The Flat Earth Society, why did it last so long ?

by wobble 4 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  wobble

  The Flat Earth Society still exists actually as several sites on the net,some run by loonies, some a bit tongue in cheek.

  The actual Society was started in the early fifties by a strange guy who lived in Dover,Kent in the U.K. Wiki has his story if you want more.

  What surprised me was that it survived for years despite the obvious evidence for how wrong its ideas were. The final tipping point came with the publication of photographs from space,showing a very sphere-like Earth. Of course members of the society contended that the photos were faked , or "misinterpreted" . But the Society fizzled out after that ,apart from a few die-hard nutters.

  So, what will be the photograph from space for the WT ?

  The one piece of evidence that means that only die-hard nutters will cling on ?

  If we can find the equivalent of that photo from a spacecraft, the WT will fizzle out in no time, but what is it ?

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  Wobble
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  rebel8

  I rly believe some people want so badly to belong to the few possessing secret knowledge, they're willing to make stuff up.

  For example my mother says she became a dub because her priest was answering, "It's not known," to her questions, while the dubs answered with complete certainty. No matter the dubs' answers were complete bs.

  They have an arrogance about their "special knowledge". I've seen it from several other cults as well.
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  villabolo

  Wobble: So, what will be the photograph from space for the WT ?

  Extraterrestrials visiting us. No, I'm not a believer at all in flying saucers nor do I expect any visitations but that, in my opinion, is what it will take.

  villabolo
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  pixiesticks

  How about solid proof of life on other planets? Like a fossil or something. I'm sure a lot of Witnesses will hold to the idea that it's fake, but that'd start a lot of less fanatical ones questioning for sure.

  Other than that, I don't know. The WTS has pretty much all bases covered. Unless the Society implodes itself I'm not sure if there's any evidence anyone could show them to make them change their minds. They can always fall back on the idea that everything in the world is Satan influenced and Satan is setting up hoaxes to get Witnesses to lose their faith, etc.
  I mean, it's already been proved that the bible is historically inaccurate, that's pretty massive.
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  OnTheWayOut

  For tons of JW's, the evidence just doesn't exist. The equivalent to the satellite photos of the round earth would be a video of the Governing Body members involved in scamming the members with their plotting. With today's technology, we would need an official confession to accompany it.

  I hope it doesn't take as much, but just for a few GB members to come forward and admit things.