GoPack2008 said:
^Got it, thanks for the sincere answer.
I assume that you, like all of us, grew up learning that the earth is round, orbits the sun, etc. At what point in your life did your views change, and how did that occur? Was it an epiphany or more of a gradual process?
Yes, as a young man I grew up believing in a spherical earth and the heliocentric model. I went to public school as a child all the way up through high school. And, yes, despite others (not you, I don't recall) questioning this at times, I am a graduate of N.C. State University, majoring in civil engineering.
About a year after graduating from NC State, my "awakening" to the "New World Order" agenda occurred -- which caused me to do a MASSIVE amount of research into many, many related issues in the "conspiracy" field, as well research and questioning in the area of religion and other areas of life in general. Not long into that process of doing a ton of research (a few months into it), I came across the arguments for a geocentric universe (rejecting the heliocentric model), and became convinced of that view -- although I still held on to the spherical earth view. I recall that at that time I also came across arguments for the flat earth. But I was not convinced of the truth of the flat earth view, and I think that was mainly because for whatever reason I did not initially stumble across some of the best arguments/information advocating the flat earth view, and I did not do much more research into it. Also, at that time, there weren't many people making the flat earth argument (on social media, YouTube, etc).
Fast forward several years later, to around 2016 or 2017. This was the time when the flat earth movement began exploding on YouTube. What made me start to question and consider the flat earth view was I started to see flat earth videos in my "Recommended" videos on YouTube. When I first saw these videos, I watched a few, but was not initially convinced. But I kept seeing those videos in my Recommended and would watch a few from time to time. It probably took at least 3-6 months (can't remember exactly)...but I eventually started becoming convinced. And it was not like the snap of a finger. It was more of a gradual or slow process. Because, in my mind, I would still have many questions that were keeping me from being FULLY convinced -- such as "well how does the sun set on a flat earth model"?
I would say it took about a year after first seriously investigating it (via the YouTube videos) that I became fully convinced. And the critical factor was the quality of the arguments on these documentaries and other videos on YouTube.
"Ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." - John 15:19
