Reconciling Flat Earthers with Spherical Earthers.

TPop said:

[Gen 1:1 KJV] 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
[Gen 1:2 KJV] 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
...[Gen 1:6 KJV] 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

The earth was formless and void. Made with the Heaven. The Waters were not yet divided. It appears that water covered the whole earth, in H2o, mist, and rain.

The earth is held in place by the Word.

Peace and Blessings

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TPop said:

My concern is that Evolution is not a scriptural stance. It is a secular creation and driven by secularism. This then brings in the age of the earth and what is needed to bring evolution to where we are now. This then pulls in Christians who start doubting the sovereignty and divinity of Jesus the creator of all. And they don't even know it, and don't put together what it takes in the lacking of Jesus to need evolution/old earth. That Jesus needed some chaotic time frame instead of 24 hour days 1 to 3 like Days 4 to 7.

Because science says it takes this long for a diamond to be created, or this long for us to get from nothing to full-on something.

An old earth is all about hedging your bets in case...
A young earth alings by acknowledging all days are of the same length, and that trust is placed in Jesus, even in the things we cannot see.

Science is not the answer to the 'earth'. Jesus created it. And Jesus never needs mans help explaining Himself.

Notice, 1:1,000,000,000 people ever debate that the first few days were .0000000001 of a 24 hour period. It is always Millions and billions and trillions because they must place science over scripture to find the truth.

Peace and Blessings

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d taylor said:

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Strong's Concordance
erets: earth, land
Original Word: אֶרֶץ
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: erets
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-rets)
Definition: earth, land
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
earth, land
NASB Translation
common (1), countries (15), countries and their lands (1), country (44), countryside (1), distance* (3), dust (1), earth (655), earth the ground (1), earth's (1), fail* (1), floor (1), ground (119), land (1581), lands (57), lands have their land (2), open (1), other* (2), piece (1), plateau* (1), region (1), territories (1), wild (1), world (3).

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Jermayn said:

This is a very fiercely defended topic regardless of which side you are on. The point of the thread is not to try to prove who is right/wrong. I am well aware that these discussions often devolve into exactly that, a back and forth on who is right and who is wrong, however; please respond to the following two questions before you begin said back and forth.

1. Should individual churches take an official position on the topic of flat vs. spherical Earth? What about the Church as a whole? Why or why not?

2. How would you handle a situation in which this topic began to become divisive and create discord within your local church? Assume you are an elder or leader.

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prodromos said:

Globe earth and evolution have nothing to do with each other, although I often see flat earthers linking the two.
I do not believe in macro evolution. I don't believe the fossil evidence supports it, indeed I believe it directly refutes it, but I know 100% that the earth is a globe.

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prodromos said:

Globe earth and evolution have nothing to do with each other, although I often see flat earthers linking the two.
I do not believe in macro evolution. I don't believe the fossil evidence supports it, indeed I believe it directly refutes it, but I know 100% that the earth is a globe.

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Freeman Servant said:

I don't argue with the Word; I embrace that God the Father's ways are deep and strive to accept that which is and mold myself into His image

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