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For me I believe that I am not alone in this the two defining products of the genius that was the old Western Civilization are Scholastic Philosophy and boardly speaking "Classical" Music. Another Blessed Duns Scotus or Bach are impossible to imagine today. I don't think that someone like...

I think though that the Western Civilization which was a continuation of the "Middle Ages" is now basically dead and the Western Civilization that now is, is well their thing.

There are actually people out there who believe that the modern flat earth movement is a sinister "Far Right" plot to undermine what they see as "Western Civilization"-the mod "owedtojoy" on p.ie is a good example of this.

Not as such- but the system has been heavily corrupted, especially when it comes to some controversial areas.

Mod action- I deleted several posts on this thread from someone making really vile accusations however the thing is that other people joining in on just pointless abuse makes the forum in general a lot harder to police.

How do you reckon that? One of the lads who started the contemporary flat earth movement is Eric Dubay who is a Buddhist and therefore while not a Dawkins style materialist does not believe in God as such.

My understanding is that Neanderthals had more brain capacity than we do which suggests devolution not evolution. Some people suggest that the reason that indigenous Europeans and the Chinese have higher IQs on average than Africans is because we have more Neanderthal DNA (I am not saying that...

According to Pythagoreanism and Platonism the Sphere is supposed to be the perfect shape so some "Flat Earthers" see the whole globe thing as evidence of an Occultist/Heathen Metaphysical conspiracy. Than there is the claim that a flat as opposed to globe model of the earth supposedly makes the...

Psychology is definitely not an exact science but does not necessarily make it a pseudo-science?

Uh people who believed in it generally believed that it was not- that it was about subtle but still natural forces.

Some currents in the Kabbalah certainly do promote such an ethos however some Kabbalah is "life affirming" to the point of what I would consider degenerate Hedonism (such as the No Nachs in today's Palestine- also the Jewish Rationalists in Eastern Europe were always condemning Hasidism for...

If @Professor requests such than okiedokie.

It is not something I shout about but I have been inclined more towards geocentrism than heliocentrism from 14/15. Astrology which I understand the problems with as it can easily lead into paganism and fatalism but which must have something to it as it has been around for so long and in so many...

Were you a Geocentrist before you became a Flat Earther so to speak?

I find it impossible to care about this question of the earth's shape, do you find that particularly nihilistic?

Do you see this as an important issue? And if so, why?