i always thought it seemed kind of cool. Did it ever actually constitute a religion or sect?
2007-10-24 13:48:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Truthbox,my only exposure is through that novel by Bulwer-Lytton. I have read about the Thule Society. But I was just wondering if anything ever developed out of all this. It is obviously a false belief,but that doesn't mean it can't develop. I was always a little fascinated by it an a teenager - such an enchanting idea.
2007-10-24 14:09:29 · update #1
There are still a few of them around. I'm sure I can find them. I'll post it if I do.
2007-10-24 13:53:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I sent away for a very rare book "The Smokey God" many years ago, and received it... It is about a journey to this inner world - in which giants lived inside the Earth. It is a fascinating read, and has references to places around the artic - so you could check out the various details/footnotes if you wanted to?
Nowadays the Hollow Earth has a lack of evidence for it. Many explorers have gone to the South and North poles by now - and haven't slipped into this inner world.
However there are always weird and strange stories about subterranean people living deep deep underground - while not Hollow Earth, these stories are many in number and are more believable... kind of.
The sect/religion you may be thinking of? Is the Thule society?
ie. Ultima Thule?
Now, is that linked to Hitler's Flying Saucers?
2007-10-24 13:57:33 · answer #2 · answered by TruthBox 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the gravitational field inside a solid sphere varies as the distance to the centre. As Sashank says, the ball would fall to the centre and keep going and rise up the other side. But in reality you could not keep a hole open against the heat and pressure, and any friction on the ball would mean it would never make it back up. I'm not sure what would happen to a ball dropped into an evacuated hole - I mean, with the earth spinning the ball has initial momentum in the direction of spin, and I can't figure out in my head whether it would hit the side of the hole. I think it would.
2016-05-25 15:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not Really. (a religion made outta' it)
I Think Hollow Earth Still Exists at the Poles.
Admiral Byrd discover a hole up there that goes down to the Hollow Earth.
(not sure if I believe that or not).
But, that is not enough to Worry About, Try Worring About all of the UnderGround Tunnels the Governments are Secretly Digging!!!
Hahahahah!
Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaahhhhh Babbyyyyyyyy!
2007-10-24 13:59:59 · answer #4 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The existence of the Earths magnetic field kind of put a damper on the whole theory, since it involves the Earths core being molten iron, not hollow and full of Stegosaurus and chicks in furry bikinis.
2007-10-24 14:26:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Earthquakes tell us that it's not hallow. Fill a ball with jello, rock and maybe something else like how the earth it made and shake it around a little. Then (or before) listen to it when it's empty. That's how we can tell.
2007-10-24 13:55:12 · answer #6 · answered by Windona 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can you post a link... I have't heard of that except in Jules Verne's novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth."
2007-10-24 13:53:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that was sponsored by the same people who predicted THE ICE AGE of the 1970s......
Wait....maybe those were the global warming people...
I can never keep all that stuff straight.
2007-10-24 13:53:44 · answer #8 · answered by lady_phoenix39 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If there ever was a religion based on it, they're probably still around, still claiming the earth is hollow despite absolute scientific proof to the contrary. Hmmm. Who does that remind me of?
2007-10-24 13:53:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I never heard of that before. It would be nice of you to post the theory.
2007-10-24 13:51:40 · answer #10 · answered by Doll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋