Jadis40
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That pretty picture of the star trails you posted?
Easily explainable through the effect you'd get thanks to the rotation of the spherical earth. And if the "dome" you mean is just the curve of the atmosphere around the spherical earth, then maybe we're on the same page, but if you're referring to ancient Hebrew cosmology, then yes, I reject that in favor of what we've observed. Mainly, that that the atmosphere gets a lot thinner the closer you get to space. This is elementary school level science.
And if reality is in "conflict" with God's word, it's our interpretation of the latter that's wrong. Btw, Polaris hasn't always been the northern pole star.
What it comes down to is this: the earth is *not* flat. Never was, never will be. So, is this an accurate depiction? Not by a long shot.
This is though:
Btw, we live in a heliocentric solar system. The earth revolves around the sun. And, for the record, the stars are not within the atmosphere of the earth. The closest one, apart from the sun, which is 92.96 million miles away, is Proxima Centauri, which is 4.25 light-years from the sun. Again, elementary school level science. And yes, far outer space does exist.
I present exhibit A: The Andromeda Galaxy. 2.5 million light-years from earth.
Easily explainable through the effect you'd get thanks to the rotation of the spherical earth. And if the "dome" you mean is just the curve of the atmosphere around the spherical earth, then maybe we're on the same page, but if you're referring to ancient Hebrew cosmology, then yes, I reject that in favor of what we've observed. Mainly, that that the atmosphere gets a lot thinner the closer you get to space. This is elementary school level science.
And if reality is in "conflict" with God's word, it's our interpretation of the latter that's wrong. Btw, Polaris hasn't always been the northern pole star.
What it comes down to is this: the earth is *not* flat. Never was, never will be. So, is this an accurate depiction? Not by a long shot.
This is though:
Btw, we live in a heliocentric solar system. The earth revolves around the sun. And, for the record, the stars are not within the atmosphere of the earth. The closest one, apart from the sun, which is 92.96 million miles away, is Proxima Centauri, which is 4.25 light-years from the sun. Again, elementary school level science. And yes, far outer space does exist.
I present exhibit A: The Andromeda Galaxy. 2.5 million light-years from earth.
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