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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
A quick search produces multiple articles listing the membership of the Flat Earth Society peaked at about 3,500 (some time ago) and has ebbed and flowed since then. In fact, the Flat Earth Society itself only lists 555 members in their roster.
As far as celebrities and athletes claiming to be members, well that in itself is proof of its irrelevance. |
Membership to a group isn't at all reflective of the prevalence of an idea, so I don't know why that is being brought up. I'm an atheist, but I don't belong to any groups, and plenty of people identify at Christian, but don't go to a church, and many identify as spiritual on a theistic side, but may not belong to any particular denomination. With that said, ask people how many people believe in a theistic god, and the numbers supersede memberships to religious organizations. It is no different with flat earthers, as I demonstrated with the link to the discussion in Scientific American on the flat earther poll. The poll clearly suggests the prevalence of the idea is far more pervasive than 555 people. The fact that several mainstream celebrities, sports athletes and rappers, to name a few groups, have endorsed a flat earth theory suggests "normal" people are taking this serious, so we can't just dismiss the prevalence entirely to some fringe 555 wackos.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ce-terra-plana
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Like Britain and the United States, Brazil is seeing a revival of flat Earth theory: 7% of the population – 11 million Brazilians – believe that the Earth is flat, according to the polling firm Datafolha. The poll noted believers were more likely to be religious or poorly educated.
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Originally Posted by MyHybridBurnsGasAndTires
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great summary of the flat earth shit and why its mostly disappeared in the past few years
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See above.