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Originally posted by joz:
Yeah bud circle not globe, sphere, etc (3D) but circle (2D)....
If they meant sphere they should not have said circle
John Paul:
Enough of this nonsense. From page 97-98 of
Refuting Evolution:
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Like much secular literature, Teaching about
Evolution presents a rather simplistic and even
misleading account of the Galileo controversy. It was
certainly not a simple case of science versus the Church.
However, Teaching about Evolution, to
its credit, does not promote the common skeptical canard
that the Bible teaches that the earth is flat and that this
belief was widespread in medieval times.
Isaiah 40:22 refers to the circle of the earth, or in
the Italian translation, globo. The Hebrew is khug
= sphericity or roundness. Even if the translation circle
is adhered to, think about Neil Armstrong in space
to him, the spherical earth would have appeared circular
regardless of which direction he viewed it from.
Also, Jesus Christ’s prophecy about His second
coming in Luke 17:34—36 implies that He knew about a
round earth. He stated that different people on earth
would experience night, morning, and midday at the
same time. This is possible because the spheroidal earth
is rotating on its axis, which allows the sun to shine on
different areas at different times. But it would be an inconceivable prophecy if Christ believed in a flat earth.
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