The Bible says: The Earth is flat!?

Question

The flat Earth is established and can never move?! The Sun hurries back to where it rises?!
"He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved. (From the NIV Bible, Psalm 104:5)"
"The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. (From the NIV Bible, Ecclesiastes 1:5)"
We all know that the Earth and the other planets rotate and move in space around the Sun. Since when the Sun hurries back to where it rises, like if there is some hole it rises from and another hole it sets through on Earth?!
The Earth has pillars?!
"He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble. (From the NIV Bible, Job 9:6)"
"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. (From the NIV Bible, Job 38:4)"
The Earth has Edges?!
Isaiah 11:12
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. (KJV)
Revelation 7:1
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (KJV)
Job 38:13
13 That it might take hold of the ENDS OF THE EARTH, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? (KJV)
From the NIV Bible, Job 37:3)"
He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ENDS OF THE EARTH.

Answer 1

Well I guess if the Bible says the Earth is flat then it must be whatever science says...LOL

Answer 2

i will superstar this question because i'd be prepared to work out if all and multiple can arise with a Bible verse that asserts the Earth is flat. My Bible would not say this variety of element everywhere. It does say, "God sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its anybody is like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a cover and spreads them out like a tent to stay in." Isaiah 40:22 References to the circle of the earth, the turning out to be and putting of the sunlight and so on. are examples of the literary gadget conventional as out of the worry-free language, the position a given phenomenon is defined because it looks to human beings on the earth, somewhat than what clinical properites it would have. once that reality is taken into the equation, Isaiah 40:22 can not be taken to intend that the Bible teaches the Earth to be flat. the only element atheists can leap on is the a lot later interpretations of the Bible through some religionists, in spite of the indisputable fact that it somewhat is totally diverse to declaring the Bible says that! Interpretations change. The Bible by no skill does.

Answer 3

1) Isaiah 40:22 proves God told us the earth is round:

It is He who sits above the CIRCLE of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

2) All references to the phrase "four corners of the earth" are to North, South, East and West. Never does the Bible imply the earth is a square. As I showed you above, Isaiah 40:22 tells us otherwise.

3) You take Psalm 104 out of context. If you take a moment to read the ENTIRE portion of this Psalm, you will understand it's not the earth that doesn't move, because it obviously does; the Psalm is speaking about the FOUNDATION of the earth, not the earth itself, which will not be moved forever. In other words, the core of the earth, upon which the rest of the earth was built, will never move.

4) Ecc. 1:1 tells you these are the words of a man, who will describe things in the ways men do. These are not Godly descriptions, because the "preacher" is speaking about the world from a human perspective. Are you telling me that you never refer to the sun rising? Or to a sun set? Even though you know these terms are not scientifically correct, you still use these words. Again, you are taking Scripture out of context.

5) Again, your reference to Job 9 is out of context. This is a MAN speaking; although Job had some wisdom, he couldn't profess to know and understand all. All Job knew was that God set the core (foundation) of the earth and had set certain structures to support it from within. So what?

6) Job 38:4 -- see my comments for Psalm 104. Again, you've taken something out of context.

7) Job 38:13 and Job 37:3, "the ends of the earth..." Here is where it is useful to understand Hebrew. The word actually used here, translated as "ends" is "kanaph," which means variously (depending upon context):

1) wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt
a) wing
b) extremity
1) skirt, corner (of garment)

Here, God tells us He will take hold of the earth at North, South, East and West someday and figuratively "shake" the wicked out of it. You can read about this at Revelation 19 and 20. Pray to God you will not have to go through this.

Try as you might, you cannot prove the Bible contains scientific inaccuracy.

Peace.

Answer 4

Isaiah 40:22 God rides upon the circle of the earth.
John 17:3,5,24 [ Jesus was with God before the world was on earth ];
Job 38:4-7 [ Angels were before the world was on earth ];

Answer 5

The Bible does not teach flat earth. Remember, the ancients knew its shape. Eratosthenes computed the equatorial circumference of the earth long before Christ. The catholics had to come along and declare the earth flat, but catholicism does not affect truth.

I doubt you could take his raw data and estimate the equatorial circumference ;-) Very few people learn anything about solid geometry any more.

Foundation, pillars...
F=G*m1*m2/r^2 (Law of universal gravitation) is the "foundation and support" of the planet. Man came along and numerically described it, but God created it.

Answer 6

Your looking at it as if they are saying literally that it is flat! Do you think God thinks like we do? Every time you read something from the bible you need to read between the lines! He didn't mean a literal "pillar" Or a literal "foundation". If didn't think with your natural mind you would probably understand what they might have been referring to. Everything in the Bible is not LITERAL!

Answer 7

Your argument is specious. When we say that the sun rises and sets, we don't mean that the sun actually moves around the earth.
Actually, in Isaiah, the Bible says that the earth is round. I believe it's chapter 42.

Answer 8

So what are you asking?

And where, exactly, does the Bible say the world is flat? I mean, you're taking everything else literally. How about pointing to where the Bible literally says the earth is flat?

Answer 9

Well,written by man and outdated.
Same as Koran.

Quran 15: 19 And the earth We have spread out like a carpet; set thereon Mountains firm and immovable.

http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/SKM/contradictions.htm#8

Answer 10

Yes, it says it is a disk at one point. That's the closest it even comes to saying it is round at all, though disks are still flat.

It's not surprising. The yahoos who made up God and wrote the Bible didn't know much about the world.