The Bible's Flat Earth

Hi GM,i'd like to look at those scriptures in context

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1 Chronicles 16:30: “He has fixed the earth firm, immovable.

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1 chronicles here is actually a song written by king David. Songs, like poetry do not need to use literal language. They can be descriptive and metaphorical. In verse 31 he says 'Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad'This just shows that it is not poetic language he is using and its not to be taken literally. The sky does not rejoice nor does the dirt of the earth.

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Psalm 96:10: “He has fixed the earth firm, immovable ...”

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If you look at the rest of the verse it says 'he will judge the peoples with equity' So the full scripture is
'Say among the nations, 'The Lord reigns. The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity'Once again the 'world' in this context is referring to the 'world of mankind' its the world of people who are immovable. This is obviously poetic language and is not a reference to the actual earth.

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Psalm 104:5: “Thou didst fix the earth on its foundation so that it never can be shaken.”

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Again its a song using poetic language. We've heard the term 'shaken to his core' when some gets a terrible shock...its expressive language being used and not literal.

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Isaiah 45:18: “...who made the earth and fashioned it, and himself fixed it fast...”

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another version reads in full
'For this is what the Lord says - he who created it the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited - he says: I am the Lord, and there is no other'that doesnt sound anything like the way you've cut out the quote and applied an interpretation to. Its simply not an accurate way to explain this verse. By using just a small snippet of it, you can make it say whatever you like....but it doesnt say anything about the earth being unmovable, in fact its talking about God making the earth for the purpose of being inhabited. the earth is fixed in its orbit. The book of Enoch is not considered an inspired book, it was never a part of the biblical cannon so using it in an argument against the bible is pointless. Its not part of the bible.Aristotle taught that the sun, the moon, and the stars were attached to the surface of solid, transparent spheres and this was the belief in the 16th and 17th centuries when his teachings were the status quo.
Yet nearly 3,500 years ago, the Bible stated that the earth is hanging 'upon nothing at Job 26:7. In the original Hebrew, the word for nothing is beli-mah” and literally means 'without anything'.And as has been mentioned, Isaiah wrote that the earth was a sphere when the rest of the ancient world believed it was flat.So does the bible really teach a flat earth? No, it was not influenced by the erroneous, flat-earth view prevalent when it was written. It was accurate and still is.

is the earth adrift in space?or is there some other reason why we know exactly where the new year begins and when Haley's comet will return and when we can expect to see certain planets in certain parts of the sky at certain times of the year?Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

Are you ignoring the scripture that clearly states'He is hanging the earth upon nothing' Job 22:14If the earth is hung upon nothing, it certainly cannot also be 'fixed' upon something.You are placing an interpretation on something that is clearly not there.when we first saw pictures of the earth from space, it IS a circle we see and from an earthly perspective, when you look up at the sky, it IS a dome that we see.Does not the Atmosphere act as a dome? Edited by Peg, : No reason given.Edited by Peg, : No reason given.Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

yet it still doesnt say the earth is flat
find a verse that calls it flat...you cant because its not there.People have used the colorful language of the bible as a means of claiming that it says things that it quite obviously does not say.Its interpretation and nothing more.the book of Job said the earth was hanging upon nothing...unlike other beliefs at the time that it was attached to something solid.Isiaha clearly stated that it was circular. The Hebrew word he used was 'chugh' In hebrew it can also mean sphere which is why some translators chose 'globe' and 'round' in this verse...thats in the Douay Version and Moffatt bible.

yeah i did look at that siteim certainly not convinced that any of the scriptures they use to back up their claims can be read the way they are reading themi actually doubt that these people are serious...surely its some sort of jokeit certainly makes me laugh

GM is simply repeating what the 'flat earth society' are claiming...its nothing more then their interpretation.I've pointed out that the hebrew word for circle is the same for spherei've shown the full context of the scriptures GM used in her initial post...the context itself was enough to disprove the claim that the writers were talking about a flat earth

and the verses you used have been taken out of context...using just a part of the verse will detract from the meaningI can make the bible say 'there is no God' by doing the same thing.

so there are exceptions to the general rule then

but should we put a literal interpretation to words that may simply be descriptive?if I told you that 'Time Fly's' would you assume i meant that literally?im sure you wouldnt. Why must it be assumed that every verse in the bible is to be interpreted literally?When Solomon wrote about a womans breasts as being like mountains, should we take that literally?or when it speaks of 'the waters are a garment covering the earth'or when it says that 'the sky is a tent'or the people are 'waves of the sea'so much is simply descriptive language, its unfair to take a few of these verses and say the bible is wrong because scientifically the sea is not a 'garment' and breasts are not 'mountains' and the sky is not a 'tent' and people are not a part of the ocean

get over what?the word circle has been translated from a hebrew word that can also mean sphere...this is significant. Just becuase the english translator chose to use the word 'circle' does not mean the writer intended for us think he mean 'flat'it just means the translator chose to use circle... and as the understanding of ancient hebrew has increased, so have modern translators been adaptable and more accurate in their translations.

LOL sorry but i gotta laughpages of debate and its all just words on a pageTake it from GM that the bible teach's a flat earth and be done with it. Anyone who doesnt agree is wrong anyway.[insert smiley face here]

a spherical object appears as a circle from every angle...there is nothing incorrect about calling it a circle.besides, it was the english translator who used the word circle...the hebrew writer used the word chugh and that word can mean bothcircle does not mean flat

you mean like this one Edited by Peg, : No reason given.Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

Davidson’s Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon says that 'sphere' can be applied to the word chugh

yes i willwhat is the hebrew word for ball and where in the scriptures is it used?cheers