# The Flat Earth Society is Back **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756 "2012-04-04T00:22:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/21 "2012-04-04T22:40:51Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I’m not sure this is a General Question, so I’ve moved it to MPSIMS. > > **samclem** , MOderator Fair enough, had I thought about more I would have posted in here, just sorta defaulted to General:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/22 "2012-04-04T22:55:02Z")
I just joined will fill everyone in when I get my membership. You might note the Thomas Dolby is member #1, “she blinded me with science” ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/23 "2012-04-05T06:27:08Z")
mundus = world = earth, so MPIMS works out pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/24 "2012-04-06T00:46:44Z")
As a member of both the Flat Earth Society and the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles, I believe in a flat Earth and turtles all the way down. It’s more fun that way. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/25 "2012-04-06T03:20:50Z")
> [@Silvorange](#): > > … and the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles… Really? That a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/26 "2012-04-06T05:15:48Z")
> [@Silvorange](#): > > As a member of both the Flat Earth Society and the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles, I believe in a flat Earth and turtles all the way down. It’s more fun that way. Don’t forget about the elephants. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/27 "2012-04-06T08:02:39Z")
You don’t need to rely on authority or conduct experiments. You can observe for yourself quite easily that the earth is round. Just wait for the next lunar eclipse. The earth’s shadow is markedly curved. Any “theory” that attempts to explain this another way is so much hand-waving. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/28 "2012-04-06T08:33:49Z")
Even those who live rimwards of Ankh-Morpork know the world is round. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/29 "2012-04-06T10:53:45Z")
> [@Rich\_Mann](#): > > You don’t need to rely on authority or conduct experiments. > > You can observe for yourself quite easily that the earth is round. > > Just wait for the next lunar eclipse. The earth’s shadow is markedly curved. > > Any “theory” that attempts to explain this another way is so much hand-waving. The flat earth is disc-shaped, and can cast circular shadows. At least from some angles. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/30 "2012-04-06T12:16:43Z")
Reminds me of the [Man Will Never Fly Memorial Society](http://manwillneverfly.com/). Many of the members are pilots. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756/31 "2012-04-06T19:04:05Z")
\*Hear ther truth our tongues are telling! Spread ther light from shore to shore: God hath given Man a dwelling Flat and flat for evermore! When from Earth ther floods retreated, When ther deeps were undesigned, He with rule and level meted Habitation for mankind! Hear ther truth our tongues are telling! Spread ther light from shore to shore: O be faithful! O be truthful! Earth is flat for evermore! \* Rudyard Kipling, “The Village That Voted The Earth Was Flat” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flat-earth-society-is-back/617756.md?page=1)