Is the Earth Flat?

[A_Thinker]

Do you ever look at the moon nestled in the clouds and think 'Those clouds are 250,000 miles away?'

Do you really think that the moon is nestled in the clouds ?

How do jetliners avoid seeing it ... or colliding with it ... when they are traveling through the clouds ... or over the clouds ?

 

[Aryeh Jay]

There is no statement in scriptures which says that the earth is flat. The closest that we get to such a comprehensive description ... is that the earth is like a circle ...

Isaiah 40:22 It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Rev. 7:1 four corners of the earth. How can a globe have corners, or do you deny the holy word of God.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Do you really think that the moon is nestled in the clouds ?

How do jetliners avoid seeing it ... or colliding with it ... when they are traveling through the clouds ... or over the clouds ?

Clearly the moon is directly over the plane.

 

[A_Thinker]

Joshua 10 is not a figure of speech, he, Joshua commanded the sun (and moon) to stop moving. the Bible states that the sun stopped and the moon.

But the speech in the Bible is colloquial, ... not scientific. The Bible speaks in the way the authors thought and spoke ...

 

[A_Thinker]

Rev. 7:1 four corners of the earth. How can a globe have corners, or do you deny the holy word of God.

The "four corners of the earth" ... is a figure of speech, ... one which we still use today ...

 

[A_Thinker]

There are far more important things than the shape of the earth.

Infinitely more ...

 

[A_Thinker]

Clearly the moon is directly over the plane.

Really ???

For the entire time of the flight ?

 

[A_Thinker]

The answer is seen every day, it is simple perspective. As objects advance away from a point they get smaller.

That is why, take a large lake or the ocean, why can objects not be seen at far distances unless the lake or ocean is absolutely calm and flat.

Because an object (bridge that is right above the water) that is say 10 miles away. A wave that is 100 yards from a person filming that may be two feet high. Will be larger that a bridge that is 10 miles away and more than likely cover or hide the bridge. If one was to take a camera and take a photo of the bridge 10 miles away the wave would cover up the far away bridge. It has nothing to do with a curving earth.

No one wave is going to obscure the sight of a bridge ... unless it's a tsunami ...

 

[Aryeh Jay]

The "four corners of the earth" ... is a figure of speech, ... one which we still use today ...

Well of course we still use it, the earth is flat.

 

[d taylor]

Do you think anyone who's been on a flight into space will ever blow their cover and announce that this world is really flat?

There was a video a while back a astronaut from one of the European countries said the earth was flat.

The video was posted on one of these flat earth threads by a person who i have not seen around here in a while

 

[AV1611VET]

Do you believe the Earth is flat?

No.

 

[A_Thinker]

I never said it was not aerial perspective. I paint landscapes i understand about color, perspective, etc..

If you have trouble seeing and understanding perspective and how it works. Go get a pencil and paper and develop your visual skills.

Obviously your visual observation skills are lacking if you think you are looking at a moon that is 200,000+ miles away or a sun that is 93 million + away.

I really can not even began to have a serious discussion about observation, if you believe sciences distance numbers.

Why are flat earth preachers use denigration as a arguing technique ?

 

[d taylor]

Do you think anyone who's been on a flight into space will ever blow their cover and announce that this world is really flat?

I found the thread
[MOVED] What happens when a non-NASA astronaut is asked about the shape of the earth?

 

[AV1611VET]

Let's face it, Frisbee beats basketball anytime.

 

[A_Thinker]

Well of course we still use it, the earth is flat.

That has nothing to with the earth being flat ... it's about the earth having "corners" ... which it wouldn't have, if the earth is a circle, as Isaiah 40:22 says ...

So, if you please, ... where are these corners ???

 

[ozso]

There is no statement in scriptures which says that the earth is flat. The closest that we get to such a comprehensive description ... is that the earth is like a circle ...

Isaiah 40:22 It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

To me the flat earth verses just as easily apply to global earth.

 

[ozso]

That has nothing to with the earth being flat ... it's about the earth having "corners" ... which it wouldn't have, if the earth is a circle, as Isaiah 40:22 says ...

If you please, ... where are these corners ???

Here you go:

 

[ozso]

The "four corners of the earth" ... is a figure of speech, ... one which we still use today ...

The four corners is easy to solve; north, east, south and west.

 

[A_Thinker]

The four corners is easy to solve; north, east, south and west.

These are directions, aren't they ?

 

[ozso]

I found the thread
[MOVED] What happens when a non-NASA astronaut is asked about the shape of the earth?

The asked and answered question starts at 1:09