It is strange, I have been seeing more and more people starting to try and argue for a flat Earth. It is painful because on the one hand of using science to demonstrate the flaw can easily come across as an attack on the entire concept of God in the first place. Even though the concepts are for our intentions proven.
I agree with the sentiment that the narrative is being pushed as a means of discrediting people, then they can highlight oh these people believe in spirituality in Flat Earth. The same techniques get used for different reasons similarly.