To feel sad and like the friendship is over due to flat earth belief

[UprootedSunflower]

Friend is a nice person. Comes across sensible, though has had a deepening religious conviction over the last 5-10 years. I’m Christian myself, but I’m talking a bit more fringe. We don’t talk about the fact she probably doesn’t consider me a Christian anymore. I ignore it.
But today I overheard her get really animated and happy in a flat earth discussion. She believes in flat earth. An intelligent woman who’s travelled the world and is from a country in the southern hemisphere. I’d certainly say she is educated and far from stupid.
Aibu in finding this a bit of a final straw moment for being friends? It just felt like something snapped inside that I could t ignore tbh when I heard her. I don’t feel like I want to expose the children, and I don’t feel I can keep the pretence up. It’s just a bit too far, and it feels like it’s gone over the edge.
Aibu, silly to give up on a warm and pleasant person? Or would you be drawing a line?

I wouldn’t throw away the friendship. I don’t mind what people believe in as long as it doesn’t harm others, and as long as they don’t talk about it all the time or try to push their beliefs on to me.

I know some really fucking far out people but have never IRL come across one of these. I kind of assumed they were trolling and no one really believes that surely

I’d certainly say she is educated and far from stupid.

She's jut shown you that she may be educated in an academic sense, but totally stupid in other ways.

Sounds like there are other things going on and this is the straw which broke the camel's back. Move on.

I couldn't be friends with anyone who believed something so fundamentally ridiculous as the Earth being flat.

I've got and a friend that truly a believes a talking snake led to sun in the world! She actually really believes the bible literally! She always my friend in other ways but don't tend to get into this conversation as her arrogance into believing this is astonishing! Oh, and God talks to her all the time. A professional with a high salary and respected in her field. It's just a belief. As is the bonkers flat earth!

Why do people have this beleif anyway ,why do think that they would lie to us about the world being round what difference would it make ?

Well she is stupid isn’t she?

Yep. I did

I knew the bible was pretty literal tbh. I wasn’t hoping for a belief In dinosaurs.
Flat earth was just another level of WOAH

I have a hyper religious creationist friend (and with many other weird and frequently offensive beliefs, conspiracy stuff as well).

My friend is also a pleasant, intelligent and articulate person. It's not about intelligence as such, she just has this ability and willingness to doublethink / switch off critical thinking and I think this is because the beliefs are so tied in to her sense of self and deeper issues within her family / community that she simply cannot face. I think it probably takes exceptional bravery, the right circumstances and a unique sort of character for a person to begin to dismantle these deeply held ideologies. People don't want to tug at the threads that will unravel them.

I enjoy my friend's company but steer clear of discussing her beliefs as it is pointless and frustrating for both of us. I actually have learnt a lot from my friend though probably not what she would have wanted me to!

As long as she isn't pushing you to believe the same or demanding changes to your friendship then I'd stay out of it and carry on the friendship quite happily.

She sounds like a sweet, naive soul, not a malicious nutter.

There are much worse people out there. It doesn't really affect you.

Is it Pentacostalism?

Appaarently the Flat Earth Society has members across the globe...

If a well-educated, well-travelled friend stated that they genuinely believed this, I'd honestly think they were having a mental health crisis.

Is she ok?

I wouldn't care what anyone believed if I liked them as long as the beliefs didn't impact on others in a bad way or weren't offensive

It’s just a bit too far, and it feels like it’s gone over the edge.

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Sorry I couldn't help it. I really can't understand this level of stupid. There is even a group of flat earth's who tried to prove their theory a d just managed to show that the earth is indeed not flat (as it isn't quite round either) but still didn't believe it. 🙈

But you believe in something that you can’t prove exists so how are you any better? Keep friendship and avoid religion and earth

If the earth were flat, cats would have knocked everything off the edge.

I think most everyone has a few irrational beliefs whether they/we are conscious of them or not.
Yes some beliefs are more irrational than others, I agree.

I came to say exactly this 👆

I can't help equating these sorts of beliefs with serious mental illness.

I don't know what I'd do, but it would feel like a bereavement.

I've met a couple in real life, they definitely walk amongst us..

Every one of my friends has a personality trait, strange belief or weird quirk that I don’t like. I will also have things about myself that other people don’t like.
If she’s a good friend and nice person aside from this, then why not keep her in your life?

Yes

we are in a horrendously weird time with trolling having become an embedded part of some personalities

she might not mean a word of what she says

is she a good real friend or just an acquaintance?