The Earth Is Not Flat

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I pointed one out and you just said that has nothing to do with the flat earth.

Again i will repeat this the Bible states God created two great lights sun and moon.

Science states that the moon is not a light but reflects the suns light.

Another one, the Bible states that the sun, moon and stars are placed in the raqia (dome) over the earth between two bodies of water, one body of water above the raqia and another body of water below the raqia (the ocean).

Science states that the sun moon and stars are millions/trillion of miles out in outer space








It means the exact same thing they're only using different words and I still fail to see how this answers my question,.. but maybe I'm not understanding you right since I am mentally challenged. :/
 
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So how do you believe science's globe earth and still say you believe the creation account given to man by God in Genesis 1. Because they are not in agreement.

God speaks of creating a heaven and earth no mention of an outer space/universe and actually there is throughout the Bible not one single mention of God creating a universe.

In Genesis 1:6 God creates a raqia (dome) that divides waters

Genesis 1:7 the raqia (dome) is seen as separating waters, waters below the raqia and waters above the raqia (dome)

In Genesis 1:8 the dome is called heaven (the sky) By God.

In Genesis 1:9 God gathers the waters into one place (and not many oceans scattered over a globe). With the dry land (as in a single piece of land) appearing, and that land is one piece of land not land as in different continents. So there is a single large piece of land surrounded by water.

Genesis 1:14 God creates lights and places these light in the raqia (dome) of the heavens. These light also have a time keeping purpose.

Genesis 1:15 states these lights are created also to give light on the earth. Nothing is said about these lights lighting up an outer space or even other planets (which in The Bible there is no mention of God creating a planet, only the sun, moon and stars)

Genesis 1:16 states that God created two great lights, again that is lights, not a great light and a large rock that reflects the suns light. The moon is a created light by God.

Genesis 1:17 these lights are stated to be place (by God) in the raqia (dome) that is over the earth, and again it is stated they are to give light on the earth.
So you have created a model using your imagination based on your personal interpretation of the creation account which, not surprisingly, does not match what we observe. Therefore, our observations must be wrong because your personal interpretation could never be wrong?
 
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Why no video of earth, when they landed on the moon? Was it too hard to turn around and film during those 21 hours and 36 minutes?
I find it ironic that you pretend it would change your opinion seeing as it appears you reject every other bit of evidence that was gathered either on the moon or while travelling there and back.
 
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It means the exact same thing they're only using different words and I still fail to see how this answers my question,.. but maybe I'm not understanding you right since I am mentally challenged. :/
You're doing pretty well ...
 
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So then I'm not missing anything right?
Nope. Out of the people involved in this thread, you are not one of the ones I would consider intellectually challenged.
 
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Nope. Out of the people involved in this thread, you are not one of the ones I would consider intellectually challenged.








Well thank you,.. but I have yet to understand what the heck light has anything to do with a flat earth!! Sorry, it's not you I'm just getting frustrated.
 
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How do you know? Unfortunately, all the 'pictures' NASA has provided of earth have been admitted composites. That wasn't the first.
I don't know how I missed this utter falsehood. There are quite a few non composite photos of the earth from space supplied by NASA.
 
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It's sort of the same thing as if someone shows a recent picture of a leprechaun partying on the Titanic. Just as real.

That might be a more appropriate analogy if leprechauns and ghost ships were so common as to be everyday sights.
 
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That might be a more appropriate analogy if leprechauns and ghost ships were so common as to be everyday sights.

Not remotely the same sort of thing.

It's exactly the same thing. Both would be fake. Except, in this case, you two would probably be swearing the leprechauns were real and likely related to you.
 
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Antarctica is the land that keeps the oceans in place. It is land, not ice. Ice just covers the land. If a human walks the coast line of Antarctica, they would have walked the longest continuous length of land on earth. It should take about 8 times longer, than a walk from Siberia, across to Alaska, and down to the tip of South America.
Less than two years ago, two men crossed the Antarctic mainland via the South pole unaided in under 2 months. Colin O'Brady from USA and Louis Rudd from Britain both set out from Union glacier to the Ross ice shelf via the South Pole, each dragging a sled weighing nearly 400 pounds. To put that into a 'flat earth' perspective, they pulled all their supplies for the journey on a sled by foot from directly south of Brazil to directly south of New Zealand in 54 days, an utterly impossible feat on the flat earth. Contrary to your claim above, the distance they walked was a little under 1000 miles.
 
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It's exactly the same thing. Both would be fake. Except, in this case, you two would probably be swearing the leprechauns were real and likely related to you.

Well if I could walk half a mile to the shore, take out my binoculars, and see a leprechaun whenever I wanted to (just like I can see ships disappearing below the horizon), I'd have a pretty good reason to believe they were real.
 
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Cool. Show us a few.
The Earth Is Not Flat
The Earth Is Not Flat

This is from the first Lunar orbiter, launched 1966
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Other images can be found from the subsequent Lunar orbiters on the National Archives website
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86744668
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86748787

This is from Apollo 11 (edit - not displaying in post)
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/images11.html#Mag36
scroll down to AS11-36-5321 (OF300)

There are many, many more.
 
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The Earth Is Not Flat
The Earth Is Not Flat

This is from the first Lunar orbiter, launched 1966
290262main_smallversion.png


Other images can be found from the subsequent Lunar orbiters on the National Archives website
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86744668
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86748787

This is from Apollo 11 (edit - not displaying in post)
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/images11.html#Mag36
scroll down to AS11-36-5321 (OF300)

There are many, many more.

Cool, now prove your claim they are real.
 
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Well if I could walk half a mile to the shore, take out my binoculars, and see a leprechaun whenever I wanted to (just like I can see ships disappearing below the horizon), I'd have a pretty good reason to believe they were real.

You can't do either one now. I'd link a vid to work others have done detailing why your theory is wrong, but I doubt you'd invest any time in it.
 
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You can't do either one now. I'd link a vid to work others have done detailing why your theory is wrong, but I doubt you'd invest any time in it.

I can and have done so. Long rambling videos using deceptive editing and and poor understanding of geometry don't do anything to prove otherwise.
 
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Cool, now prove your claim they are real.
Innocent until proven guilty. You've provided no reason to doubt their validity other than your stubborn refusal to accept they are genuine.
 
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