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A circle is flat.
If you have ever climbed a high mountain, you will see that describing the earth as a circle is a perfectly accurate phenominological statement.
No, since they are two different shapes.
"Recently"?
While I agree that archaeology has shown us that much of the bible is reliable, it has also shown us that some of the stories in the OT aren't literal. For instance, we have certainly found that the city of Jericho was a real place. . .but we've also found that it has been continuously inhabited since at least 3000 B.C. which means that it's inhabitants neglected to all die during a global flood 4,350 years ago. Then there's always Byblos, which is also mentioned in the bible, which has a continuous record of habitation stretching back to 5,000 B.C..
Actually, I would place the flood prior to that.
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If you have ever climbed a high mountain, you will see that describing the earth as a circle is a perfectly accurate phenominological statement.
No, since they are two different shapes.
"Recently"?
While I agree that archaeology has shown us that much of the bible is reliable, it has also shown us that some of the stories in the OT aren't literal. For instance, we have certainly found that the city of Jericho was a real place. . .but we've also found that it has been continuously inhabited since at least 3000 B.C. which means that it's inhabitants neglected to all die during a global flood 4,350 years ago. Then there's always Byblos, which is also mentioned in the bible, which has a continuous record of habitation stretching back to 5,000 B.C..
Actually, I would place the flood prior to that.
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