Flat Earthers

[Bring4th_Austin]

I came to know of existence of Flat Earth Society after my cousin was tasked with a school assignment to write them a letter arguing why their theories hold absolutely no ground in the modern world. After lurking around in their sites forums I came to conclusion that their devotion to the flat earth theory was so firm that no amount of scientific evidence would be enough to sway their opinion. I personally find no aspiration in ridiculing them for I know plenty of people who would find Ra's teachings equally ludicrous. And after all I doubt their beliefs are influencing people around them in a negative way, so the fitting course of action would be to just let them be.

This is kind of why I find it difficult to approach topics like this to begin with. It is hard to say "How can someone who seems 'normal' and rather intelligent believe in something so outrageous?" when I know that there are people who may say that about me and my own spiritual path and beliefs. I mean, there is a bit of a difference in that (so far as I know) there has been no real scientific argument that could disprove the Ra material's ultimate claims. The most that could really be said about the Ra contact is that there isn't really any hard scientific support for channeling as a method and the legitimacy behind the information that comes from it, but that is relatively easy for me to dismiss based on direct personal experience and familiarity with the context behind it. There is rather hard science to disprove flat Earth theory.

Though even if they aren't exactly the same, the majority of society would probably put me (and us) into the same category as people like flat earthers, and I do experience some anxiety and insecurity in the face of larger societal paradigms because of my beliefs. This feeling isn't something I desire to pass along to others. But how can we maintain a modicum of skepticism and objectivity without being exclusionary towards alternative beliefs? These are both things that are important to me and it's hard to reconcile them sometimes.