Original: The Flat Earth Society ( also known as the International Flat Earth Society or the International Flat Earth Research Society ) is an organization that seeks to further the belief that the Earth is flat , contrary to the scientifically verified fact that it is an oblate spheroid .
Simplified: The Flat Earth Society ( or the International Flat Earth Research Society ) is an organization saying that the Earth is flat ( most of us think it 's round ; a sphere ) .