So, believe it or not, there are still people out there who think the world is flat. I guess it's true what they: you can find anything on the Internet. I can break up Flat-Earth believers in to two camps:
1. Purely scientific evidence
This is the first one that google.com will mark. It's actually quite interesting. They have extensive explanations of scientific theories as to why the Earth can't be a sphere. Either way, they reaffirm that the reason I went in to Broadcasting was to avoid science. However, I can see how people could be "fooled" or "mislead" by this.
http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm
2.Purely Religious
I'd post an image, but this website appears to be of the low-maintenance. Infer what you want to from that fact. The author has a long list of arguments with biblical citations. I went through a couple, and saw that perhaps the author used parts of versus as he saw fit. They are taken out of the context of the actual meaning, but then again many people do this to support their religious values in all faiths.
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/febible.htm
My question is this: does having people quote religious text to support certain claims confuse people more about religion and its value? I think most of us would agree that the world has become less friendly towards religion. Do you feel like these kinds of website can add to that unfriendliness? I know this is an extreme example, but I hope it can be used to illustrate some possible problems people might have as they search for religion without direction online. I think that the Internet is the ultimate example of the First Amendment, but I also know you can get the weirdest information, and sometimes the most confusing information
Hey Taylor,
ReplyDeleteOkay, so obviously my previous post did not go through. Dang technology. Well, you've already heard my thoughts on the subject but I'll repeat myself just for fun. I think all the crazy mumbo-jumbo on the internet CAN be harmful, but primarily to those who are searching for religion. I'm sure it's disheartening to log on to a computer questing for the truth and then be bombarded by a million crazy religious theories. Some of which appear to be supported by the Bible, Book of Mormon, etc. But if everyone would just take what they read online with a grain of salt then I doubt much damage would be done. Just some wasted time!