![]() ![]() It is worth noting that only a sphere always looks like a circle when seen from above. The relevant part of Isaiah 40:22, referring to God, states, “He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers.” Whether the “circle of the earth” refers to a human on Earth or God looking down on Earth from above, in both cases the phrase would be consistent with a spherically shaped Earth. Of these passages, the most cited is Isaiah 40:22. The biblical texts most often cited in the claim that the Bible teaches a flat Earth are Job 38:5, 12-14, Isaiah 11:12, 40:22, and Revelation 7:1, 20:7. ![]() Both ancient Greek and Egyptian astronomers pointed to the semi-circular shadow of Earth on the Moon during lunar eclipses as evidence for the sphericity of Earth. Eratosthenes in the 3 rd century BC used the sunlight lines at summer solstice in wells at different latitudes to determine the diameter of Earth to 1% precision. However, documented mentions of a spherical Earth by Greek philosophers date back to the 6 th century BC. ![]() Aristotle writing in the 4 th century BC cited this evidence as proof that Earth is spherical. The fact that at different locations on Earth different stellar constellations are seen and they are seen at different orientations was sufficient to persuade ancient peoples that they were living on a spherical body. ![]() My answer: First of all, the idea that the Bible promotes a flat-earth doctrine presupposes that people living 2–3 thousand years ago lacked the capacity to determine the true shape of Earth. Question of the week: How can one refute the claim made by atheists, skeptics, and even some Christians that the Bible is a flat-earth book? ![]()
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