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- dewcoonsLv 78 years ago
Perhaps because the egg shape works better for a world than a prefect circle would. A circle, being only a two dimensional object, would lack sufficient gravity to keep objects from falling off it. It would also lack the ability to hold an atmosphere. And people could sail off the edge of it.
(Hopefully you are aware that science proved the earth is a sphere and not a circle centuries ago.)
- 8 years ago
Egg shaped is much better than circle shaped because if it was circle shaped, you could only live on the front or back and the world would be kind of thin.
- 8 years ago
Because he could, that's why. Maybe he didn't want it to be a circle.
That's just logic!
P.S.
Earth's true shape is an oblate spheroid. This means that the Earth is slightly flattened at the poles and slightly bulging at the Equator.Or an ellipse if you will...
- Anonymous8 years ago
It's not a circle, it's not a sphere, it's not an oblate spheroid...
It's a weird shaped rock floating in space.
It has all kinds of peaks and valleys all over it. It's lop-sided. It has no smooth surface, and it has no straight coastline.
And it is constantly changing shape.
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- khpiryvLv 68 years ago
If the Earth was a perfect circle, it would be two-dimensional. That would be rather boring.
Did you mean a sphere? What exactly would make a sphere superior to an oblate spheroid? Why would God prefer the sphere just because humans consider it more perfect?
- Anonymous8 years ago
It isn't egg shaped. It's more like a ball that's squished down a bit at the poles. Pretty much the opposite way as an egg.
- NousLv 78 years ago
It is not egg shaped as such but is pulled into a slight oval by the gravitational effect of the moon!
Basic school level physics!.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
Circles are only perfect to us humans. its a perception.
In nature, circles are an extremely common building block but as rare as straight lines due to there bad design.
As for god - he does not exist.
If the earth really was a perfect circle every 24hrs we would all drown.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Because He created scientific principles that keep us alive within this process