2014 #89

Like only being able to see with one eye in black and white ErikJ Mar 2014 #91

Did she really say the earth was flat? And not a sphere? panader0 Mar 2014 #92

We did not get into that detail nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #98

I'm sorry you had to experience that.... malokvale77 Mar 2014 #93

We will pay a prize for this idiocy as a nation nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #99

yes... malokvale77 Mar 2014 #116

Agreed, though just one small qualifier nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #118

Of course you're right... malokvale77 Mar 2014 #121

I know, I happen to know my county extremely well nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #123

They are sneaking in everywhere... malokvale77 Mar 2014 #125

Oh they won't nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #126

Excellent malokvale77 Mar 2014 #127

I would have asked if hell was endothermic or exothermic. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #95

Wow....you should really go into the deep rural south.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #101

HBO is running a documentary on creationist flakes and Darwin. Ilsa Mar 2014 #105

That might be a reason to finally get HBO nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #106

HBO has some excellent documentaries. Ilsa Mar 2014 #109

The last time I watched HBO was over 20 years ago nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #111

Understandable. I loathe the fact that Ilsa Mar 2014 #115

True, there is that nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #117

So which member of congress was it? n/t JoeyT Mar 2014 #108

Scarily, a local member of congress does visit (rarely) that coffee shop nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #112

scary, ain't it? spanone Mar 2014 #110

I am glad I live in the land of fruit and nuts nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #113

The stupid burns malaise Mar 2014 #114

Hey there, Nadine. There really IS a hell. pangaia Mar 2014 #128

LMAO nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #129

I'd find another coffee shop! PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #135

Why should I punish the owner? And it is independent, nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #136

I was kidding... PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #137

I know, but I do treasure my local coffee shop nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #138

Do you know this person, or was she a stranger? Orrex Mar 2014 #139

When somebody in a public square almost screams nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #140

I'm not faulting you for getting involved; I'm just contrasting our experience Orrex Mar 2014 #141

I do not intend to change their views nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #142

I just don't get it Tree-Hugger Mar 2014 #149

As you wrote, you are the step child nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #150