Hey, there are millions of people who voted for Donald Trump and Jacob Zuma, maybe we should take it easy on those who believe the earth is still flat.

There are terms for people like this, although the only one I can print with a clear conscience is flat Earthers. These are the people who believe that there is much to be gained from governments around the world pulling off one of the greatest cons of all time, although the most blame is reserved for the Yankees.

There’s also rapper B.o.B who went off on a rant in January of this year – do have a look HERE, it’s a thing of beauty.

Anyway back to Mic and their intro:

Flat Earthers have a wide range of convictions. Some come to the movement from a religious place, others from a scientific one. But most believe in one simple principle: that NASA and everyone involved in space exploration are liars and that there is a massive conspiracy to hide the fact that the Earth is flat.

Mic focuses on four individuals from vastly different backgrounds, one of whom is particularly vexed by the relationship between clouds and the moon:

Walt Johnson has been interested in flat Earth for around a year and a half. A “backyard astronomer,” Johnson first became skeptical while observing the moon. “One night, it looked a whole lot like there were clouds passing behind the moon,” he said. “I grab my binoculars and sure enough, that’s definitely what I’m seeing. So that’s not working out if the moon is [about] 238,000 miles away.”

The popular explanation for why clouds sometimes appear to be behind the moon or the sun is that the light being emitted from the sun or bouncing off the moon is so bright that it obscures the objects passing in front of it, making the objects look like they’re behind the sun or the moon, when they’re really in front of it.

Of course Walt wasn’t buying that, because it makes far more sense to believe scientists and space organisations around the world have concocted this monster lie.

Some central beliefs to the flat Earthers:

Galileo was wrong: “The sun and the moon rotate the Earth,” she added. “They follow each other. The Earth is the center [sic].”

The Earth has an edge: “My position is that the end of Earth is likely just beyond Antarctica.”

Gravity is a myth: Gravity is “a magical invisible force that doesn’t exist,” Henderson said. “It’s just a theory.”

Biblical evidence the Earth is flat: “The Bible does talk about the four corners of the Earth, so it’s very possible that there are actual four corners to the Earth.”

NASA and the moon landing: All four flat Earthers believe that the 1969 moon landing was faked.

9/11 was an inside job: Many of the flat Earthers believe 9/11 was perpetrated by the government.

So what message do they want ‘out there’, their message to the general public who have been duped into believing this round earth nonsense?

I asked the flat Earthers what they want readers to know, above all else.

“I want them to know that NASA and all the astronauts and all of NASA are liars,” Patrice said. “There’s a picture of all the Challenger crew still alive today, 30 years later. Three of them are teaching in universities.” (The astronauts’ bodies were found a few months after the explosion)…

“Most of what we’ve been told, in a vastly major scale, is a lie,” Johnson said. “If they can lie to you about the most basic aspect of your life, where you live, then they can lie to you about everything else. It’s the biggest lie that keeps all the other lies going.”

[source:mic]