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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (955153)	8/9/2016 12:40:05 PM
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Meet the People Who Believe the Earth Is Flat Alexis Kleinman August 09, 2016 mic.com ...The world is flat "because God said so," Henderson said. "It is written in scripture, all throughout scripture. There's over 75 different Bible verses that describe the Earth, and every time they do, it's flat." One such quote is Isaiah 40:22, which reads: "He sits enthroned above the circle of the Earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in." One of the first people to assert that the Earth is round was Eratosthenes in 240 BCE, an Egyptian librarian who made measurements of shadows in two spots — hundreds of miles apart — at the same exact time. He found that the pillars in one city cast no shadow at noon and the pillars in the other city cast a significant shadow. "I'm not religious, but I do believe in creation," Long said. "If you're coming from a point where you know the Earth is flat, you also know that Earth was created. The two are connected. You can't be a flat Earther and be an atheist. I've never met one; I don't think there are any out there."...

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