Flat Earth + scripture?

[Anonymous]

If you are very religious do you believe in the flat earth theory?

“poll has found that 52 per cent of people who believe the Earth is flat are 'very religious' and think evidence of the world's shape can be found in scripture”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5587571/Most-people-believe-Earth-flat-consider-religious-poll-reveals.html

[Anonymous]

I am very religious (not Christian, because religion =/= Christianity all of the time) and there is absolutely no way that I believe the earth is flat.

[Anonymous]

lol, no. Remember the poll you are reading is a poll of "people who believe the world is flat." That believe is the starting point of the poll.

[Anonymous]

Where does the Bible suggest that the earth is flat??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where does the Bible suggest that the earth is flat??

I looked and couldn’t figure out which part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where does the Bible suggest that the earth is flat??

I looked and couldn’t figure out which part.

No where that I know of. What book and chapter?

[Anonymous]

The real story here is thagv48 percent of people who think the earth is flat are atheists and non believers.

Given the minute percentage of the population that is comprised of atheists and non belivers, that is a heck or a lot of enlightened free thinkers that think the earth is flat.

So the headline is that a far greater percentage of atheists and non believers disavow logic and science to believe that the earth is flat.

Interesting that such a larger percentage of atheists than believers think the world is flat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real story here is thagv48 percent of people who think the earth is flat are atheists and non believers.

Given the minute percentage of the population that is comprised of atheists and non belivers, that is a heck or a lot of enlightened free thinkers that think the earth is flat.

So the headline is that a far greater percentage of atheists and non believers disavow logic and science to believe that the earth is flat.

Interesting that such a larger percentage of atheists than believers think the world is flat.

Numbers can be really tough for some people.

[Anonymous]

This guy shares some scriptures that he feels support the flat earth theory:
http://www.philipstallings.com/2015/06/the-biblical-flat-earth-teaching-from.html

"It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in" Is. 40:22

"Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. - Matthew 4:8"

(his interpretations of those are on the link above)


He even has images:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This guy shares some scriptures that he feels support the flat earth theory:
http://www.philipstallings.com/2015/06/the-biblical-flat-earth-teaching-from.html

"It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in" Is. 40:22

"Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. - Matthew 4:8"

(his interpretations of those are on the link above)


He even has images:

I guess he is free to his interpretation, but I never would have interpreted those passages to support the flat-earth theory. For one, God could be "above" a spherical earth, right? The shape of an object does not determine your relation to it... right? The Matthew verse I would interpret as a vision and not literal. I mean, there is no actual mountain with a singular vantage point that would allow you to see "all the kingdoms of the world" even at that time.

[Anonymous]

So a little googling suggests some verses in the Koran indicate the earth is "like a carpet" Some folks who are generally hostile to Islam, indicate that that means the earth is flat (not cylindrical?) and the koran is wrong. Period. Muslims appear to cite other verses implying the world is round, (though there is some argument about grammar and the meaning of the Arabic) and that the carpet verse does not mean literally flat.

So it seems like the same situation as with the bible.

Quite apart from the textual history.

[Anonymous]

Trying to find out about Hinduism, but the discussions are even more opaque to me than those about the Koran - I am in particular handicapped by my lack of familiarity with what is considered a "religious text" in Hinduism, their content, etc.

[Anonymous]

I don't get how the linked article relates to a discussion of any particular version of the Christian Bible?

Someone found a group of people who believe the Earth is flat. Then they asked this group of, shall we call them divergent thinkers?, whether, in addition to thinking the world is flat they considered themselves "religious" (did not ask what religion, mind you, just "religious"), and some said yes and some said no. Some who said yes, said they found support in "scripture," but they don't say what scripture. For all we know, these people are members of the Cat Religion whose scripture is found under the kitty litter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get how the linked article relates to a discussion of any particular version of the Christian Bible?

Someone found a group of people who believe the Earth is flat. Then they asked this group of, shall we call them divergent thinkers?, whether, in addition to thinking the world is flat they considered themselves "religious" (did not ask what religion, mind you, just "religious"), and some said yes and some said no. Some who said yes, said they found support in "scripture," but they don't say what scripture. For all we know, these people are members of the Cat Religion whose scripture is found under the kitty litter.

The blog link is an example of one person’s interpretation.

[Anonymous]

Very religious, and no, I don't believe the earth is flat. I'm religious, not brain-damaged.