Flat Earth Theory.

[Lost4words]

Flat earth believers like Jack always throw up truly unscientific things. Non proven and pure fantasy.

Just like the flat earth map. There isnt a real flat earth map! Have you seen the comical ones that flat earthers put out there!

Flat earth, moon has its own light source...pure and utter fantasy that has no scientific proof at all. No Biblical proof either. Just bad interpretation of scripture!

 

[pgp_protector]

........ Just bad interpretation of scripture!

That's all some need unfortunately

 

[d taylor]

My favorite, that people jumped all over and tried to debunk and rebuke... stating that the reporter quoted him wrong... ( which is absurd due to the simple fact that Auguste would never have allowed them to print something this controversial if he had not stated it.)
This statement was not disputed from the date it was published, until the resurgence of the FE belief.

Auguste Piccard: First man to the stratosphere..

In a Popular Science interview, Piccard was reported to have said that " Earth “seemed a flat disc with an upturned edge."

This was in May 1931 before any space program, NASA or any reason to censor someone for saying what he did.

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I have heard of Auguste Piccard,in a few discussions and people have referenced him in videos. After looking up how high he went (or supposed) to have went it has been stated as around 10 miles high. Which is about as high a the Concord would fly.

I keep hearing about these contemporary balloon trips to space, but nothing is ever stated as actually happening.

It simply boils down to belief, either a person has belief in science that science is telling the truth about everything they say. Or a person has belief in The Bible as being an truthful and accurate account of God's creation.

I believe The Bible's creation accounts, as given in The Bible, i have no reason not to.

 

[prodromos]

It simply boils down to belief, either a person has belief in science that science is telling the truth about everything they say. Or a person has belief in The Bible as being an truthful and accurate account of God's creation.

Rather it boils down to pride.

 

[Lost4words]

It boils down to interpretation too.

And, as we know, gross misinterpretation of scripture by those that believe in a flat earth as being scriptural...

 

[Paul4JC]

Part of Science is a god that is worshiped. Many Christians here live at its altar. What idolatry!

My favorite, that people jumped all over and tried to debunk and rebuke... stating that the reporter quoted him wrong... ( which is absurd due to the simple fact that Auguste would never have allowed them to print something this controversial if he had not stated it.)
This statement was not disputed from the date it was published, until the resurgence of the FE belief.

Auguste Piccard: First man to the stratosphere..

In a Popular Science interview, Piccard was reported to have said that " Earth “seemed a flat disc with an upturned edge."

This was in May 1931 before any space program, NASA or any reason to censor someone for saying what he did.

Auguste Piccard was a fascinating person. They don't name any of their "space" ships or programs after him. No, they prefer pagan Greek gods and goddesses.

 

[Michael Snow]

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I have heard of Auguste Piccard,in a few discussions and people have referenced him in videos. After looking up how high he went (or supposed) to have went it has been stated as around 10 miles high. Which is about as high a the Concord would fly.

I keep hearing about these contemporary balloon trips to space, but nothing is ever stated as actually happening.

It simply boils down to belief, either a person has belief in science that science is telling the truth about everything they say. Or a person has belief in The Bible as being an truthful and accurate account of God's creation.

I believe The Bible's creation accounts, as given in The Bible, i have no reason not to.

And the Bible's Creation account has nothing to do with a flat earth.

 

[Michael Snow]

Tomorrow, Flat Earth Anomaly Day. Winter begins. Unless you are in the Southern Hemisphere where Summer begins.

Also Southern Hemisphere is only area you can see the Southern Cross constellation, but not the North Star.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Tomorrow, Flat Earth Anomaly Day. Winter begins. Unless you are in the Southern Hemisphere where Summer begins.

Also Southern Hemisphere is only area you can see the Southern Cross constellation, but not the North Star.

This can easily be explained away. WITCHCRAFT!!!

 

[prodromos]

This can easily be explained away. WITCHCRAFT!!!

It's only witchcraft if it weighs the same as a duck.

 

[prodromos]

Part of Science is a god that is worshiped. Many Christians here live at its altar. What idolatry!

What hubris!

 

[Aussie Pete]

What does everyone think of the Flat Earth Theory?
I have read some books on the subject.
I am convinced the Earth is round. I tend to go with the mainstream views.

FE theory is simply absurd. The earth is a globe. I covered plenty of it during my life, by sea and by air. Any navigator can tell you the earth is a globe. The crews of some Royal Navy ships know it is a globe. Their ships were sunk by missiles fired from over the horizon, giving them about 80 seconds to respond. If the earth was flat, they would have had enough time to deal with the threat.

 

[pgp_protector]

It's only witchcraft if it weighs the same as a duck.

I got better.

 

[d taylor]

Rather it boils down to pride.

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So believing God at His given word is pride. So when Jesus states believe in Me for Eternal Life. I am actually having/exercising pride, when i believe Jesus' promise.

 

[prodromos]

So believing God at His given word is pride.

No. Insisting on your pet interpretation and pretending that you are the only "true believers"™️ when it flies in the face of all evidence, is pride.

 

[Reasonably Sane]

What does everyone think of the Flat Earth Theory?
I have read some books on the subject.
I am convinced the Earth is round. I tend to go with the mainstream views.

I was first exposed to a few of these flat earth videos a few years ago. I was convinced at the time that it was an experiment to see just how gullible people could be regarding what they see on the internet. Fortunately, most people don't buy it.

It is absurd an many, many levels. I even saw a couple of videos where the flat earthers did an experiment and said at the beginning that if such-and-such results happened, it meant their flat earth theory was wrong. Well, those results DID happen (proving the earth is round) and they moved the goal posts. It was actually pretty funny.

And yes, we landed on the moon.

 

[Reasonably Sane]

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Here on this forum, about 98% believe in a globe earth, even though The Bible describes a different creation than what science states. So much for faith in God's word about creation.

I see it this way: Science is about "how". Religion is about "why". And "why" is the higher pursuit. The bible is not a science book. God did not impart 25th century knowledge to readers thousands of years ago. He let us figure it out for ourselves. The bible explains the cosmos and the earth with the bias of the men writing it at the time. And that's ok. The bible is both divine and human. The men who wrote the books were inspired by God. They didn't enter a trance when writing. They wrote based on their observations. And when it comes to the earth, early man naturally assumed it was flat and the center of the universe.

Comically, my new son-in-law still believes that. I thought he was joking at first, but he wasn't. One takes all of the bible literally at their peril.

For me, one thing is pretty clear: much of the scripture about the purpose of man should be followed by "as far as we're concerned". e.g. the earth is the center of the Universe, as far as we're concerned. Jesus died for our sins, as far as we're concerned. But what about the other quintillions of planets that possibly exist with sentient beings on them? They have their own "as far as they are concerned" about their own world and its history and future. The only true common ground we have with any of them is that we have the same creator.

The above is just my opinion, of course, and really just a theory or, more precisely, an hypothesis, since I can't prove it through experimentation. But I have yet to find scripture that contradicts it.

And here is one that has bugged me for years. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."

Now, at the time that was written, it is safe to say that the scripture they were familiar with was the LXX. So, why is it not our old testament in our English bibles? What are we missing that is in the books there that we don't see? I highly recommend getting a copy of the Septuagint in English. It is eye opening.

 

[d taylor]

I see it this way: Science is about "how". Religion is about "why". And "why" is the higher pursuit. The bible is not a science book. God did not impart 25th century knowledge to readers thousands of years ago. He let us figure it out for ourselves. The bible explains the cosmos and the earth with the bias of the men writing it at the time. And that's ok. The bible is both divine and human. The men who wrote the books were inspired by God. They didn't enter a trance when writing. They wrote based on their observations. And when it comes to the earth, early man naturally assumed it was flat and the center of the universe.

Comically, my new son-in-law still believes that. I thought he was joking at first, but he wasn't. One takes all of the bible literally at their peril.

For me, one thing is pretty clear: much of the scripture about the purpose of man should be followed by "as far as we're concerned". e.g. the earth is the center of the Universe, as far as we're concerned. Jesus died for our sins, as far as we're concerned. But what about the other quintillions of planets that possibly exist with sentient beings on them? They have their own "as far as they are concerned" about their own world and its history and future. The only true common ground we have with any of them is that we have the same creator.

The above is just my opinion, of course, and really just a theory or, more precisely, an hypothesis, since I can't prove it through experimentation. But I have yet to find scripture that contradicts it.

And here is one that has bugged me for years. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."

Now, at the time that was written, it is safe to say that the scripture they were familiar with was the LXX. So, why is it not our old testament in our English bibles? What are we missing that is in the books there that we don't see? I highly recommend getting a copy of the Septuagint in English. It is eye opening.

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We really do not have any common ground to discuss. Or what we would discuss/debate. i have already many times in the pass.

 

[d taylor]

And the Bible's Creation account has nothing to do with a flat earth.

It sure does not have anything to do with what science is saying is God's creation.

Science's creation account:
A big explosion happen 4-5 billion years ago and eventually everything evolved into planets, etc.. and started going around the sun.

Plainly stated from The Bible in Genesis 1.

God created a dome that is separating waters from waters. In this dome God has placed the created lights He created, two great light and the stars. God created them to give light upon the earth (earth in The Bible means land).

Complete Jewish Bible
God said, “Let there be a dome in the middle of the water; let it divide the water from the water.” God made the dome and divided the water under the dome from the water above the dome; that is how it was, and God called the dome Sky. So there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
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God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to divide the day from the night; let them be for signs, seasons, days and years; and let them be for lights in the dome of the sky to give light to the earth”; and that is how it was. God made the two great lights — the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night — and the stars. God put them in the dome of the sky to give light to the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

 

[Michael Snow]

God created a dome

There is your problem. A one word theology that infects everything else. Firmament comes form the Latin translation of the Geek of the Septuagint (LXX). The Hebrew word does not refer to something solid. See a Bible dictionary. The old International Standard Bible Encyclopedia is free online.
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