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?

@iamreallyabee sorry tagged wrong person!

It's in your tap water

😂😂😂

Yes if you ingest it in large quantities. If their mum doesn’t want to use fluoride toothpaste they need to use an alternative they still deserve to have their teeth brushed

You can literally see the curvature of the earth from a boat or a plane

I don't know if you read the Flat Earth Society's FAQs which I posted at 19:03 @TheCryingTheBitchAndTheFloordrobe, but apparently that's because aircraft (and presumably boat) windows are made of funny stuff which just makes it look as if the earth is curved
Like I said, unhinged ...

@iamreallyabee I can't report her to the dentist as she lies by omission by saying 'she brushes' but doesn't add that her idea of brushing is only adding water to the brush. So if the dentist asks her if she brushes her kids teeth she says yes twice a day. I don't have any proof and they can't make her so nothing I can do really other than distance myself and feel sorry for the children.

I know it's in my tap water and I'm very glad of that.

Christians don't believe the earth is flat..that is not part of any teaching l have come across.
I wouldn't let it affect my friendship but l wouldn't engage in discussion about it. Just agree to disagree.

I wouldn't not be friends with her but I'd end up arguing with her every time she opened her gob but then I'd debate with you also about your Christian beliefs.

You what?

A 'mainstream belief' for Norse people was that a wolf was chasing the sun.

The Edge of Reason? Oh, she fell off that several conspiracies ago.

Flat earth theory is a truly fascinating phenomenon. The myth that medieval people believed the earth was flat was made up in the context of religious disagreements in the 18th century - nobody was arguing anything of the sort from about 500BC. And probably not before either. But it got lodged into textbooks.

I think that there is something about trying to apply logic to magical thinking that can be destabilising to mental health in some people. Religion has a lot to answer for. It preys on people like this.

So's water (fluoridated or not) if you have too much of it.

This wouldn't bother me, my friends believe various things that I don't - that's not what's important in friendship I don't think. Things like being a nice person, enjoying chatting with them, sharing sense of humour or interests, those things are more important

A lot of good can be done with Christianity though - charity, giving, forgiveness, love etc are all key themes. I get that it is also responsible for a lot of bad stuff but the general vibe of mainstream religion is to be a good person and be kind and loving to make the world a better place, with a load of other slightly weird stuff round the edges like resurrections and whatnot.

I'm not sure Flat Earthers really have the same sort of theme to their beliefs, not were they quite such key players in history, politics, art, philosophy, music, culture etc over the last few thousand years.

Flat earth theory is a truly fascinating phenomenon

It certainly is, @Theothername; I've been going down the rabbit hole of their website and it bends what passes for my mind!!

PS Could we have rabbit holes if the earth was flat or would they just fall straight through?

Not enough evidence? Can you tell us about the 'bit' of evidence there is then please?

You cannot possibly we well travelled, educated and intelligent but believe the earth is flat.

Yep - you can.

This is what I'd like to know. Why do people think this?

There was an Irish TV present (Aisling O’Loughlin) who not long ago made a video about it. She would have been well travelled too. Her reason seemed to be based on questioning gravity and disbelief in the earth spinning.

As far as I know flat earth wasn't always her belief.

I was reading a Christian website the other day that was explaining why they believe Pope is the anti christ. Not one of those, is she?

My first thought!

I love a quirky friend. I have friends and family who have a view point I don’t agree with. Flat earth would be the least offensive!

I couldn’t care less whether my friend thought the earth was round, flat or triangular. I do care if they are decent, kind and trustworthy though. They would be dealbreakers for me.