The bible and koran say so, aren't they completely true. (well at least one of them)
2006-06-06 09:08:15 · 22 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Isaiah 40:22
Earth is a circle
BTW, a circle is FLAT - not a ball or round therefore not a sphere
Isaiah 11:12 and Revelation 7:1
The Earth has four corners
FYI: Spheres don't have corners
Job 38:13 and Jeremiah 16:19 and Daniel 4:11
The ends of the Earth
FYI: A sphere doesn't end
Matthew 4:8
Astronomical bodies are spherical SO it is not possible to see the whole exterior
For the guy that said the earth is a sphere based on Isiah 40:22, then it contradicts the rest of the biblical passages I've posted. And, either way there is a falsity somewhere about the Earth's shape.
But, I guess you still believe the earth is flat. Or, that a sphere can have edges.
2006-06-06 10:00:09 · answer #1 · answered by Baby #3 due 10/13/09 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Cite the Bible scriptures where you get this idea. None? Ok, here are mine...
The Bible noted that the earth is a sphere and sits on "nothing" more than 2800 years ago!
Isaiah 40:22
It is [God] who sits* above the sphere** of the earth
Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
How far has our sins been removed from us when we ask God to forgive us? Note the psalm below would make it finite if the circle of the earth were flat. If it is sperical with a pole, then east and west are directional with no end.
Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Matthew 24:40-44 speak of the gathering of the church that will take place in one single event. Notice that there are three differnet periods of time, evening, morning, afternoon. This is only possible with a sperical earth with inhabitants in every hemisphere.
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.
Eratosthenes of Alexandria (circa 276 to 194 or 192 B.C.) calcuated the circumference of the earth "within 50 miles of the present estimate."
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*Hebrew "yashab" - meaning dwells or inhabits. dwells above the circle of the earth - ie inhabits the heavens.
**Hebrew "khoog" - meaning circle in 2 dimensions and sphere in 3 dimensions. Note: a flat disk wheel (owphan) or circle (cabiyb) are used elsewhere in scripture, but are not sphere (khoog).
2006-06-06 16:09:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the Koran so I can't comment but I think everyone knows that not everything in the bible is reflected reflected by reality so by trying to be a smart **** and asking such a daft question shows you up more than anything.
2006-06-06 16:23:32 · answer #3 · answered by Ajescent 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont recall reading anywhere in the CEV of the Bible that it says the world is flat. Look at a globe. Is it flat?
Also, the holy book of Islam is spelled "Qu'ran", not "Koran".
2006-06-06 16:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where in the Bible does it say that the world is flat?
2006-06-06 16:11:33 · answer #5 · answered by Yoro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Quran mentions that the earth is (like a ball ) in many places, here is one example:
{He created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions) : He makes the Night overlap the day ,and the Day overlap the Night : He has subjected the sun and the moon (to His law): each one follows a course for a time appointed. Is not He the Exalted in power-He who forgives again and again? } 39:5
the word overlap here means the day and the night happen at the same time ,which means the the earth is like a ball.
2006-06-06 16:47:08 · answer #6 · answered by lily 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. God exists.
2. King James Bible is the word for word of God.
3. The world is flat.
or
1. God doesn't exist
2. KJV is a piece of crap
3. jim_darwin created the world and its a sphere
2006-06-06 16:16:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you never read Isaiah 40:22?
The Bible does not teach flat earth ....nor to remain a flat head.
2006-06-06 16:12:39 · answer #8 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe it's flat. And I'm pretty sure the Bible doesn't say the world is flat...but whatever. lol.
2006-06-06 16:11:20 · answer #9 · answered by God's Gurl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth is not flat.
Isa 40:22 [It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
2006-06-06 16:21:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋