Live Not By Lies
Cover. Late Afternoon [2023]. Artist: JGMLive.
Preface
This text is an excerpt from Why Is Flat Earth Important by head of the International Flat Earth Research Society and author, Eric Dubay.
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There is one frequently asked flat Earth question that is more rhetorical than inquisitive, more a defence mechanism than a general query, and tends to be the final discussion point allowed by stubborn globe-defenders before completely refusing to further engage with the subject. Regardless, of the answer you provide, no matter how articulately and convincingly you argue; after asking this question they will almost always throw their hands up and claim the entire pursuit of truth to be futile. This final flat Earth FAQ formulated one of several ways is:
'So what if the Earth is flat?' 'Why is flat Earth important?' Why does the shape of the Earth even matter? What difference does it make to my life?' My personal favourite! I still have to get up and go to work in the morning, so why should I care? When a globe defender reaches this point, it is basically a ‘Hail Mary,’ white flag, full-retreat surrender admitting that anything short of winning the lottery is unimportant to them - because that is literally the only thing that could fulfil such a ridiculous prerequisite.
If the flat Earth revelation doesn't somehow make them an overnight millionaire, they don't want to hear about it. Imagine if your friends or family said this about any other subject you tried discussing with them? For example, suppose your spouse cheated on you, and when you tried to talk about it with your best friend, they responded by saying: 'Regardless of whether or not you were lied to, I still have to get up and go to work in the morning, so it doesn't matter to me."
So then why does it matter what shape the Earth is. Why should anyone care whether Earth is a level motionless plane, or a tilting, wobbling spinning space ball?
Firstly, the thing of crucial importance is the lie, not the shape. The lie of heliocentrism* is one of the most insidious lies imaginable. Uprooting people's common sense and lived experience and replacing them with unproven theories and explanations from supposed experts. When children are indoctrinated from an early age to abandon the evidence of their senses in favour of this nonsensical globe model - a schism occurs in their psyche, where they are no longer able to trust their own senses and experience; and instead must trust information completely contrary to it.
* heliocentrism [n.] the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe. Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center.
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'When children are indoctrinated from an early age to abandon the evidence of their senses in favour of this nonsensical globe model - a schism occurs in their psyche, where they are no longer able to trust their own senses and experience; and instead must trust information completely contrary to it.'
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This is incredibly deceitful and disempowering to the individual - to teach such a singular false cosmology - and the result is humanity has become just like the slaves in Plato's allegory of the cave. Once a child is convinced that they cannot trust the evidence of their senses, they become forever thereafter chained inside Plato's cave,* unable to see the outside world as it actually is. The child is condemned to a life of watching shadows cast on the wall by Plato's puppet masters.
* The Allegory of the Cave, or Plato's Cave, is an allegory [story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden moral or spiritual meaning] presented by Plato in his work Republic. Plato describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them and give names to these shadows. The shadows are the prisoners' reality, but are not accurate representations of the real world. The shadows represent the fragment of reality that we can normally perceive through our senses, while the objects under the sun represent the true forms of objects that we can only perceive through reason.
Teaching this false, nihilistic, materialistic cosmology as absolute truth is psychologically traumatising and spiritually devastating - causing believers to lose faith in anything beyond the material world. The result is a cultish following of scientism:* the veritable new world religion, complete with the creation and destruction story, prophets and prophecies - yet without any purpose or higher power. So-called scientists have become the new priestly class, with educations and explanations supposedly so advanced that us neophytes ['new converts'] have no choice but to blindly believe them.
* scientism [n.] This use of the term scientism has two senses: [1] The improper use of science or scientific claims. This usage applies equally in contexts where science might not apply, such as when the topic is perceived as beyond the scope of scientific inquiry, and in contexts where there is insufficient empirical evidence to justify a scientific conclusion. It includes an excessive deference to the claims of scientists or an uncritical eagerness to accept any result described as scientific; [2] 'The belief that the methods of natural science, or the categories and things recognised in natural science, form the only proper elements in any philosophical or other inquiry, or that science, and only 'science', describes the world as it is in itself, independent of perspective with a concomitant elimination of the psychological [and spiritual] dimensions of experience.
This then becomes fertile ground for further deceptions as people uprooted from their true foundations and given false bearings can be led anywhere. So why does the shape of the Earth matter? Again, it's not about the shape, it's about the lie. The fact that humanity has been completely deceived for the better part of five centuries, regarding something so fundamental and foundational as where we live and where we came from, makes the heliocentric globe model - the greatest and most successful hoax in human history.
To fool nearly the entirety of humanity for multiple generations; stripping people of their common sense; and replacing it with carefully crafted lies is obviously a matter of serious importance. It is one of the most psychologically devastating things that could be perpetrated upon an individual, and seeing through it should be one of the most revealing revelations of a lifetime. So when someone asks the asinine question of 'what difference does it make:' that is already evidence of extreme psychological distortion. If knowing the truth doesn't matter to your life, what does that say about your life?
Flat Earth is an epic epiphany that changes many people to their core: by adding a spiritual dimension to their lives, affirming their common sense, developing their critical thinking skills, curing their existential apathy and reigniting a spirit of discovery and adventure. In this way, the flat Earth revelation is holistically helpful and truly transformational for many on an individual level. Even more importantly however, is if humanity succeeds in fully exposing this egregious lie and finally routing out the liars, the beneficial ripple effect it will have throughout society is massive.
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'Flat Earth is an epic epiphany that changes many people to their core: by adding a spiritual dimension to their lives, affirming their common sense, developing their critical thinking skills, curing their existential apathy and reigniting a spirit of discovery and adventure ....'
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When the spinning space ball Earth is finally exposed worldwide for the 500-year deception it was: humanity will suddenly be faced with the reality that every government, every space agency, university, religious organisation, mainstream and alternative media outlet has been duplicitous in propping up a monstrous manipulation to fleece and control the masses. Once these fundamental truths are exposed, these lying politicians, spokesmen, reporters and teachers will suddenly transform from being heralded voices of authority to being ridiculed, shunned and denounced as they deserve.
Once these foundational facts are realised, these governments, universities, media outlets and other entangled organisations - which have long been hard at work weaving this multi-generational heliocentric myth - will suddenly and completely, lose all credibility. The resulting mass mental exodus away from the control system is exactly what is needed. Furthermore, once our true cosmology is revealed, so too is the truth of these few elite families and secret societies who have kept this most important reality hidden from us for these hundreds of years.
Essentially, once the flat Earth conspiracy is exposed, so is every other important conspiracy by proxy, because this so-called 'mother of all conspiracies' holds under its umbrella so many fundamental and foundational facts; and fully reveals them in this way. Flat Earth is like the Achilles heel of the New World Order. This subject, supposedly the most crackpot of all conspiracy theories: mocked and ridiculed for centuries as being an ignorant unscientific worldview, is actually one of the most easily demonstrable and empirically-evidenced facts of reality.
When humanity finally wakes up to the truth of our flat Earth, it will usher in a veritable 'New Age of Enlightenment,' a Renaissance of Common Sense,' and an opportunity to finally and forever, expose and expunge these deceivers among us.