Re: The Real Junk Science

"S****t Pilot" <hppilot001@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
news:1116255501.355712.185110@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>       Back before there were scientists, the educated knew the 
world
> was not flat. And there is no
>>credible indication the uneducated thought it was flat. It was a
> non-issue.
> 
> Then why did the greek god Atlas (or was he a Roman god?) carry the
> world in the form of a globe?

One, he was a Titan, not a god. Two, the world carrying image came 
later. Originally he was forced by Zeus to stand on a mountain 
holding the heavens up on his shoulder.