Is The Earth Flat Or Round?

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Is The Earth Flat Or Round?


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Cameron143

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you making those tin foil hats for the alien invasion ? They’ll sell one day
You'd be surprised about the market that already exists. I'm currently working on a leisure suit design but there is one drawback...everyone looks like the tin man from Wizard of Oz.
 

Cameron143

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I was impressed with tisk tisk. This was clearly above and beyond. Since it was for children it was also good Christian training to teach sheep sounds and not goat sounds. Nice job.
 

GaryA

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For the umpteenth time- The continuous day/night & annual cycle. Described in detail, Gen 1:14-19
What about these verses makes a flat, stationary earth impossible?

Genesis 1:

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Everything in these verses fits wonderfully into the Flat Earth model - not so well with the Ball Earth model.

Have you noticed that God put the sun, moon, and stars in the firmament...?

Do you know what the 'firmament' is?
 

kinda

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I was impressed with tisk tisk. This was clearly above and beyond. Since it was for children it was also good Christian training to teach sheep sounds and not goat sounds. Nice job.
Since you have all the aluminum foil now, are you gonna through your two cents in on the biggest debate in world history?

What is the shape of the earth and why you believe it's the right view?

 

Cameron143

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Since you have all the aluminum foil now, are you gonna through your two cents in on the biggest debate in world history?

What is the shape of the earth and why you believe it's the right view?

Oh I already answered in the first millennial of posts. I'm hoping it's flat because I've always wanted to see the 8th wonder of the world--the backside of dirt.
 

Cameron143

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What about these verses makes a flat, stationary earth impossible?

Genesis 1:

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Everything in these verses fits wonderfully into the Flat Earth model - not so well with the Ball Earth model.

Have you noticed that God put the sun, moon, and stars in the firmament...?

Do you know what the 'firmament' is?
Is it a solid and unyielding amint?
 

MichaelR

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It is a Globe, of course. The Prophet Isaiah said this, and the Lord Jesus Himself confirmed it when He said He would be in the "Heart of the Earth" for 3 days. The Heart of the Earth is the Center of the Globe.

Isa 40:22: "It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in."

Mat 12:40: "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
To add psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west. So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Ever notice how north and south are not used in the global since in the Bible. For if you travel north. You will reach a point at the pole. A person starts to travel south… Jesus knew the world was round. And others of that time.
 

kinda

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Oh I already answered in the first millennial of posts. I'm hoping it's flat because I've always wanted to see the 8th wonder of the world--the backside of dirt.
Funny. Niagara Falls is the 8th Wonder, but I'm sure the backside of dirt is equally impressive, in certain circumstances.
 

Cameron143

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To add psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west. So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Ever notice how north and south are not used in the global since in the Bible. For if you travel north. You will reach a point at the pole. A person starts to travel south… Jesus knew the world was round. And others of that time.
I'm not sure that using Jesus knew is allowed because since He took part in the creation it might give your side an unfair advantage. I'll check with the judges and get back to you.
 

Cameron143

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Funny. Niagara Falls is the 8th Wonder, but I'm sure the backside of dirt is equally impressive, in certain circumstances.
I'm not picky. It could probably fall as low as 10th or 11th wonder and I would feel the same about it.
 

kinda

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What about these verses makes a flat, stationary earth impossible?

Genesis 1:

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Everything in these verses fits wonderfully into the Flat Earth model - not so well with the Ball Earth model.

Have you noticed that God put the sun, moon, and stars in the firmament...?

Do you know what the 'firmament' is?

That's actually a really good question, I had to do a google.

It looks like firmament is the glass sky or heaven. Look out all world views, flat earth is on attack! lol

Concave Hollow Earth still hanging on with the glass sky in it's model. Oh yeah!
Early Hebrew conception of the cosmos.

"In biblical cosmology, the firmament is the vast solid dome created by God during his creation of the world to divide the primal sea into upper and lower portions so that the dry land could appear.[1][2] The concept was adopted into the subsequent Classical/Medieval model of heavenly spheres, but was dropped with advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today it survives as a synonym for "sky" or "heaven"."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firma...logy, the firmament,the dry land could appear.
 

Cameron143

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Funny. Niagara Falls is the 8th Wonder, but I'm sure the backside of dirt is equally impressive, in certain circumstances.
I was fortunate enough to visit Niagara Falls one time and it is breathtaking. But the thing that left the deepest impression upon me was the noise. Crashing water is LOUD.
 

kinda

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I'm not picky. It could probably fall as low as 10th or 11th wonder and I would feel the same about it.
Got it. So, how did you fall for the flat earth, (cough) I mean how did you conclude, that it's the best fit, for your understanding?
 

GaryA

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You'd be surprised about the market that already exists. I'm currently working on a leisure suit design but there is one drawback...everyone looks like the tin man from Wizard of Oz.
But, doesn't that "fit right in" with 'conformity'?