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Originally Posted by photon

The difficulty comes with people like Cameron and some groups, for a couple of reasons. They have a captive audience and have cultivated a culture of unquestionable authority. Either you believe what the church believes or you are wrong, sometimes to the point of going to hell. So flat earth is taught from the pulpit and is ingrained in the culture, as if the church had any expertise or authority in the areas of science, but they don't. So it's deceptive.

Plus, the whole thing gets put behind the wall of religious freedom. So while I can stand beside the guy on the street and counter his flat earth claims, it is taboo in culture to counter the religious claims. You say it yourself, it's "freedom of religion". If the church wants to make claims that are within the power of science to test, then they should not be upset when they are tested. If there is freedom of religion, then there is also freedom to counter religion. But how many churches would allow someone with a varying viewpoint in to talk about a flat earth?

See my signature. Great post.