Where are the dinosaurs?

[USincognito]

Didn't Creationists discover the secret to jumping off a flat earth held up by turtles?

Is the water moving under the bridge or is the bridge moving over the water?

 

[USincognito]

Wait, so who discovered that the earth was round instead of flat?

Italian chef Raffaelle Esposito invented Pizza Margherita which was both round and flat.

 

[TeddyReceptus]

Wait, so who discovered that the earth was round instead of flat?

Oopsy

 

[JustMeSee]

Why aren't we still in the dark ages or the middle ages?

Those ages were embedded. We are now in a different state present, where the lights are on and we are at an end.

 

[CaliforniaSun]

Wait, so who discovered that the earth was round instead of flat?

Don't worry about it.

 

[RickG]

Wait, so who discovered that the earth was round instead of flat?

Eratosthenes, somewhere around 190 B.C.. In fact he calculated its circumference within 2% of what it actually is.

 

[JoeyArnold]

Eratosthenes, somewhere around 190 B.C.

Does Eratosthenes (190 BC) predate the Bible?

 

[USincognito]

Does Eratosthenes (190 BC) predate the Bible?

No, but he did predate Hypatia of Alexandria. The didn't hit it off and never courted formally.

 

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[RickG]

Does Eratosthenes (190 BC) predate the Bible?

If you mean the Christian Bible, yes.

 

[Doveaman]

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I can't find any of my posts!!

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Oh, okay.

 

[KittyPryde]

Is it just me or is this thread kind of weird?

 

[Elendur]

Is it just me or is this thread kind of weird?

Nope, not just you. This thread is weird.

 

[TeddyReceptus]

Is it just me or is this thread kind of weird?

I think we're being beta testers for Joey.

 

[KittyPryde]

Nope, not just you. This thread is weird.

I think we're being beta testers for Joey.

Thanks, I will stop reading. Half way through I started losing it.

 

[Doveaman]

so who discovered that the earth was round instead of flat?

Eratosthenes, somewhere around 190 B.C.. In fact he calculated its circumference within 2% of what it actually is.

"Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded? He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth." (Isaiah 40:21-22).

Is Eratosthenes the surname of Isaiah? Isaiah Eratosthenes?

 

[Elendur]

"Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded? He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth." (Isaiah 40:21-22).

Is Eratosthenes the surname of Isaiah? Isaiah Eratosthenes?

Can you explain to me how that bible verse speaks of a round earth (orb shaped)?

 

[TeddyReceptus]

Thanks, I will stop reading. Half way through I started losing it.

Oh no, definitely read it. It's fun! JoeyArnold may not actuallly be a bot! But his method of communication is so..."strange" that it is a mystery wrapped in a riddle.

 

[Doveaman]

Can you explain to me how that bible verse speaks of a round earth (orb shaped)?

Am I to believe Isaiah was talking about a flat circle earth?

 

[Elendur]

Am I to believe Isaiah was talking about a flat circle earth?

Well, depending on the geometric understanding the writer had it can be interpreted both ways. But if he wasn't a dedicated mathematician I doubt he would describe it that way.

Can you explain to me how you interpret that verse to exclusively refers to a round earth (orb shaped)?

I'm asking this because your post, #456, indicates that you leave only one interpretation.