RE: Flat Earther, and other conspiracy theories. Are they mostly atheists?
March 1, 2021 at 4:18 pm
(March 1, 2021 at 3:48 pm)Irreligious Atheist Wrote: 52 percent of flat earth believers consider themselves to be very religious https://nowthisnews.com/videos/future/ho...-connected
Some of them believe it because of religious texts. Some of them think they've seen the truth with their own eyes (for example seeing a city across from a lake when you're not supposed to be able to see it), but what they're seeing is a mirage and they don't understand how light bends, etc. Some of them see that governments' job is to lie to the people, which is very true, and this causes these flat earthers and other conspiracy theorists to take it to the extreme and they end up believing the opposite of what the government/ NASA, etc say because these people have been lied to by government so much that they just reject everything from the government, which includes the true things coming from the government/ establishment.
I think that the core consists of those who are mentally ill and those who want to make money off those who are mentally ill.