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6/1/2015 1:47:27 PM
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The Bible implies that the earth is round or circular.
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  • No it doesnt lol but its ok i know how Christians like to cherry pick and misinterpret.

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  • I understand your confusion. Many skeptics claim that the Bible depicts a flat earth. Scriptural references such as Revelation 7:1 are cited, which speaks of “four angels standing at the four corners of the earth.” However, this passage makes reference to the cardinal directions as seen on a compass (i.e. north, south, east and west). Terminology to a similar effect is used today when we speak of the sun rising and setting each day, even though we know that it is, in fact, the earth which orbits around the sun. In contrast to the supposed “flat earth” verses, there are numerous Scriptures that clearly indicate otherwise. The earth is described in Job 26:7 as being suspended over empty space, implying a spherical figure. This notion is further entertained in Isaiah 40:21-22, which refers to “the circle of the earth.” This is further supported by Proverbs 8:27, which speaks of God drawing a circle on the face of the deep. From a “bird’s-eye view” of the ocean, the horizon is seen as a circle. Such an observation indicates that where light terminates, darkness begins, describing the reality of day and night on a spherical earth. The round-earth idea is further supported by Jesus in Luke 17:31 & 34: “In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back...I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.” This would seem to indicate the phenomenon of day on one side of the globe while darkness abides on the other. In conclusion, the curvature of the earth is certainly a biblical concept, and there is little or no basis for the charge that the Bible teaches a flat earth. The Scriptures that seem to present a flat earth can all easily be explained when correctly interpreted and understood.

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  • Lol i didn't read the first one why would i read this one sorry but if a philosopher or scientist of the time suggested that the earth was round and not the center of the universe they were killed or jailed for life by who? The catholic church what a surprise. But im not going any further till i see that cyanide video thanks have a great day

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  • Edited by SSG ACM: 6/1/2015 7:13:25 PM
    I explained in https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/124393593/0/0 thread why Catholicism is not Christianity, reaching from Peter's No Pope and Mary's No Goddess to the Unbiblical Mass and the Righteous Claims of Celibacy. You can ask or look for a question there or https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/120518168/0/0.

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