FLAT or ROUND Earth?

[prodromos]

I was thinking it was more what's under his feet

Her feet.

 

[Bradskii]

Her feet.

Yikes. Now I'm going to be in trouble over in the gender pronoun thread.

But I called her 'bach' earlier (Welsh for boy - she's from Wales) and wasn't corrected. Ah well...

 

[Ophiolite]

Yikes. Now I'm going to be in trouble over in the gender pronoun thread.

But I called her 'bach' earlier (Welsh for boy - she's from Wales) and wasn't corrected. Ah well...

I wouldn't worry. I self identify as a Nobel prize winning, incredibly handsome billionaire and no one takes a blind bit of notice.

(Also, I've been to Wales and it is definitely not flat!)

 

[Bradskii]

(Also, I've been to Wales and it is definitely not flat!)

Did you know there's no word for flat in Welsh?

 

[Ophiolite]

Did you know there's no word for flat in Welsh?

I suppose they call them apartments.

 

[Bradskii]

I suppose they call them apartments.

Well, we actually use the English word. But because a single f in Welsh is pronounced as a 'v', we make it a double f. So it's 'fflat'. Weird bloody language...

 

[prodromos]

Well, we actually use the English word. But because a single f in Welsh is pronounced as a 'v', we make it a double f. So it's 'fflat'. Weird bloody language...

But, Tom Jones!
So all is forgiven.

 

[essentialsaltes]

But, Tom Jones!

Add Shirley Bassey and we're in their debt.

 

[contratodo]

Citation please.

And God made two great lights.... And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the land
Genesis 1:16-17

[ Genesis 1:10 Genesis 1:8 ]

 

[Ophiolite]

Add Shirley Bassey and we're in their debt.

I did think of adding her. I saw her in concert in Glasgow in autumn 1967. We should also mention Sir Richard Burton and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

 

[prodromos]

And God made two great lights.... And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the land
Genesis 1:16-17

[ Genesis 1:10 Genesis 1:8 ]

Doesn't say they are of equal measure. That is something you made up.

 

[Bradskii]

I did think of adding her. I saw her in concert in Glasgow in autumn 1967. We should also mention Sir Richard Burton and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

And Dylan Thomas.

 

[AV1611VET]

I hear a lot of Christians saying that we live on a flat earth and nobody can go in or out the earth. Is the Bible clear on this subject?

Clear as day.

Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Flat ... right?

Not quite.

Let's see if we can find a passage that gives it just one more dimension.

Isaiah 40:22a It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;

Up in the air, sitting on a circle, and looking down.

Not sitting on an arc ... sitting on a circle.

Conclusion: the earth is round.

 

[Ophiolite]

Not sitting on an arc ... sitting on a circle.

Conclusion: the earth is round.

A circle is not the same thing as a sphere.
Conclusion: your reliance on Bible quotes to determine the shape of the Earth is inadequate. Fortunately there is more than enough science to demonstrate it is a sphere.
Flawed* interpretation of scripture by random blokes on the internet can take a hike.

*Flaw free interpretations are welcome.

 

[trophy33]

Isaiah 40:22a It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;

... sitting on a circle. Conclusion: the earth is round.

Or, conclusion: God literally sits on us.

Abusing the Bible to create stupid dogmas is shameful.

 

[AV1611VET]

If the earth is flat, why can't we have line-of-sight communication from the moon to England and New Zealand simultaneously?

 

[essentialsaltes]

Clear as day.

Not sitting on an arc ... sitting on a circle.

Conclusion: the earth is round.

"Sitting on a circle" does seem to be clear as day, but it does not suggest a sphere to me.

Or to Google Image Search. The space age Ball Chair is closest, but probably not what Isaiah had in mind.

 

[AV1611VET]

"Sitting on a circle" does seem to be clear as day, but it does not suggest a sphere to me.

Or to Google Image Search. The space age Ball Chair is closest, but probably not what Isaiah had in mind.

I like that bottom left picture.

Only put the man, who is sitting IN the egg chair, and put him sitting ON TOP of the egg chair, looking down.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

I like that bottom left picture.

Only put the man, who is sitting IN the egg chair, and put him sitting ON TOP of the egg chair, looking down.

That really seems like an unnecessary step of logic to try and justify circle to mean sphere...

 

[AV1611VET]

That really seems like an unnecessary step of logic to try and justify circle to mean sphere...

Again, let's not just look at the circle.

There's also that passage I quoted about "as far as the east is from the west."

Put the two passages together, and you have an east-west plane with a north-south circle.

In other words, a three dimensional sphere.