Flat Earthers

[Monica]

This is kind of why I find it difficult to approach topics like this to begin with. It is hard to say "How can someone who seems 'normal' and rather intelligent believe in something so outrageous?" when I know that there are people who may say that about me and my own spiritual path and beliefs. I mean, there is a bit of a difference in that (so far as I know) there has been no real scientific argument that could disprove the Ra material's ultimate claims. The most that could really be said about the Ra contact is that there isn't really any hard scientific support for channeling as a method and the legitimacy behind the information that comes from it, but that is relatively easy for me to dismiss based on direct personal experience and familiarity with the context behind it. There is rather hard science to disprove flat Earth theory.

Though even if they aren't exactly the same, the majority of society would probably put me (and us) into the same category as people like flat earthers, and I do experience some anxiety and insecurity in the face of larger societal paradigms because of my beliefs. This feeling isn't something I desire to pass along to others. But how can we maintain a modicum of skepticism and objectivity without being exclusionary towards alternative beliefs? These are both things that are important to me and it's hard to reconcile them sometimes. 

I agree with the gist of what you're saying but I don't think it quite applies here, for the simple reason that the existence of aliens has never been disproven. Not yet proven isn't the same as already proven; ie. aliens, psychic phenomena, etc. have never been conclusively proven (according to mainstream criteria) but neither have they been disproven. Whereas, the idea of a flat Earth has been quite effectively disproven.

Granted, there are many things that could be argued. Even here, amongst supposedly somewhat like-minded people, there is wide disagreement on such topics as vaccinations, homeopathy, etc. At opposite ends of the debate, there are people who may think "how could any sane, reasonably intelligent person believe that?" while another person at the opposite end of the belief spectrum would say the same about the other person.

But generally, there is a consensus on basics like gravity and other basic scientific laws and principles. While there is much debate at the higher levels (quantum physics, etc.), on a mundane level, people generally accept the basics. Like, for example, you won't encounter much controversy over how a combustion engine works. But start talking about free energy and let the fireworks begin.