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There have been several questions regarding we creationists believing in a flat earth. This creationist does not believe in a flat earth. Can you provide scriptures that say the earth was created flat? Thanks for the help.
Oh, okay. So it appears, so far, to be people reading into scripture what is not there. To the person who says that there is nothing about the Trinity- I beg to differ. All you have to do is read about Jesus' baptism. Jesus(Son) rises from the water, Voice from Heaven(God) speaks- This is My Son, in whom I am well pleased, and a dove descending(Holy Spirit). John 10:30 I and My Father are one. Then, Jesus after His resurrection, tells His disciples that the Holy Spirit will be sent to them after He(Christ) leaves.
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- pwwatson8888Lv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
The Bible specifically describes the earth as a sphere and the flat earthers are usually atheists.
No, this false idea is not taught in Scripture!
Some Bible critics have claimed that Revelation 7:1 assumes a flat earth since the verse refers to angels standing at the “four corners” of the earth. Actually, the reference is to the cardinal directions: north, south, east, and west. Similar terminology is often used today when we speak of the sun's rising and setting, even though the earth, not the sun, is doing the moving. Bible writers used the “language of appearance,” just as people always have. Without it, the intended message would be awkward at best and probably not understood clearly. [DD]
In the Old Testament, Job 26:7 explains that the earth is suspended in space, the obvious comparison being with the spherical sun and moon. [DD]
A literal translation of Job 26:10 is "He described a circle upon the face of the waters, until the day and night come to an end." A spherical earth is also described in Isaiah 40:21-22 - "the circle of the earth."
Proverbs 8:27 also suggests a round earth by use of the word circle (e.g., New King James Bible and New American Standard Bible). If you are overlooking the ocean, the horizon appears as a circle. This circle on the horizon is described in Job 26:10. The circle on the face of the waters is one of the proofs that the Greeks used for a spherical earth. Yet here it is recorded in Job, ages before the Greeks discovered it. Job 26:10 indicates that where light terminates, darkness begins. This suggests day and night on a spherical globe. [JSM]
The Hebrew record is the oldest, because Job is one of the oldest books in the Bible. Historians generally [wrongly] credit the Greeks with being the first to suggest a spherical earth. In the sixth century B.C., Pythagoras suggested a spherical earth. [JSM]
Eratosthenes of Alexandria (circa 276 to 194 or 192 B.C.) calcuated the circumference of the earth "within 50 miles of the present estimate." [Encyclopedia Brittanica]
The Greeks also drew meridians and parallels. They identified such areas as the poles, equator, and tropics. This spherical earth concept did not prevail; the Romans drew the earth as a flat disk with oceans around it. [JSM]
The round shape of our planet was a conclusion easily drawn by watching ships disappear over the horizon and also by observing eclipse shadows, and we can assume that such information was well known to New Testament writers. Earth's spherical shape was, of course, also understood by Christopher Columbus. [DD]
The implication of a round earth is seen in the book of Luke, where Jesus described his return, Luke 17:31. Jesus said, “In that day,” then in verse 34, “In that night.” This is an allusion to light on one side of the globe and darkness on the other simultaneously. [JSM]
"When the Bible touches on scientific subjects, it is entirely accurate." [DD]
- 1 decade ago
if you read the bible, it said that jesus was taken to the highest mountain in the land and satan showed him all the kingdoms of the world and offered them to him, that implies that the world was flat as curvature of the earth doesnt allow that to happen on mt everest. it would be possible in a flat fictional world where the bible story takes place in, but not in reality.
Matthew 4 verse
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
impossible to do this in a spherical world as ive stated horizon renders this impossible.
Source(s): for example from outer space you can only view at most 1/2 of the earth or less. the other side of the earth's kingdoms would be out of view. complete and utter logical fallacy in the bible, because the people who wrote that passage 1500+ years ago thought the world was flat - james oLv 71 decade ago
Not aware of any.
The Bible's not a science book anyway.
I have not idea why anyone would take the Bible literally. I am not aware of a single verse that justifies such an attitude.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
there is only one god [supreme power] for all humanity and the entire universe ----------people only make things up-----or create different religions suitable to them
if i add the gods of various religions of this world ------it adds up in hundreds or if not thousands of gods both minor and major -------------and all of the religionists claim their god created this universe and is manging it everyday ---------by simple thinking and calculation it plain absurd ,without any rationale behind it
hence i would suggest you investigate everything in your mind before believing in anything
just my view
goodl uck
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