And for long time this was a common belief. They should have just read the book of Isaiah, it says the world is round and has for a couple thousand years before science "proved" it...Bootstrap wrote:The part I'm standing on right now seems pretty flat.Hats Off wrote:Are there actually people today who believe the earth is flat? I did not realize this a question to ask.
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On flat vs. round, I checked "other". The earth is not round. And no, it's really not as smooth as a billiard ball, though we could certainly argue that as long as we've argued climate change ;->Wade wrote:Bootstrap wrote:And for long time this was a common belief. They should have just read the book of Isaiah, it says the world is round and has for a couple thousand years before science "proved" it...
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I heard someone say recently that flat earth was coming into fashion among certain Nationwide people. I have no idea if this is true or not.Hats Off wrote:Are there actually people today who believe the earth is flat? I did not realize this a question to ask.
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Would be a nice way to ensure you get no convertsRZehr wrote:I heard someone say recently that flat earth was coming into fashion among certain Nationwide people. I have no idea if this is true or not.Hats Off wrote:Are there actually people today who believe the earth is flat? I did not realize this a question to ask.
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I’ve run into one Nationwide person who believed this (along with other conspiracy theories), but I hope this is not becoming the norm.RZehr wrote:I heard someone say recently that flat earth was coming into fashion among certain Nationwide people. I have no idea if this is true or not.Hats Off wrote:Are there actually people today who believe the earth is flat? I did not realize this a question to ask.
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In my own circles, I have now run into this twice amongst converts. It’s a rather controversial opinion to have.KingdomBuilder wrote:Would be a nice way to ensure you get no convertsRZehr wrote:I heard someone say recently that flat earth was coming into fashion among certain Nationwide people. I have no idea if this is true or not.Hats Off wrote:Are there actually people today who believe the earth is flat? I did not realize this a question to ask.
The last time I heard a Holdeman arguing for a round earth, their argument was the travel times it takes them to get to/from mission outposts in Africa and China... a good argument for mission work, I guess.
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It certainly must not be flat because that would take the hollow earth theory out of the equation, which has some solid evidence with no holes in it...Bootstrap wrote:On flat vs. round, I checked "other". The earth is not round. And no, it's really not as smooth as a billiard ball, though we could certainly argue that as long as we've argued climate change ;->Wade wrote:Bootstrap wrote:And for long time this was a common belief. They should have just read the book of Isaiah, it says the world is round and has for a couple thousand years before science "proved" it...
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I've actually read Tarzan at the Earth's Core, so I'm familiar with some of this evidence ...Wade wrote:t certainly must not be flat because that would take the hollow earth theory out of the equation, which has some solid evidence with no holes in it...
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I actually have a lot of respect for young earth, floating-boat-full-of-all-species, flat earthers. They are consistent in their biblical hermeneutic.
But like it or not, the earth is a round ("shaped like or approximating a sphere") oblate spheroid. It's easy to measure this and even in Jesus' time people who took the trouble to investigate the physical world knew it was spherical - they even had calculated its size fairly accurately.
I don't know why flat-earth and Darwinian-evolution have to be tied together.
But like it or not, the earth is a round ("shaped like or approximating a sphere") oblate spheroid. It's easy to measure this and even in Jesus' time people who took the trouble to investigate the physical world knew it was spherical - they even had calculated its size fairly accurately.
I don't know why flat-earth and Darwinian-evolution have to be tied together.
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What’s most peculiar about many folks who believe such is how their hermeneutic doesn’t make it all the way to Matthew 5. For them, a literal belief of Genesis 1 & 2 is required, but Matthew 5 - 7 or 1 Corinthians 11 get explained away.Wayne in Maine wrote:I actually have a lot of respect for young earth, floating-boat-full-of-all-species, flat earthers. They are consistent in their biblical hermeneutic.
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