FLAT or ROUND Earth?

Bradskii said:

I was thinking it was more what's under his feet

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Her feet.

prodromos said:

Her feet.

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Yikes. Now I'm going to be in trouble over in the gender pronoun thread.

But I called her 'bach' earlier (Welsh for boy - she's from Wales) and wasn't corrected. Ah well...

Bradskii said:

Yikes. Now I'm going to be in trouble over in the gender pronoun thread.

But I called her 'bach' earlier (Welsh for boy - she's from Wales) and wasn't corrected. Ah well...

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I wouldn't worry. I self identify as a Nobel prize winning, incredibly handsome billionaire and no one takes a blind bit of notice.

(Also, I've been to Wales and it is definitely not flat!)

Ophiolite said:

(Also, I've been to Wales and it is definitely not flat!)

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Did you know there's no word for flat in Welsh?

Bradskii said:

Did you know there's no word for flat in Welsh?

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I suppose they call them apartments.

Ophiolite said:

I suppose they call them apartments.

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Well, we actually use the English word. But because a single f in Welsh is pronounced as a 'v', we make it a double f. So it's 'fflat'. Weird bloody language...

Bradskii said:

Well, we actually use the English word. But because a single f in Welsh is pronounced as a 'v', we make it a double f. So it's 'fflat'. Weird bloody language...

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But, Tom Jones!
So all is forgiven.

prodromos said:

But, Tom Jones!

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Add Shirley Bassey and we're in their debt.

prodromos said:

Citation please.

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And God made two great lights.... And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the land
Genesis 1:16-17

[ Genesis 1:10 Genesis 1:8 ]

essentialsaltes said:

Add Shirley Bassey and we're in their debt.

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I did think of adding her. I saw her in concert in Glasgow in autumn 1967. We should also mention Sir Richard Burton and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

contratodo said:

And God made two great lights.... And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the land
Genesis 1:16-17

[ Genesis 1:10 Genesis 1:8 ]

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Doesn't say they are of equal measure. That is something you made up.

Ophiolite said:

I did think of adding her. I saw her in concert in Glasgow in autumn 1967. We should also mention Sir Richard Burton and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

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And Dylan Thomas.

Michelangelo Goeloe said:

I hear a lot of Christians saying that we live on a flat earth and nobody can go in or out the earth. Is the Bible clear on this subject?

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Clear as day.

Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Flat ... right?

Not quite.

Let's see if we can find a passage that gives it just one more dimension.

Isaiah 40:22a It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;

Up in the air, sitting on a circle, and looking down.

Not sitting on an arc ... sitting on a circle.

Conclusion: the earth is round.

AV1611VET said:

Not sitting on an arc ... sitting on a circle.

Conclusion: the earth is round.

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A circle is not the same thing as a sphere.
Conclusion: your reliance on Bible quotes to determine the shape of the Earth is inadequate. Fortunately there is more than enough science to demonstrate it is a sphere.
Flawed* interpretation of scripture by random blokes on the internet can take a hike.

*Flaw free interpretations are welcome.

AV1611VET said:

Isaiah 40:22a It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;

... sitting on a circle. Conclusion: the earth is round.

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Or, conclusion: God literally sits on us.

Abusing the Bible to create stupid dogmas is shameful.

If the earth is flat, why can't we have line-of-sight communication from the moon to England and New Zealand simultaneously?

AV1611VET said:

Clear as day.

Not sitting on an arc ... sitting on a circle.

Conclusion: the earth is round.

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"Sitting on a circle" does seem to be clear as day, but it does not suggest a sphere to me.

Or to Google Image Search. The space age Ball Chair is closest, but probably not what Isaiah had in mind.

essentialsaltes said:

"Sitting on a circle" does seem to be clear as day, but it does not suggest a sphere to me.

Or to Google Image Search. The space age Ball Chair is closest, but probably not what Isaiah had in mind.

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I like that bottom left picture.

Only put the man, who is sitting IN the egg chair, and put him sitting ON TOP of the egg chair, looking down.

AV1611VET said:

I like that bottom left picture.

Only put the man, who is sitting IN the egg chair, and put him sitting ON TOP of the egg chair, looking down.

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That really seems like an unnecessary step of logic to try and justify circle to mean sphere...

Warden_of_the_Storm said:

That really seems like an unnecessary step of logic to try and justify circle to mean sphere...

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Again, let's not just look at the circle.

There's also that passage I quoted about "as far as the east is from the west."

Put the two passages together, and you have an east-west plane with a north-south circle.

In other words, a three dimensional sphere.