Evidence for God from Science

If http://www.veritas-ucsb.org/library/rus ... Earth.html is to be believed the idea that the educated people in Columbus's time thought the Earth was flat was spread by anti-Christians. Too bad my pastor had to spread it from the pulpit last night

If the people you trust for religious guidence believed the Earth was flat, would you believe it

Are you saying your pastor believes in a flat earth? We had some fun with a flat earth thread here a little while back, but in all seriousness, if your pastor believes in a flat earth, you need to bail out of there quickly, and don't look back.

RickD wrote:Are you saying your pastor believes in a flat earth? We had some fun with a flat earth thread here a little while back, but in all seriousness, if your pastor believes in a flat earth, you need to bail out of there quickly, and don't look back.

I wonder if there's any room for a pastor on the international space station. Oh the horror!

Byblos wrote:

RickD wrote:Are you saying your pastor believes in a flat earth? We had some fun with a flat earth thread here a little while back, but in all seriousness, if your pastor believes in a flat earth, you need to bail out of there quickly, and don't look back.

I wonder if there's any room for a pastor on the international space station. Oh the horror!

According to Flat Earthers, there is no international space station.

RickD wrote:According to Flat Earthers, there is no international space station.

We ought to shine a laser beam on every flat earther from the ISS. But then again, they'd think they're being raptured.

I think the issue isn't that the pastor believed the Earth is flat, but rather that he said Christians used to think that way. I might be wrong, but that's how I read it.

I think it's absolutely false that most educated people of the times thought the Earth was flat. By that time the bigger questions were about the size of the Earth and the ancient origins/age of the Earth. The problem is, most people of that era were not educated, and even religious leaders were not typically educated beyond literacy and religious instruction. I don't doubt that some people believed the Earth was flat, and many religious documents (including the Bible) were at one time interpreted in such a way.

Of course, some really bright people knew the shape and the size of the Earth before biblical times using astronomical information. Pretty crazy stuff, but their ideas were overshadowed for many, many years by strict philosophical and religious dogma and Columbus's trip certainly was a good step toward universal acceptance of a spherical Earth.

Ivellious wrote:

I think the issue isn't that the pastor believed the Earth is flat, but rather that he said Christians used to think that way. I might be wrong, but that's how I read it.

I hope you're right, Ivellious. Hopefully, Ultimate777 will respond soon, so we can find out.

Byblos wrote:

We ought to shine a laser beam on every flat earther from the ISS. But then again, they'd think they're being raptured.

Byblos, that's just plain wrong. Don't you think those ignorant Christians need our sympathy, not cruel jokes? Flat earth...

My pastor does not believe the world is flat. He believes educted people in Columbus's time believed it was flat

ultimate777 wrote:My pastor does not believe the world is flat. He believes educted people in Columbus's time believed it was flat

Thanks for clearing that up!

ultimate777 wrote:If the people you trust for religious guidence believed the Earth was flat, would you believe it

If you repeat a lie often enough, the people will believe it. - Joseph Goebbles

The Earth is FLat

Educated people in the Middle Ages did not believe that the Earth was flat, Christian or otherwise. That is anti-Christian propaganda, as is the idea that Christianity was anti-science. Unfortunately, a number of Christians believed the propaganda, and are anti-science.

Strange as it is to conceive that some people at some point in history believed in a flat earth it seems even more nonsensical to believe that the heavenly bodies do appear to be on a fairly flat plane in space. How might this be rationalized?

Furstentum Liechtenstein wrote:

ultimate777 wrote:If the people you trust for religious guidence believed the Earth was flat, would you believe it

If you repeat a lie often enough, the people will believe it. - Joseph Goebbles

The Earth is FLat

Does this mean you've finally become a round earther again

Murray wrote:Does this mean you've finally become a round earther again

I have never been a round earther. Walk outside your home and you'll see that the earth is flat. If you repeat a lie often enough, the people will believe it: this applies to the round earth myth. You and other round earthers, even with all the evidence before you, continue believing a lie perpetrated by government and the CIA.

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