James Hannam wrote:
The myth that people in the Middle Ages thought the earth is flat appears to date from the 17th century as part of the campaign by Protestants against Catholic teaching. But it gained currency in the 19th century, thanks to inaccurate histories such as John William Draper's History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science (1874) and Andrew Dickson White's A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). Atheists and agnostics championed the conflict thesis for their own purposes, but historical research gradually demonstrated that Draper and White had propagated more fantasy than fact in their efforts to prove that science and religion are locked in eternal conflict. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit...
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busterwasmycat say: There was no one person that "Invented" the idea. The idea is a common conclusion that any individual will make based on looking around himself. The earth looks "flat" on the small scale, so why would anyone think that it isn't?
It requires thought to realize that the local observations are misleading.
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Hugo90 say: The idea that the earth is flat is prehistoric, no written documents identifying any particular individual.
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Jake No Chat say: I do not think that you can trace that belief back to just one person. It was a misconception based upon limited travel and a lack of understanding of physical laws and earth science.
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Mean Gene say: Moses who wrote the Book of Genesis. Read chapter 1.
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CRR say: There probably have always been a few who though the world was flat but that it was a ball was generally known from pre-christian times.
The modern incarnation of the flat earth myth appears to have started in a novel (fiction) by Washington Irving who thought it made a better story than the fact that Columbus was opposed by people who knew the world was round and correctly calculated it was too far to reach China by sailing west. They were right but Columbus was lucky and ran into America.
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Them say: That would be Ogg the CaveMan...... third cave on the right halfway down the slope. You don't need to knock.
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Steven C say: People are free to believe what they want. If the flat earth people were asked to put their own money on whether the earth was flat or round, they would either change sides or decline.
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DEBS say: The evidence clearly shows the Earth is in fact flat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvAk9718...
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Celina say: okkkk
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Adam say: Kyrie Irving
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