2007-07-19 15:00:41 · 24 answers · asked by JWill 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
pinkstealth: What isn't true?
And you should know that people then did know the earth was a sphere.
2007-07-19 15:05:37 · update #1
Because they believed the Earth to be flat...when you stand on a high point and you look as far as you can see 360 degrees the Earth looks like a circle
a flat circle
edit: talliemay actually in the original Hebrew Isaiah used the word "chuwg" meaning circle. If he had meant sphere he would have used the word "duwr" meaning sphere, or ball
2007-07-19 15:07:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
The Bible of course teaches the correct shape of the earth. Isaiah 40:22 says God sits above 'the circle of the earth' (the Hebrew word for 'circle' can also mean a 'sphere'). Also, Luke 17:34-36 depicts Christ's Second Coming as happening while some are asleep at night and others are working at day-time activities in the field-an indication of a rotating earth with day and night at the same time.
2007-07-19 22:08:05 · answer #2 · answered by talliemay 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I'm amazed at the ignorance and prejudice of the respondents.
The deceivers seem to have the masses thoroughly brainwashed.
The Bible clearly describes the earth as a sphere in space:
"He stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing. '
Job 26:7
Written hundreds of years before any such concept of the nature of the earth was discovered by scientists.
2007-07-19 22:21:13 · answer #3 · answered by William F 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Isaiah describes the earth as a sphere. Isaiah did not describe the earth as a flat circle.
Did you know the bible also describes the water cycle perfectly?
Science always seems to confirm what was already written in the bible.
2007-07-19 22:06:11 · answer #4 · answered by the_fish_gate 1 · 5⤊ 4⤋
Because what shape looks like a circle no matter what angle you view it from? A sphere or globe. Only one moron tonight?
2007-07-19 22:06:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Because it is not a science textbook, an auto repair manual or a French Cuisine cook book. It is a book of faith, the inspired and revealed word of God, containing the chief truths necessary for the salvation of man.
2007-07-19 22:08:52 · answer #6 · answered by Arnon 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Because the guys who wrote the Bible weren't exactly familiar with Greek knowledge (Eras. calculated that the circumference of the Earth using geometry, twigs, and a footman!)...
2007-07-19 22:07:03 · answer #7 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Because the authors were Jewish, not Pythagoreus. What other 2400 year old text is scientifically accurate?
2007-07-19 22:24:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read actual scrolls of Genesis,there are some minor translation errors.
2007-07-19 22:03:20 · answer #9 · answered by Gorgonof 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
if they didn't have a word for sphere, why couldn't they just say 'like unto an orange' or something similar? instead, we get circles and tents and resting on pillars... not very evocative of a sphere if you ask me.
I'm amazed at the believers reading their pre-existing beliefs into the text, which is ambiguous at best.
2007-07-19 22:05:25 · answer #10 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋