It says "circle", not "sphere".
The Bible is not a scientific source and doesn't affirm or disaffirm physics.
Posted on 02/26/2018 10:51:19 AM PST by nickcarraway
The former Jets and Giants quarterback wants to know whether you think the Earth is round
A short time after Geno Smith retweeted this Saturday from televangelist Joel Osteen -- "Your time is too valuable, your destiny is too great, your assignment too important to get baited into battles that don't matter." -- the former Jets and Giants quarterback posed this question:
Geno ✔ @GenoSmith3 I been studying this whole flat earth vs globe thing... and I think I may be with Kyrie on this... b4 you judge do some HW but what do you guys think?
9:23 AM - Feb 24, 2018 3,180 3,180 Replies 1,995 1,995 Retweets 3,891 3,891 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy That would be Kyrie Irving, NBA star who said last November that his "research" didn't turn up "one real picture of Earth."
Twitter wasted little time responding to Smith, who sounded sincerely like he wanted to get to the bottom of a great debate that was decided more than 2,000 years ago.
I find it funny how you all assume I believe Earth is flat lol I just think you guys should have an open mind because as we know a lot of the “truths” that we thought were true actually aren’t 🤷🏾♂️
9:57 AM - Feb 24, 2018 234 234 Replies 73 73 Retweets 202 202 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy This tweet, for example, is proof enough for most of us:
24 Feb
I been studying this whole flat earth vs globe thing... and I think I may be with Kyrie on this... b4 you judge do some HW but what do you guys think?
Jake Hamby @jhamby Proofs of a non-flat Earth: - how time zones work - distant ships sink below the horizon - Eratosthenes figured out the Earth's circumference 2,000 years ago by measuring shadows in different places. - all pilots aren't lying about distances & routes. - how GPS / Glonass work.
9:47 AM - Feb 24, 2018 38 38 Replies 78 78 Retweets 1,028 1,028 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy And noted astrophysicist Carl Sagan explained some 40 years ago exactly how Eratosthenes proved the Earth was a sphere.
Smith later tweeted about the Big Bang theory and evolution too.
Geno ✔ @GenoSmith3 How many of the people who undoubtedly know Earth is a globe also believe in the Big Bang theory & evolution?
10:15 AM - Feb 24, 2018 196 196 Replies 64 64 Retweets 105 105 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy By Saturday afternoon, the soon-to-be free agent received several thousand Twitter responses before ultimately coming to this conclusion:
Hey guys I’m glad we had this talk today it was fun lol I know how you all love to debate on Twitter so this was good... for the record Earth is a globe we know this. But why not listen to someone else’s beliefs or “truth”
12:36 PM - Feb 24, 2018 122 122 Replies 22 22 Retweets 167 167 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy So there we have it. Smith thinks the Earth is a globe. No word on where he stands with mermaids and dinosaurs.
When I want to know something about Science, I always ask Preachers and Ex VP of the USA. /sar
My Pastor back 30 years ago still couldn’t tell you the difference between a Neutron and a Quasar.
I’m sure glad I didn’t take is advice as far as a career path!
Logic is hard, dude.
This has to be a prank. They can’t believe it.
It says "circle", not "sphere".
The Bible is not a scientific source and doesn't affirm or disaffirm physics.
And Dr. Jacob Bronowski did so a decade earlier in the remarkable BBC series "Ascent of Man"
No; it says “khug” in Hebrew, which can be translated “sphere”. (The same word is translated “vault” in Job 22:14, indicating three dimensions; this is in the NLT, ESV, NASB, and others.)
There would be no way to circumnavigate a disk-shaped planet. There would also be no curvature from pole to pole.
The Bible is more scientific than a lot of our so-called “science”, which according to the scientific method must be based on observation first, and observation plus the Hebrew original of the Bible indicate the sphere.
A few more...
(3) Late night comedians
(4) People who's job is to pretend to be somebody they are not (i.e. actors/actresses).
Yabut...have you seen the elusive Loch-Merma-Foot?
Smith almost makes Irving appear smart by comparison.
I *have* seen a jackalope.
Educated ancient Greeks knew that the world was round. If you stand on a high place it is quite obvious.
So welcome to 1000 bc boys and girls.
“Product of West Virginia University”
Since he wrote “I been...” rather than “I’ve been...” I have to conclude he’s a product of the hood.
I have one question for any flat earther living living in the northern hemisphere.
Go out on the next clear night and find the Southern Cross in the sky and explain why you can’t see it.
The ancient Egyptians not only figured out it was round, they had estimated it’s circumference to within a few hundred miles of the actual total.
Have some fun and look up youtube videos on real mermaids. I spent a very bored weekend looking up Youtube conspiracy videos....it was a ton of fun.
We have NASA pics of the Earth clearly showing it is round. Why don’t these flat earth jack asses rent a spaceship and take a damn picture proving it is flat.......
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