I don’t see what you’re seeing there, I guess. Nothing in those passages supports a flat earth. Quite the opposite. In fact the question format of the phrase suggests a nullification of the premise. By asking “to what were it’s foundations fastened” the speaker is saying that there is no such fastening. The earth is supported by nothing— it is it’s own foundation. Which... is true.
Perhaps not a flat earth but certainly an earth unlike anything we know.
Quite the opposite. In fact the question format of the phrase suggests a nullification of the premise. By asking “to what were it’s foundations fastened” the speaker is saying that there is no such fastening. The earth is supported by nothing— it is it’s own foundation. Which... is true.
That's only because you automatically interpret it metaphorically. A few hundred years ago, people could read this and come to the conclusion that the earth was some sort of structure containing right angles which sat atop something. I think one of the other posters mentioned turtles and elephants which historically is not a joke. People actually believed that.