"I'm sure you are set on you're doctrine, but I'd like to ask, where do you think God is[by this I meant location of habitation]? Do you think we're on a big ball moving through an endless space, heading towards a black hole in the center of a barred spiral galaxy, like the rest of what science says? capable of being pelted by asteroids every 5-10 years, or in danger of a catastrophic weather meltdown, at the complete whim of nature? or do you believe something in the middle? and lastly, is their biblical evidence, for the things that you believe, like there is for me? (of which I know you do not agree, but I've yet to be convinced)"
Here you go. All ears, but please know that I've been meaning to drop this post once I am done hearing from topher. I've expressly stated it before. Thank you, and excited to hear what you have to say.
For something to be Biblical doctrine, you need clear supporting scripture and I do not see them. Since I believe in Sola Scriptura I would be the first to seriously look and consider them. All I have been shown previously were verses about circles, pillars and corners. You cannot build an entire doctrine about a flat earth covered by a dome based on that. Poetry can certainly be used as a supporting scripture but we can't build doctrine from poetry alone because if we could I could say that trees have hands when we know that is only poetic language about leaves.
Now the same can be said of the globe model, again there is no direct supporting scripture. The verses we do have mention a circle, but both flat disks and globes look like a circle from a distance as post
#384 shows.
As for science, I believe that should fit the Biblical framework and should be observable and repeatable. If science goes outside of the Biblical framework I believe it is coming to the wrong conclusions because the creation of the earth was a miraculous event and missing variables will skew results.
Since the earth being a globe does not contradict scripture, does not affect any doctrine, since science experiments on it can be observed and repeated and since I can't see any reason for space pictures to be some kind of hoax (that would be very expensive for what purpose?) Governments don't spend that amount of cash for giggles. Then yes I do believe the world is a globe. This is not something I spend much time thinking on because it doesn't affect my life or my faith. God could have made the world a triangular prism is he had so wanted.
"where do you think God is"
God is spirit, he is everywhere. His realm is the spiritual. I do not believe we can understand this until we get there.
Do you think we're on a big ball moving through an endless space, heading towards a black hole in the center of a barred spiral galaxy, like the rest of what science says?
A ball suspended and moving in space, yes.
"he suspends the earth over nothing." Towards a black hole, no. God holds all things together and scripture indicates the end will be by fire not by a black hole. I'm a creationist not an evolutionist.
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
"in danger of a catastrophic weather meltdown, at the complete whim of nature?"
The world is both cursed, and groaning from man's sin.
Romans 8:22
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
This can only get worse, especially as mankind has failed in being the earths caretaker. Just like this virus has been linked to man's misuse of nature so pollution also affects the earth. Sin always has repercussions. How exactly God plans to burn it up I don't know, only that it will be remade into the New Heaven and New World.
21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
Then I think we will know all things.
