![]() ![]() The Bible tells us the heavens are a mystery.’’ When asked about eclipses of the sun, Johnson told the Times in 1979, “’We really don’t have to go into all that. The moon landing was an elaborate hoax that was filmed in a hangar in Arizona. For example, sunrises and sunsets are just optical illusions. He published a newsletter that contained answers for all kinds of questions about why we should believe the earth is flat. He based his own ideas on the Old Testament references to a flat earth and the New Testament saying that Jesus ascended into heaven.” In the obituary that appeared in The New York Timesat the time of his death in 2001, Johnson was described as a man who “regarded scientists as witch doctors pulling off a gigantic hoax so as to replace religion with science. It was not until the group came under the leadership of Charles Kenneth Johnson in 1972 that it was transformed from a small group of conspiracy theorists into an organization that boasted thousands of members. The Flat Earth Society began as a small fringe group with a man named Samuel Shenton in the 1950’s. The basis for this belief is the fact that in biblical times, people still believed that the earth was flat, therefore it is, and whatever science has determined since that time is to be disregarded. Even in contemporary times, people have chosen to believe that the earth really is flat and that the idea of it being round is part of a conspiracy perpetuated by scientists to replace religion with science. ![]() In fact, the Flat Earth Society has been around since the 1950’s and has claimed anywhere from 100 to several thousand flat-earth believing members in its roughly 75 year history.Īccording to Smithsonian Magazine, even though we have known that the earth is round since the sixth century, the contrary view that the earth is flat has never really disappeared. MK writes: “ Is it true that there are people who still believe the earth is flat?” ![]()
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