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FLAT or ROUND Earth?

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prodromos said:
So you post a video that debunks your claim. Interesting.
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Oops, there is a video out there that proves the moon gives of her own light, I can't find it at the mo, but I will.
 
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Really well someone posted about a christian mathematician an Irish person, who accepts evolution. he states something like God worked through evolution.
 
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d taylor said:
So what do you believe is the moon a created light or a light reflector​
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Don't know. I'm not a scientist, as I have already said; I'd need to look it up.

But even if it is a reflected light, that does not contradict the Bible.
Have you ever worn a watch/metal ornament inside the house on a sunny day? Have you ever noticed how the sunlight catches the metal and reflects a beam of light onto the ceiling, or a nearby wall? When that happens, my cat sometimes tries to catch it and I tease him by waving my arm around.
Look at that little patch of light; that is a source of light but has been reflected off something else. My watch does not normally give off light.

God's point was that he created two sources of light; one for the day and one for the night; he created, end of.
Or do you think he should have said either, " don't go assuming the moon gives off its own light, Moses, because it reflects it from the sun" or "no, the moon produces its own light; it's fine, you can teach everyone that."

The Bible is not a science textbook. It was not God's plan to explain astronomy, biology, and human biology to everyone. It was his plan to reveal himself, that he is our God and that we were created to have a relationship with him. He tells us of his love, patience, kindness and desire to have a holy people who love, obey and follow him.
 
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Apple Sky said:
No just the earth, the sky is our atmosphere which is under the firmament/dome.
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So why does the night scenery change over time?
 
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d taylor said:
You are an example of this.

What does every creation account start with in Genesis 1
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"God said, God did, God saw..." - i.e. some human author presents a narrative to us.

If it was dictated by God, it would be "I said, I did, I made, I saw...".

Easy, right?
 
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trophy33 said:
I planned to watch some sci-fi movies today, but I got bored and stopped doing that after ten minutes and watched something else. Life happens.
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Did you feel that strong gust of wind blowing over your head?
 
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Gregory Thompson said:
So why does the night scenery change over time?
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If you mean the constellations then they don't, this is what I can't get my head around, if the earth is spinning at 66,000 mph & the solar system is hurtling through space at ridiculous speeds, then by rights we shouldn't see the same constellations night after night, the stars would be all over the place.
 
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If you stood at the edge of a runway as a plane was taking off it would move past you very quickly indeed. Now look at a plane overhead, one that's a very long way away. It looks like it's moving very slowly.

The further something is from you, the slower it appears to move. So those lights in the night sky, some are stars and some are galaxies, but they're futher away than you can imagine. So they hardly appear to move at all.

Measured that distance yet?
 
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Apple Sky said:
@Bradskii I've done this and it says the distance is 45Km.
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Cool. So we both know that's about right. If you want to test it again with another distance that you know - say from Swansea to London, which is about 150 miles (or 250kms), then go ahead. But I want to agree that the distances given are reasonably accurate.

Are we agreed?
 
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Yes.
 
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