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1. The Bible says that God has "inscribed a circle on the face of the water at the boundary between light and dark" Job 26:10 -- That is exactly how a sphere intersects a plane. The plane of the light coming from the sun is intersected by the Earth such that there is a circle formed around the Earth at the boundary between night and day. This can be seen from space. The Bible is absolutely right.
2. The word translated "firmament" is not "iron dome" rather it means "stretched out". God stretched out the heavens. Is 40:22
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
the word circle - is
circle, sphere used of the arch or vault:
vault (something in the form of an arch)
The word "firmament" originates from the Biblical Hebrew word "raqia" (רָקִ֫יעַ), which means "extended surface" and is often translated as "the vault or arch of the sky".
"Raqia" derives from the root "rqʿ" (רָקַע), meaning "to beat or spread out thinly
In Biblical Hebrew, "raqia" (רָקִ֫יעַ) translates to "expanse" or "firmament," referring to the visible sky or vault of heaven, often translated as "heaven" in Genesis 1:6-8
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3. Most flat earth models suggest a flat nickle shaped Earth with two local objects in our atmosphere - a Sun and a moon. That idea has a great many problems.
A. All local objects moving from horizon to horizon -- appear smaller at the distant horizon, then much larger overhead and back to smaller at the opposite horizon . By contrast - very large distant objects appear to be the SAME SIZE whether at the horizon or overhead.
The Sun and Moon can be observed to have the "very large and very distant" object feature. This is irrefutable.
4. A flat Earth with the entire universe orbiting around it - would have exactly the same stars in the same position at 10 pm each night. This is not what we observe.
5. A relatively small and local sun and moon in our atmosphere could never have the sun behind the Earth casting Earth's shadow on the moon in any fashion such as we see in real life. Only the planetary model reflects the real life that we see. Which is impossible for flat Earth models.
6. The moon in the southern hemisphere appears to be upside down as compared to an observer in the northern hemisphere. That cannot happen in the case of flat plate with one moon. It can only happen with observers on a sphere-planet like Earth
2. The word translated "firmament" is not "iron dome" rather it means "stretched out". God stretched out the heavens. Is 40:22
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
the word circle - is
Strong's H2329 - ḥûḡ
- circle, circuit, compass
- (BDB) vault (of the heavens)
circle, sphere used of the arch or vault:
vault (something in the form of an arch)
The word "firmament" originates from the Biblical Hebrew word "raqia" (רָקִ֫יעַ), which means "extended surface" and is often translated as "the vault or arch of the sky".
"Raqia" derives from the root "rqʿ" (רָקַע), meaning "to beat or spread out thinly
In Biblical Hebrew, "raqia" (רָקִ֫יעַ) translates to "expanse" or "firmament," referring to the visible sky or vault of heaven, often translated as "heaven" in Genesis 1:6-8
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3. Most flat earth models suggest a flat nickle shaped Earth with two local objects in our atmosphere - a Sun and a moon. That idea has a great many problems.
A. All local objects moving from horizon to horizon -- appear smaller at the distant horizon, then much larger overhead and back to smaller at the opposite horizon . By contrast - very large distant objects appear to be the SAME SIZE whether at the horizon or overhead.
The Sun and Moon can be observed to have the "very large and very distant" object feature. This is irrefutable.
4. A flat Earth with the entire universe orbiting around it - would have exactly the same stars in the same position at 10 pm each night. This is not what we observe.
5. A relatively small and local sun and moon in our atmosphere could never have the sun behind the Earth casting Earth's shadow on the moon in any fashion such as we see in real life. Only the planetary model reflects the real life that we see. Which is impossible for flat Earth models.
6. The moon in the southern hemisphere appears to be upside down as compared to an observer in the northern hemisphere. That cannot happen in the case of flat plate with one moon. It can only happen with observers on a sphere-planet like Earth
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