SO why does this even matter?
To prove that flat earth exists and WE ARE the center of the universe, it means that GOD EXISTS. if you believe that we are some rock floating around Nothing and theres TONS of other galaxies and planets like us, we arent special, we dont believe theres a point to us and we QUESTION GOD.
I never really understood what the motivation was behind the flat earthers but it never occurred to me that it's all about God and religion, so OF COURSE it makes sense.
It's scary to realize how big our Milky Way Galaxy is, put it this way- as many stars as there are in our own galaxy (100 – 400 billion), there are roughly an equal number of galaxies in the observable universe—so for every star in the Milky Way, there’s a whole other galaxy out there. All together, that comes out to a range of insane numbers that I won't bother looking up and posting, but those numbers in fact means that for every grain of sand on every beach on Earth, there are 10,000 stars out there.
Taking it further, if we want to narrow that down to stars similar to our Sun, even going by the most conservatives numbers, it gives us 500 quintillion, or 500 billion billion sun-like stars. That's a lot!
But we need to take it even further and narrow it down to planets similar to Earth, or "Earth-like planets". Again if we go by the most conservative numbers possible, Earth-like planets orbiting at least 1% of the total stars in the universe—
there is a total of 100 billion billion Earth-like planets.
That means there are 100 Earth-like planets for every grain of sand in all of the beaches in all of the world.
The more you think about it there more you'll come to the realization that there isn't a god, more specifically there isn't a Christian god. We are an insignificant blip on the cosmic radar. The universe is 13.5 billion years old and our Earth is a mere 4.543 billion years old.
So of course​ when this kind of information gets scary it makes sense to ignore the facts (science, mathematics) and instead believe something much more comforting like we are the center of the universe. Much like the discovery of DNA proved evolution without a doubt, some choose to pretend it's not real and dinosaurs didn't exist, because DNA punches holes in Bible stories like Adam and Eve.
Facts often enough take a back seat to religious beliefs. If you can stretch the imagination to believe Adam and Eve and Noah's ark, then why not believe the Earth is flat and it's a giant global conspiracy by millions of people over the course of centuries to keep that lie going, all for the sake of what exactly? Atheism? Sure let's go with that, why not.
I typically don't mind if someone chooses to be retarded, thats fine, you can be the biggest idiot your heart desires, but once that person tries to spread the idiotic beliefs to other people especially children, that's when it becomes an issue.