excreationist
Married mouth-breather
This image claims that there are 200+ flat earth Bible verses. Though I think at least a few dozen are very relevant and suggest a flat earth rather than a spherical earth. Or they are related to the sun literally going around the earth (part of flat earth theory).
The following web page claims to refute those verses:
But it doesn't argue that any of those verses fit a spherical earth better than a flat earth. The only arguments it presents for a spherical earth involve science rather than the Bible.
Here is a challenge for Christians who aren't flat earthers:
Please give ONE example of a Bible verse that contradicts the flat earth theory (more than it does the globe) or ONE example that suggests a spherical earth.
There is a verse about the "circle" of the earth:
Isaiah 40:22
"enthroned above" - say the throne was above New Zealand... what about people on the opposite side of the globe (Spain)? - to them the throne would be below their feet.
"circle of the earth" in Strong's it said it can mean: "a circle:—circle, circuit, compass"
Seems to fit a circular flat earth better than a sphere.
"its people are like grasshoppers" - on a flat earth you could often get a line of sight to any place on the earth (if it is on a mountain, etc).... but on a sphere the earth could be in the way for about half of it...
"spreads them (the heavens) out like a tent"
I think it would be easier to put up a tent on a circle compared to a sphere. A better analogy for a sphere would be a shell.
The following web page claims to refute those verses:
Refuting flat earth
Refuting flat earth teachings with horizon, time zones, southern hemisphere, constellations, circumnavigation, South Pole.
creation.com
But it doesn't argue that any of those verses fit a spherical earth better than a flat earth. The only arguments it presents for a spherical earth involve science rather than the Bible.
Here is a challenge for Christians who aren't flat earthers:
Please give ONE example of a Bible verse that contradicts the flat earth theory (more than it does the globe) or ONE example that suggests a spherical earth.
There is a verse about the "circle" of the earth:
Isaiah 40:22
Thoughts:He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
"enthroned above" - say the throne was above New Zealand... what about people on the opposite side of the globe (Spain)? - to them the throne would be below their feet.
"circle of the earth" in Strong's it said it can mean: "a circle:—circle, circuit, compass"
H2329 - ḥûḡ - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv)
H2329 - חוּג chûwg, khoog; from ; a circle:—circle, circuit, compass.
www.blueletterbible.org
"its people are like grasshoppers" - on a flat earth you could often get a line of sight to any place on the earth (if it is on a mountain, etc).... but on a sphere the earth could be in the way for about half of it...
"spreads them (the heavens) out like a tent"
I think it would be easier to put up a tent on a circle compared to a sphere. A better analogy for a sphere would be a shell.