I was just pointing out that word 'circle' in scripture has a different meaning from 'ball', as you guys claim that we should not take verse Isaiah 40:22 literally, which IMO is wrong.
What's your reason for pointing out that, in Scripture, "circle" and "ball" are different words? What is that supposed to mean?
Isaiah 40:22 says:
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
If you take Scripture literally you have to take it ALL literally; you can't pick and choose.
a) John 4:24 says "God is Spirit". How does Spirit, or a spirit, sit?
b) How does God sit ON the earth?
c) The verse does not say, "God sits on the earth which
is a circle - and I am writing this to tell you the shape of the earth". The word also means "circuit". The circuit of the earth would be it circling the sun - which is how we get our year with all the various seasons.
d) the verse says that the heavens are spread out as a curtain and a tent - which is it? A person can live in a tent, as the verse says, but you can't live in a curtain.
e) if you take this verse literally, you must also take the whole passage literally. Verse 24 says that the kings of the earth shall not be planted. Presumably in the ground since the verse also talks about them not taking root in the earth. How many people have ever been literally planted in the earth and started to grow because they have put down literal roots?
f) If you take ALL of Scripture literally, you have to take Isaiah 22:18 literally. This verse says that the Lord was going to roll a man up like a ball. Like I said, if you roll something up it becomes a sausage shape, not a ball - try it. To get something that looks vaguely ball shaped you'd have to crumple up your piece of paper, or whatever, and compress it so that it becomes solid. Is that what the Lord did with that man - literally crush him so that he physically looked like a ball - blood and bones everywhere? If not, why not?
Sorry, but you really need to learn how to read Scripture.
Plucking one verse out of the Bible and saying "that mentions 'earth' and circle/circuit' therefore the Bible is teaching us the shape of the earth", is ridiculous. If you were in a debate with a non Christian scientist they would disprove that in no time. They would probably then also say that if the Bible says that the earth is a flat circle, then we can prove the Bible to be wrong, so there is no reason to trust it, or God. And no reason to become a Christian and sign up to an erroneous faith.
