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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
This is correct. Someone can believe in anything magical and believe in things that are objective at the same time. Kids believe in Santa Claus and can understand that germs come from microbes at the same time, and adults can do the same thing with magical thinking.
The problem is when people like Unplugem have to reconcile being a fundamentalist/literalist, beholden to his holy book, with what we know through science. When he claims the world is flat, the earth is 6000-10000 years old, or whatever, he goes from being typically irrational to being atypically irrational, making giant leaps of mental gymnastics and conspiracy theories to maintain his irrational beliefs.
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If the earth was spherical, it would have to curve 8"/mile squared, yet we have plenty of
perfectly flat sections of earth, where this "theory" can be
tested and the tests show that there are hundreds of miles without curvature or drop of any kind.
I'm just happy that I no longer believe in a reverse-engineered, satanic paradigm, full of (not so) hidden clues, that give away its author. It's just pagan sun worship that has been repackaged for folks, who believe that their 100x great-grandfather was a chimpanzee; going to the zoo must feel like a real family reunion for you folks. My condolences.