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

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Well then maybe I misinterpreted what you were saying. Sorry.
No worries.

I posted something that was like a paradox or exposure of the false ways of the flat earth false teaching.... since it was proven false by believers and by unbelievers centuries ago, there's really no need to test any statements that try to say the flat earth is real anywhere outside people's imaginations.... other than if someone doesn't know and wants to know for themselves and not as if they want to mock or deny the truth further...
 
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God usually gives at least two witnesses another is

Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

rachab: breadth, broad expanse
Original Word: רַחַב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: rachab
Phonetic Spelling: (rakh'-ab)
Definition: breadth, broad expanse
 
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First of all, why couldn't that just mean 'the far reaches of the earth'? Nothing to do with the shape. Secondly, Revelation was originally written in Greek, and word used was 'platos'.
 
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If christians put their trust in man over the Bible, they will be open for many deceptions.

I know i am small and must rely on God and His written scripture for guidance in this age, to weed through the lies that are around every corner.

But you yourself are a man and you trust your interpretation of scripture. Why the double standard?

Why do you think your interpretation of scripture is true and all the others are false?

If you had paid attention at school you would have learned about literary analysis and how hard it is to pin down the exact meaning of a text especially when we deal with a translation of a translation of written down hearsay and we don't have the original documents or the author.
 
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His interpretation of the bible says he's right, so he must be right. Is there any chance his interpretation is wrong? Of course not, because his interpretation says he's right.
 
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You might be interested in this from a fellow catholic. He is not a flat earth believer, but a geocentric catholic. He states the earth is not moving and has never been proven to be moving.

If I gave a rat`s tail on someone`s religion validating his scientific expertise I would probably just take Pope`s word for it and he seems to be just fine with Earth being round, orbiting sun and evolution being the mechanic explaining how people are today.
 
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His interpretation of the bible says he's right, so he must be right. Is there any chance his interpretation is wrong? Of course not, because his interpretation says he's right.

You forgot to add that the holy spirit revealed the true meaning to him. And the holy spirit can't be wrong.
 
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You forgot to add that the holy spirit revealed the true meaning to him. And the holy spirit can't be wrong.
Nah, he never made that claim. I should, perhaps, have mentioned some sort of divine revelation to cover that base. But what would I know? I'm just an ignorant atheist who cannot understand.
 
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Since the Bible is above all being that it is Gods word. There are no other books that can be used in interpreting the Bible, only the Bible can be used to interpret the Bible.

With that said i am open if you want to show me from the Bible where i am wrong.
 
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Lol. "I'm right because my interpretation says I'm right. If you want to show me where I'm wrong, then I'll just point out that my interpretation says I'm right and you're wrong. So I'm right and you're wrong no matter what you say, although I'll pretend that it's possible I'm wrong - after all, I'm right, right?"
 
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Since the Bible is above all being that it is Gods word. There are no other books that can be used in interpreting the Bible, only the Bible can be used to interpret the Bible.

Which version on what language do you believe is the real Bible ?
 
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You asked for biblical evidence for flat-earth, and I provided. I dont recall any requirement that it satisfy every other weird flat-earther notion.
 
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How does 1000 of others trump God the creator. Who states in the Bible about His creation, noting that agrees with science or astronauts

"How does 1000 of others trump God...?"

Easy - they have actual evidence.
 
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With that said i am open if you want to show me from the Bible where i am wrong.

That's the thing...I can only compare my interpretation to yours but in the end we cannot know who has thr right one unless we get the author to tell us what his intention was.

Why do you think we have over a thousand different denominations? The bible is a big book and has plenty of different possible interpretations on most passages.
 
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So that is it, no verses from the Bible proving a different meaning of Revelation 20:9.
 
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Show me your meaning of πλάτος, ους, τό
 
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