Flat Earth Theory.

Phil G said:

It’s the line that runs from the North Pole through the earth to the South Pole. If you take a ball and rotate it with your hand, it rotates around an axis that runs through its centre. It’s not a physical axis, but the ball is rotating around a line through its centre.

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Sorry to be a pain, but what causes the earth to wobble ?

Apple Eye said:

Sorry to be a pain, but what causes the earth to wobble ?

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You're not being a pain by asking questions. But I might not be able to answer them all (in fact I'm pretty sure I won't be able to) and I may have to leave some for others to answer.

As I understand it the earth's wobble is primarily caused both an uneven distribution of the earth's mass and by the gravitational effects of the moon and the sun. I'm open to correction on that but that's my understanding.

B Griffin said:

DT, I never met a flat earther before, though I think a friend of mine has a sister who is. I have a few questions.

1. How flat is the earth? I can see hills and valleys.
2. Are all the other planets in our solar system flat also?
3. How about the sun and the mood, are they flat also?
4. Are Earth, moon, sun, and other planets disk shaped?
5. How thick is the earth?
6. What's on the bottom side?
7. Why can't we go there?
8. If an airplane flies around the earth, is it temporal distortion that fools the pilot and the instruments into thinking that the earth is round?
9. If there are edges, where exactly are they?
10. What keeps the oceans from draining off the edge?

I have other questions, but this is a good start.

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I am answering your question, but do you understand that in The Bible the word earth does not mean a water covered sphere. Earth simply means land/ground
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How flat. It would be like a table with a table setting of plates, glasses, etc..

There are no planets, God never states in the creation account in Genesis 1 that He created planets. God states He created the sun, moon and stars all lights that God placed in the sky dome.

I believe the sun and moon are convex disk. facing downward toward the earth

already answered

know one knows

know one knows. The Bible does state water is below the earth. That the earth is founded upon the waters
The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.
For He has founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the waters.

go where

i know nothing about flying, but that airplanes fly over the earth and not around the earth

do not know

off the edge of what, The Bible never addresses this

Apple Eye said:

Sorry to be a pain, but what causes the earth to wobble ?

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d taylor said:

There are no planets, God never states in the creation account in Genesis 1 that He created planets. God states He created the sun, moon and stars all lights

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I agree with this, God never mentions the planets, these are what I'd call the wondering stars.

d taylor said:

God never states in the creation account in Genesis 1 that He created planets. God states He created the sun, moon...

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Apple Eye said:

I agree with this, God never mentions the planets...

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Still the same error repeated. Genesis was not written by God, so God did not state anything about this.

The Hebrew author or authors of Genesis stated this.

Why are some of the planets named after different god's ?

Apple Eye said:

Why are all the planets named after different god's ?

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Because they were named by Romans and Romans liked it that way.

Apple Eye said:

Why are some of the planets named after different god's ?

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Mankind worships different gods and most never repent of that.

Apple Eye said:

I agree with this, God never mentions the planets, these are what I'd call the wondering stars, those who left their first estate.

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The origin of the word ‘planet’ is the Greek word ‘planetes’ meaning ‘wanderer’. They were called this because their movements do not match the movements of all the other stars.

It has subsequently been discovered that not only do these ‘wanderers’ move differently, they also have a clearly defined shape. Regardless of magnification, the non-wandering stars only reveal a point of light.

Measurements of the movement of the ‘wanderers’ reveal a movement consistent with the heliocentric model of the solar system.

And this is all before any mission reconnoissance of the ‘wanderers’ or the landing of probes on the Mars ‘wanderer’.

Apple Eye said:

Why are some of the planets named after different god's ?

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The days & months are too

Apple Eye said:

Sorry to be a pain, but what causes the earth to wobble ?

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If it actually wobbles, God causes it. Just like it is He Who Sends Earthquakes, Famines, Tornados, Hurry-canes, sleet, hail, rain, and sunshiny.

Aaron112 said:

If it actually wobbles, God causes it. Just like it is He Who Sends Earthquakes, Famines, Tornados, Hurry-canes, sleet, hail, rain, and sunshiny.

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Sure He does, it’s the way He created His creation.

Phil G said:

Sure He does, it’s the way He created His creation.

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Good. Remembering God is the One who stopped the sun for a day.

Aaron112 said:

Good. Remembering God is the One who stopped the sun for a day.

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No argument from me there

trophy33 said:

Because they were named by Romans and Romans liked it that way.

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When were the planets named ?

d taylor said:

There are no planets, God never states in the creation account in Genesis 1 that He created planets. God states He created the sun, moon and stars all lights

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There are no computers; God never stated, in Genesis, that he created computers.
There are no painkillers, no antibiotics, no antidepressants; God didn't tell us that he created them.
There are no X-ray machines, scanners or modern day medical aids. They didn't have them in Bible times and we are not told that they were created.

d taylor said:

I believe the sun and moon are convex disk. facing toward the earth

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And it seems that you are ignoring photographs to the contrary because they do not support your belief.

d taylor said:

know one knows

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People do know; you just refuse to believe the answer because it's not in the Bible.
The Bible is not a science textbook. God has given us, humans, the ability to discover how awesome his creation is. Yet you won't believe their findings because the Bible writers didn't mention them.

d taylor said:

i know nothing about flying

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Simple enough to find out; get on a plane. Or ask a pilot those questions.

d taylor said:

The Bible never addresses this

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Now you're getting it.
The Bible doesn't address a lot of things. Its purpose is to tell us about God.
It tells us THAT God made the world, not how or what shape/weight/size it is.
It tells us that he made people in his image - i.e. we are creative, can make things, have knowledge, investigate, have wisdom, a mind and will etc, etc. It does not tell us of all the things that humans would invent/discover in the future; that is not its purpose.

God's will and purposes are not advanced, furthered or achieved by telling us what shape the earth is and other scientific details. It's interesting to some, it doesn't hurt to study it; it has nothing whatsoever to do with the state of a person's soul and whether or not they accept, and trust in, Jesus. A person who does that will receive eternal life and the Holy Spirit. They will become a child of God, have every spiritual blessing in Christ and a guaranteed inheritance - all that, the Bible does mention. That will be true whether they believe the earth is flat, a globe, square, triangular or a dodecahedron. It will be true if they use things not mentioned in the Bible and wear modern clothes - or whether they wear only robes, and sandals and write with a feather.
I don't honestly believe that when we get to heaven and are with our Lord and Saviour we will care two hoots about what shape our old, fallen planet was. If we do remember, and discuss it, it will make no difference. There is no sin in heaven so no one will be able to boast and say "I told you so." I don't believe there is any shame in heaven either, so no one will hide away in embarrassment because they were wrong.
It doesn't matter - and won't matter.

Apple Eye said:

When were the planets named ?

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Five visible planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn - were named in ancient times.

Uranus was discovered in 1781 and named after the Greek god of the sky.

Neptune was discovered in 1846 and named after the Roman god of the sea.

Pluto was discovered in 1930 and named after the Roman god of the underworld.

Planets outside of our solar system are many and with various names, some have just codes:

Phil G said:

The days & months are too

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I think this is all rather strange.

Apple Eye said:

I think this is all rather strange.

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I agree. Strange it is. This is the influence paganism has on our culture. Personally I would prefer the biblical naming system for months & days but it wouldn’t be practical here, so it’s what we are (or at least I am) stuck with.