2007-10-16 10:07:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not only believed it but threatened those who dissented with death.
2007-10-16 10:16:16 · answer #1 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask a small child that question. I will guarantee they will say the sun is moving and we are standing still.
It is just another example of how the bible is not divinely inspired since a god like figure would not have the intelligence of a 5yr old.
2007-10-16 10:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This was not a religious belief, scientists of the time said so, therefore everyone believed it was so. The fact is, The Bible describes the world as round !
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2007-10-16 10:18:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The bible said the sun revolved around the earth in the old testament. In the new testament Jesus made the earth revolve around the sun.
2007-10-16 10:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Does anything the Catholic church believe in make sense? C'mon, even the bible comments on the 'circle' of the earth that hangs upon nothing.
2007-10-16 10:11:49 · answer #5 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Religious leaders aren't the ones that professed that belief.
It was the scientists of "those" years.
You are trying to mislead people........* shaking finger *
2007-10-16 11:29:32 · answer #6 · answered by kenny p 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It wasn't just religious leaders. Almost EVERYONE thought that way.
2007-10-16 10:12:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Leaders are never smart....just look at GWB
Why do I keep giving thumbs up to Catholic Crusader?
2007-10-16 10:14:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hallucinogenic mushrooms
2007-10-16 10:12:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
They thought we were the center of the universe. Seems pretty silly now, huh?
2007-10-16 10:11:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋