The flat earth myth

One urban legend I hear repeated often in the media, both liberal and conservative, is that creationists use to hold to a flat earth theory until those brave astronomers in the 16th and 17th centuries stood up against the intellectual bigotry of the Christian Church.

Jerry Bergman provides a bit of historical background to "flat earth" societies and how this myth came to be a prominent claim against biblical creationism.

The Flat-earth Myth and Creationism.