prove the statement made earlier
2006-10-03 20:02:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
neither did I yahoohoo, but some regina woman insists its in there, and is using it to be rude to people who give credit to evolution.
2006-10-03 20:07:09 · update #1
A circle is a two-dimensional object, whereas a sphere is more oval shaped and three-dimensional. The Earth is a sphere not a circle, so the bible is wrong.
2006-10-03 20:57:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Does the Bible say the earth is flat or round?
The Bible calls the Earth 'circle'.
"He sits enthroned above the circle of the Earth..."
(Isaiah 40:22)
Enthroned even seems to describe a spherical shape.
Some people use the following verse to say that the Bible describes the world as flat.
"Again, the devil took him [Jesus] to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world..."
(Matthew 4:8)
It is implied that the Earth is flat because Jesus can see all kingdoms from one mountain.
Under normal human circumstances, it would be impossible to see all of the kingdoms of the Earth from uptop one mountain. These were not normal human circumstances. Jesus is God (John 10:30) and God can see everything from anywhere.
I found this on a website, not my own words.
The visions of my head as I lay in bed were these: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and its height was great. The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth. (Daniel 4:10-11) Well, if it were visible to the end of the whole earth, that would kinda suggest the earth was flat, yes? Because although I know China exists, I cannot see it from New York because the earth is round.
Regina is a rabble rouser, and apparently a pro wrestling fan. I guess it's okay to watch beefy men pretend to beat each other up, but not okay to have a thought that didn't come from the Bible. Hmm.
2006-10-03 20:19:10 · answer #2 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Isaiah 40:22 says of God, "He sits enthroned above the circle of the Earth." (NIV). I have also heard that this passage inspired Christopher Colombus to set sail for the East Indies by going west and to take the chance of falling off the edge of what was at the time believed to be a flat earth. The verse led him to conclude that the planet could not be flat at all. I do not know how true this story is and do not have the time to research it.
2006-10-03 20:26:34 · answer #3 · answered by buzzgirl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't. It was simply the desperate unfounded claim of somebody trying to find something that would make the Bible credible, hoping that the people who read the question would be ignorant. Unfortunately for the person who made that statement, atheists generally know the Bible a lot better than Christians.
2006-10-03 20:11:40 · answer #4 · answered by Another Nickname 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Isaiah 40 v 22
there is one who is dwelling above the circle of the earth, the dwellers of which are as grasshoppers
job 26:7
he is stretching out the north over the empty place, hanging the earth upon nothing
this was written thousands of years before man discovered that the earth hangs in space and is a circle, how could they know if not inspired by god to say these things
2006-10-03 20:38:07 · answer #5 · answered by Twilight_dreaming 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Isaiah 40:22 It says a circle but in the original hebrew and in the context of this verse, the word means sphere.
2006-10-03 20:34:49 · answer #6 · answered by upsman 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't believe that it does.
It might interest you to know that the ancient Greeks knew it was round. They could see the shadow of the Earth on the moon during a lunar eclipse, and knew that sailing vessels disappeared over the horizon.
Archimedes later calculated the diameter of the Earth by measuring angles of sunlight in the shafts of wells at the same time of day but in different locations.
And he was a pagan. ;)
2006-10-03 20:12:19 · answer #7 · answered by roberticvs 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
CIRCLE OF THE EARTH AND UP ABOVE IT WHEN THERE WAS NO WORLD
John 17:3,5,24 [ Jesus was with God when there was no world ];
Job 38:4-7 [ The angels were there when there was no world ];
Isa.40:21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 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: Isa.40:23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. Isa.40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Isa,40:25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Isa.40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
2006-10-03 22:43:08 · answer #8 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
isaiah 40:22
2006-10-03 20:26:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Isaiah 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:
2006-10-03 20:12:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋