Is the world flat?

Question

A Christian co-host on The View, said she doent know if the world is flat, she also doent believe in evoution. So i would like to know
Is evulotion true?
And
Is the world flat?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNC117UYsHs

Answer 1

The World is round and evolution is true. However, the Sun is flat and gravity is just a bunch of bunk.

Answer 2

Nobody is sure who first deduced that the world is round. It is most likely that it was done by observing the Earth's shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse. Aristotle (384-322 BC) said that it was common knowledge, at least among the learned, so it's been known for at least 2,500 years. We do know that Eratosthenes of Cyrene was the first to accurately estimate the Earth's diameter, around 220 BC. How he did it is detailed at Astronomy Online. What he did was use the information that, at noon on the Summer Solstice, the sun shone to the bottom of a well in Syene (now called Aswan), Egypt. This meant that the sun was making a 90° angle to the ground on that day, in Syene. Eratosthenes then measured the angle of sunlight to the ground in Alexandria, Egypt, at noon on the same day. He used that angle to calculate what fraction of the Earth's circumference (which is 360°) was between Alexandria and Syene. Since he knew the distance to Syene, and that it was exactly south of Alexandria, he was able to calculate the Earth's circumference. Actually, he didn't have the distance quite right--and Syene isn't exactly south of Alexandria, either. This was the first reasonable accurate measurement of the Earth's circumference, and it came to about 40,000 km (25,000 miles). We now know that this is an overestimate, but not by too much.

Answer 3

The View is, perhaps, the stupidest television show ever made... and there is some pretty stiff competition for that title.

Don't watch it... your brain cells will die screaming in agony from the assault of total pure stupidity that it spews forth.
They deliberately say and do stupid things just to get free press coverage and drive the ratings.

Anyone smarter than a sweet potato should know that!

Answer 4

well, the world is flat in some places and bumpy in other places
evolution happens all the time. Look how much better the internet is today than it was 10 years ago

Answer 5

"Flat earth" is clearly NOT a Christian point of view. Around 200 BC a Greek Mathematician named ERATOSTHENES CALCULATED the equatorial circumference of the earth to within a couple percentage points. The people of New Testament times KNEW much more than most modern people give them credit for... They KNEW the earth was not flat, but the catholic church misinterpreted lots of scriptures and came up with the flat earth idea. Catholicism, NOT CHRISTIANITY drove the scientific community backward for about a thousand years.

Answer 6

Ever seen a globe? Does it look flat to you?

Then again, Whoopie's outlook is nothing to be admired. She's the same person who said Michael Vicks actions were a result of his upbringing and where normal. Bunch of winners on that show!

Answer 7

Stand at the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro on a clear day and you will see the world is not flat.

Answer 8

Holy mackerel! Since when do we have to negate scientific fact to uphold our interpretation of the bible? That is a Christian that doesn't know and hasn't researched what she believes in. How could she say she never thought about it? Common'.

Answer 9

Seriously??

THE EARTH IS ROUND. We've measured the horizons, we've sailed around it, we've gone into space and seen that it's round, and we know it's round for a multitude of reasons.

Also, evolution is true, but I'm not going to get into a discussion about that in this answer.

Answer 10

The world is not flat where I used to live.(British Columbia) But only a one day drive away it is (Sasquatchewan).