FLAT or ROUND Earth?

[Scoutship]

Our human brains don't have the horsepower to know everything..-
Jesus said- "You hardly believe me when I tell you earthly things, so how would you believe me if I told you heavenly things?....
....I know where I came from and where I am going, but you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.....you are of this world, I am not of this world" (John 3:12,John 10:38,8:14,8:23)
So technically Jesus was an alien visitor, hey Spock will you listed to what he's got to say?

"Affirmative, I'm all ears"-

 

[tharkun73]

The distinction between soft and hard science is not too relevant, here. Both is simply about the human authors limitation. This would lead us to a need to define what is inspiration and what the Bible is actually authority on, which could be disturbing for some people.

I agree it can be a disturbing topic for some people; but we need not be afraid to struggle with the text. God doesn't mind our struggle; and it's part of our growth. And I agree, 'inspiration' needs to be properly defined.

 

[Scoutship]

Hey if there are any drone pilots out there reading this, here's an idea- launch from a beach near a busy shipping area and climb vertically with its camera on, and ships far out at sea below the horizon should come into view as your drone peeks over the horizon, then vanish again as the drone descends..
PS- In a TV documentary about the Concorde some years ago, the pilot announced to the passengers at high altitude- "If you look out the windows you'll see the curvature of mother earth"

 

[d taylor]

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Job 26:7 is not even translated correctly, there is no support from The Bible for Job 26:7 to read He hangs the earth on nothing.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

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The earth was round or close to it, but God knew the Tower of Babel was coming. So before that event, God divided up the circular earth, so he could scatter humanly over the face of the earth after confusing their language at Babel

To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
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Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Tower of Babel has nothing to do with the fact that God's own creation shows the world is round.

 

[David Lamb]

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This verse explains why there is a globe earth / outer space deception.
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The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork.​

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The heavens declare the glory of God,
the dome of the sky speaks the work of his hands​

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The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.​

Satan could not let God's creation bring sinful people. Who do not know God, to a realization that The God of The Bible is The One True God of creation (people and earth their home). Just as The Bible states God creation declares

But the truth of the heavens declaring God's glory and the firmament showing His handiwork, doesn't depend on the earth being flat.

 

[David Lamb]

Ninth chapter of Jude?

Am I missing something here? A joke, perhaps? Jude has only one chapter, doesn't it?

 

[trophy33]

Tower of Babel has nothing to do with the fact that God's own creation shows the world is round.

I suppose the reasoning is that the tower of Babel refers to the cosmological view of the Babylonian era - that there is literal heaven, the seat of God, above the firmament.

Therefore, some high enough tower could literally reach it, in the thinking of the Jewish authors.

In historical reality, the tower of Babel was more probably some ziggurat, a place of worship of gods combined with astronomical/astrological observation of skies. From this, the later legend/myth could be derived.

 

[d taylor]

But the truth of the heavens declaring God's glory and the firmament showing His handiwork, doesn't depend on the earth being flat.

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Sure it does, as The Biblical sky model matches up with a flat stationary earth model and not a globe earth model.

 

[BeyondET]

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Sure it does, as The Biblical sky model matches up with a flat stationary earth model and not a globe earth model.

A trip on virgin galactic reveals a globe earth. If you have the cash to take the ride.

 

[d taylor]

A trip on virgin galactic reveals a globe earth. If you have the cash to take the ride.

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No need to, The Bible and God's given creation account, is all i need.

 

[BeyondET]

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No need to, The Bible and God's given creation account, is all i need.

Indeed but what the Bible doesn't say is your interpretation. The flat earth model has no answer to why at one pole the sun doesn't rise above the horizon for 6 months. And at the other pole the sun doesn't set below the horizon for 6 months that happens at the exact same time. That can only happen on a globe earth. A globe is as well a circle and round.

 

[Jipsah]

Am I missing something here? A joke, perhaps? Jude has only one chapter, doesn't it?

It’s a joke. If something is from the Xth chapter of Jude, it isn’t in the Bible. Kinda like the old boy last week who was “explaining” to me that “The Bible Sez There’ll Be A Global Digital Currency”. He’d obviously got it from 10th Jude.

 

[Jipsah]

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No need to, The Bible and God's given creation account, is all i need.

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That kinda takes me back to “10th Jude” again..

 

[Jipsah]

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Sure it does, as The Biblical sky model matches up with a flat stationary earth model and not a globe earth model.

Which means the “Biblical Model” is observably wrong. I’m glad my salvation doesn’t rest on Genesis being scientifically accurate, because it ain’t.

 

[Jipsah]

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Job 26:7 is not even translated correctly, there is no support from The Bible for Job 26:7 to read He hangs the earth on nothing.

You mean that part of the infallible King James Bible is wrong? Heaven forfend!

 

[River Jordan]

I'll just repeat what I posted earlier.

Whenever I see Christians advocating flat earthism/geocentrism, I just want to yell "For goodness sake, go outside and study the night sky for a couple of years. Buy or borrow (libraries actually lend them out) a good telescope and look at what the "stars" actually are. Pay attention to how the planets wander, how they rotate, how they have their own moons, how they're lit, which sides are dark, etc."

I did all that years ago and it's really fun (at least to me) to follow the earth's tilt and how it matches the seasons, and all that. Once you get a good sense of what you're looking at it's pretty easy to understand how mariners were able to navigate by the stars.

Shorter version of my rant: Look up! Learn!

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

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Sure it does, as The Biblical sky model matches up with a flat stationary earth model and not a globe earth model.

And yet we know for a fact easily that the world is a globe.
There is more to knowledge than the Bible. If there was, God wouldn't have allowed us to possess knowledge and learn.

 

[d taylor]

Indeed but what the Bible doesn't say is your interpretation. The flat earth model has no answer to why at one pole the sun doesn't rise above the horizon for 6 months. And at the other pole the sun doesn't set below the horizon for 6 months that happens at the exact same time. That can only happen on a globe earth. A globe is as well a circle and round.

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I use The Bible to explain the Bible and not outside sources. As many who incorporated a globe earth, planets, outer space, evolution, and other scientific goodies into God's creation. Without no Biblical support.

 

[BeyondET]

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I use The Bible to explain the Bible and not outside sources. As many who incorporated a globe earth, planets, outer space, evolution, and other scientific goodies into God's creation. Without no Biblical support.

Exactly what i thought, you have no answer as to why the sun stays above the horizon or below it for 6 months out of the year in certain parts of the world. Or at the equator where it's 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night all year long. Try and fit all that in the flat earth model you can't do it nor anyone else who believes in a flat earth.