Original sentence: Though his fiction has often been repeated in modern children's books, Western opinion has not supported flat earth ideas since at least Ptolemy, and mainstream Christian groups have never espoused this, even in the Middle Ages
Edited sentence: This misperception persists and no doubt the straw man arguments are related to the comedically obscure Society that espouses flat earth theories recently.Though this falsehood has often been repeated in modern children's books, Western opinion has not supported flat earth ideas since at least Ptolemy, and mainstream Christian groups have never espoused this, even in the Middle Ages