"Flat Earth" or "Globe Earth"

What is the shape of the Earth?

  • "Flat Earth"

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  • "Ball Earth"

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It remains perpetually horrifying to me that this is even a debate some think worth having. Perhaps we could also have a debate about whether or not water is wet.

-CryptoLutheran
Isn't the real problem here using the scripture for a doctrine/idea, instead of listening to scripture as itself the teacher? It's backwards.

Instead of us being the Teacher, scripture the thing being used, we should be listening and then scripture is teaching us.

If we do listen, then it's far easier to hear the words as they are meant, and the troubles with mistaking metaphor for concrete usage will largely disappear.

If someone says, "Here's the idea, now read this verse and see it," they are trying to use the verse like a plank of wood, in service to their idea/doctrine.
 
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If you took basic physics in HS, you know the earth is round/sphere. Most of the formulas and math in Physics is highly dependent on the shape of the earth - which being a sphere.

The basic highschool formula
F=GM1m2/r2 explains the earth, stars, and other planets as spherical and because of this formula, we are able to design cars, trains, planes, boats, and anything that would be running through physics in relation to the sphere earth.
 
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Biblical cosmology is of a flat earth with a firmament/dome overhead. This is at complete variance with the scientific evidence. I take the Biblical understanding as metaphorical in nature.
At least you acknowledge that the Bible teaches the earth is flat with a dome over it, even though you consider it metaphorical.
 
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What do you think is the shape of the Earth?

Is it a circular, relatively flat disk with a dome (firmament) over it. Or is it a ball in space?

Based on my reading of the scriptures, it is the former. However, I want to hear what you have to say.

These qualifications are mathematically inferior descriptors - in the sense that it doesn't explain terra firma vs the "atmospheric/EM" boundary.

The earth is neither flat, nor a ball.
 
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What do you think is the shape of the Earth?

Is it a circular, relatively flat disk with a dome (firmament) over it. Or is it a ball in space?

Based on my reading of the scriptures, it is the former. However, I want to hear what you have to say.
God doesn't write scripture from his point of view, man does. That point of view is limited so when we read scripture don't expect 21-century thinking, expect ancient mindsets. it's like flatland... but the problem with flatland is a 2D shape, even if extracted into a 3D plane is still 2D and still can only in 2D incapable of seeing the 3D shapes he's being shown. We must interpret scripture knowing that it's written in a different world view than our own, a world view that interprets the same things we see very differently.
 
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What do you think is the shape of the Earth?

Is it a circular, relatively flat disk with a dome (firmament) over it. Or is it a ball in space?

Based on my reading of the scriptures, it is the former. However, I want to hear what you have to say.
Its funny that we deny big bang and evolution but find it impossible that the govt lies to us about Earths shape
 
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It remains perpetually horrifying to me that this is even a debate some think worth having. Perhaps we could also have a debate about whether or not water is wet.

-CryptoLutheran
Agreed, ...but, what it is worthy of, is that it tends to weed out the radicals (if you know what I mean?).
 
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looks round to me. :scratch:
 
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What do you think is the shape of the Earth?

Is it a circular, relatively flat disk with a dome (firmament) over it. Or is it a ball in space?

Based on my reading of the scriptures, it is the former. However, I want to hear what you have to say.
What does it matter if it's round?........Which it is! It's an irrelevant question and has nothing to do with your faith in Christ Jesus.
 
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It's only been in the last few years that it's actually become anything visible. Sure, flat earthers existed, but in the past few years they've organized themselves on the internet. In all my 20 years on discussion forums, up until a few years ago I may have only seen one or two flat earthers. In the past few years that has increased drastically.

This is what happens when a society champions ignorance and abhors education.

-CryptoLutheran
This is what happens when old people don’t understand what an internet troll is
 
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What do you think is the shape of the Earth?

Is it a circular, relatively flat disk with a dome (firmament) over it. Or is it a ball in space?

Based on my reading of the scriptures, it is the former. However, I want to hear what you have to say.
Seriously, it is called the globe for a reason. It is not a cosmic Frisbee. If it was not a globe, there would be very little mass and therefore little gravity. We would have no atmosphere, no water and no life.
 
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