William Brinkman writes ...
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"Flat Earth believers reapply for charter school in Valley View School District 365U
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"The Flat Out Truth Educational corporation, a company that promotes “reexamination of Flat Earth Theory,” announced that it would reapply for a charter school in the Valley View 365U School District.


Company president Marc I. Hill stated he was very hopeful that the application would be accepted this time: “In 2014, we were ahead of our time. Now the world has changed. Rappers can rap about our Flat Earth and still have a career. An NBA player can criticize globalist thinking and still have a career.
Flat Earth memes populate the Internet. More importantly, Betsy DeVos is now the Secretary of Education. Valley View won’t have a choice but to accept our charter school. Just look at what she did for Detroit!”

According to Hill, the charter school will teach students from Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. All textbooks will be published by Flat Out Truth, and all lessons will encourage “skepticism of popular globalist views.”
Science textbooks will present the “theory” of how the Earth is an infinite plain of ice. Humans live in a “warm oasis surrounded by walls of ice.”
History textbooks will present “theories” about how globe manufacturers persuaded governments to cover up flat earth theory, and news stations prevented people from getting too close to the ice walls.
“Have you ever wondered why there’s a military base at the so-called South Pole?”
Hill says that the school will also promote the religious faith of its students:
“Revelations 7.1 says the Earth has four corners. Qur’an 20:53 says the Earth is spread out like a carpet. Science says otherwise. Who should our students trust? God or Richard Dawkins?”
No school board members would comment for this article, but president Steve Quigley did laugh before hanging up.
A science teacher, who asked not to be identified, said there was no reason to teach Flat Earth Theory in the Valley View curriculum:
“The ancient Greeks knew the Earth was a globe. They could tell because they could see new constellations when they traveled further south.
They also noticed during lunar eclipses that the shadow of the Earth is round. Eratosthenes accurately determined the circumference of the Earth in 240 BC.
We have photos that show the Earth is a globe. The horizon itself is a product of the curvature of the Earth. Anyone can see the curvature of the Earth if they fly in a high-altitude aircraft. So who are you going to trust? Scientists and the patriotic pilots in the air force, or neo-Nazi Tila Tequila?”
Hill says he not worried about possible resistance from “globalist union teachers”:
“All I have to do is give a large donation to Bolingbrook’s Mayor Roger Claar, and we’ll be up and running in no time!”

When called for comment, a receptionist said Claar was discussing business with intern Charline Spencer, and could not be disturbed. She added: “Roger believes—no, knows– that the Earth is a globe. He also doesn’t control the board of education. End of discussion.”
In the background, a man who sounded like Claar said: “Okay, Charline, tell me your idea for the podcast ad.”

Spencer replied: “Come to the Taste of Bolingbrook on June 17 and 18 at the Promenade Bolingbrook. All of the great food you expect with none of the Cook County Democrats!”
“Not bad.”"



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/2017 03:36PM by Dave the Atheist.

I can't see how asking the government for permission to produce yet more brain dead robots will fail, but we can hope.

Yikes. Is that for real?



Charter schools seem to be mostly about:

-Preventing children from any facts that might contradict whatever the parents want to believe

-Preventing resources needed by public schools, especially in poverty areas and inner cities

You end up with segregation and uneducated students with a very limited world view. I suspect that is the real goal.

Where I work, we are struggling to find people to hire who 1. can write a coherent paragraph, 2. have a solid science education. We get people who graduated from Bible College this or Christian College that applying all the time. It's hard finding people who work out. I'm suspicious that charter schools will make it worse.

You are correct in your assessment of charter "schools".



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/2017 04:17PM by Dave the Atheist.

INNNNNNN ~



IN ~ in on flat earth thred ~




in b 4 ~ the earth appears to be round to flat people ~

Wait. If the Earth is flat, why is the room spinning?

I really hope the OP is quoting some Onion-esque spoof article.

And yes I find Richard Dawkins more credible than God.

Are those gullible enough to actually believe a story like this is true.

Sorry folks, it's not.

Our friend Dave the Atheist strategically omitted the "fiction" label from his source.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/babbler/2017/05/13/web-exclusive-flat-earth-believers-reapply-for-charter-school-in-valley-view-school-district-365u-fiction/

Except the day after tomorrow it will not be fiction.

I wonder how they blame the government and media (for), or explain that big, round, white-ish thing that appears in the sky every month or so, and how and why it slowly shifts through its crescent phases.

Is it a goverment or military controlled batman-like bat-beam light?

Do none of these people have access to a telescope, where they can view neighboring planets and the planets' moons? If they think that a given telescope is "pre-programmed" (like it has false images embedded somehow), they could construct their own telescopes. The could even test them on earth-bound, verifiable objects. Then they could try to explain why they can zoom in on Mars, but not see the "zion curtain" blocking their view of the "edges" of Earth.

If they don't already, they will be tithing before long, and you can hate on me if you wish, but this is a cult even more stupid than the cult-o-Joe.

"Globe-makers" conspiracy. Yeah. That's it. Globe-makers rule the planet, if you will only really, really seek flat-earther truth. It's really, really the one true truth.

Oh, and they have some maps and books they want to sell. To the government and its globalist-indoctrinated, heathen children.

Like all of "Dave the Atheist's" posts, this is just more snarky horseshit signifying nothing st all.

"Dave" never posts anything of substance. His comments are only vacuous tripe, which is in itself reflective of the emptiness of so-called atheism itself.

Marcus Aurelius Wrote:
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> Like all of "Dave the Atheist's" posts, this is
> just more snarky horseshit signifying nothing st
> all.

Gee, I could (and will) say the same thing about posts that do nothing but call other posters names. You know, like yours.

Yet another response by an idiot, full of sound and fury.
You drumpf fluffers get so upset when people expose your insanity. *LOL*

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/15/2017 03:22PM by steve benson.

I am confused about whether or not the Flat Earth Theory is true or not. Thus I ask to know whether or not any of the Brethren have spoken out on this issue. Then once I know what they have said then the matter is all settled. If they say that the Flat Earth theory is bunk then I know its baloney. If they say its true then I certainly must accept that the earth is flat. I bear testimony that this is an amazing way of discerning what is truth vs. what isn't by having the word of the Brethren reign supreme. This is just the way I have to do this if I'm going to be an honest TBM.

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The Brethren are the source of all truth and, as Ezra Taft Benson
so clearly put, on any topic.

"It has been a time of rejoicing, for we have seen numerous of
our beloved brothers and sisters from many countries ALL OVER
THE GLOBE. (emphasis added)
--Spencer W. Kimball, April Conference, 1976

"We are now a great international family, living in many
nations and speaking many languages. To me, it is a marvelous
and miraculous thing that you are able to see us and hear us
ACROSS THE GLOBE." (emphasis added)
--Gordon B. Hindkley, April Conference, 2004

"You are a mighty force for good, one of the most powerful in the
entire world. Your influence ranges far beyond yourself and your
home and touches others ALL AROUND THE GLOBE." (emphasis added)
--Thomas S. Monson, October Conference, 2007

"Whether we are rich or poor, REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE LIVE ON THIS
GLOBE, we all need each other, for it is in sacrificing our time,
talents, and resources that our spirits mature and become
refined." (emphasis added)
--Dieter F. Uchtdorf, October Conference, 2011

"We are a worldwide Church, brothers and sisters. Our membership
is found ACROSS THE GLOBE." (emphasis added)
--Thomas S. Monson, April Conference, 2013

We are fortunate to have these fountains of inspired truth.
Unlike the rest of the world, we know the answer to this
long-standing controversy.

Well we do have the revealed word of the head gawd speaking to his head profit thru the rock of the hat that the sun gets its light from kolob and the ten tribes are hiding out on a twinkler by polaris...zelph...kinderhook...bofa..quakers on the moon...the sun is inhabited....icould not be more content except the whole whitmer family had testified of its veracity...seems i did see the basketball guy interviewed who seemed rather convinced the earth was flat...if it werent hed miss all his threes cuz curves...i felt dumber for watching and somewhat chagrined that this joker had actually been awarded a phd...never say never...Joeism is still a thing after all

I could probably believe the earth is flat before buying into Mormon doctrine. lol

"[Eventually impeached Arizona Mormon governing Evan] Mecham appointed as his education advisor a retired, conservative [Mormon] dairy farmer [Jim Cooper], who encouraged the State Education Committee to favor a bill requiring that creationism be taught alongside evolution in public schools. He was widely quoted for saying that teachers have 'no business correcting students whose parents teach them the earth is flat'{'Time,' 9 March 1987, p. 42)."

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V22N03_83.pdf


"[Mecham] added the appointment of a state education adviser [Brother Cooper] who proclaimed that teachers did not have the right to contradict students whose parents teach them the earth is flat."

http://kensmith.us/?p=644



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If the Earth was flat cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.

If the moon is flat also, where do the tall Quaker-type folks hide? We can't see their farms with a telescope. If they are on the dark side of the moon (thanks Pink Floyd), what do they use for photosynthesis? Weird.

Meh... I almost have a difficult time even believing that there are people in this century who actually believe in the flat-earth theory. For some reason, blatant ignorance in this day and age, tends to anger me? I find myself wanting to confront them(now, that may be as idiotic as their beliefs in a flat earth)!