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Author Topic:   Peanut Gallery - The Hebrew Bible (Butterflytyrant and IamJoseph Only)
caffeine
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Message 8 of 22 (635659)
09-30-2011 10:52 AM


A flat earth
IAmJoseph writes:
are you even aware till a few centuries ago, the Hebrew bible is the only theology which did NOT say the earth is flat!?
This is wholly besides the point of what IAJ is supposed to be arguing, but it's also, of course, not true. The ancient Greeks were well aware that the earth was spherical, and thanks to them so were Islamic and Hindu scholars - for many, many centuries.
The Bible itself is a bit ambiguous on the shape of the earth. There are verses which could be interpreted as describing a flat earth, though we could charitably forgive them as poetic imagery.

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Message 21 of 22 (635935)
10-03-2011 6:02 AM
Reply to: Message 16 by IamJoseph
10-01-2011 12:31 AM


Re: A flat earth
I'd appreciate any hard copy proof of any such greek writings older than the Hebrew or pre-300 BCE. Take your time - no hurry.
Certainly. Aristotle, some time in the 4th century BCE, wrote De Caelo, 'On the Heavens'. To quote from the translation at sacredtexts.com
quote:
We need not be troubled by the question, arising from the spherical shape of the world, how there can be a distinction of right and left within it, all parts being alike and all for ever in motion.
and later in the same book:
quote:
This indicates not only that the earth’s mass is spherical in shape, but also that as compared with the stars it is not of great size.

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