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I was talking to my parish priest about this thread yesterday. At first, he didn't really believe me when I told him that there are groups who argue that you can't be a good Catholic without accepting that the earth is flat. So I brought out my laptop, logged in and let him read.

To say that he was stunned is an understatement. He was very clear that the church totally, absolutely 100% accepts the mainstream scientific teaching on geography, geology, cosmology, physics, astronomy and all the rest. As far as he is concerned, the earth is round, has always been round, and will be round for as long as it exists. One of his comments on those who believe otherwise was 'poor, benighted fools.'

My PP is well connected with the Irish hierarchy, and he was able to tell me categorically that flat-earthism would be laughed out the door of the arch-episcopal palace in +Armagh, down the hill and cross country to the coast, where it would join with the snakes that the Blessed Patrick swept into the sea for us.

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There is nothing to "debate."
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All you have to do is observe the phases of the moon from various points on the earth and compare them.
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The only way to see what we see every day all over the world is if we are observing it from the surface of a sphere.
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The facts are the facts and they cannot be refuted.
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If you persist in claiming the facts are in error or whatever, then you are persisting in your error.
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By willfully persisting in your error you make yourself culpable and responsible for the damage that you do to the Church's reputation. So I hope you're prepared for the guilt you're heaping on your own heads.
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