Galileo was prosecuted by the Inquisition because his Copernican description of the universe conflicted with the Aristotelean model which the Catholic church had adapted as a result of the influence of Aquinas whose entire metaphysic was based on Aristotle. Further, your quotes for Isaiah are nothing more than similes and metaphors which are used in all literature including the Bible. Here’s a hint: note the use of the word “like” and then look up the definition of simile. Do you really think the Bible considers people to be literal grasshoppers and the sky to be a cloth tent? Whats remarkable is that in 675 BC Isaiah knew the earth was round (and circular shape does not equate to a “flat object”). The Isaiah passages are the prophet pointing out the transcendence and omnipotence of God. The Job passage is pointing out the Justice and reckoning of God. Jesus compared the Kingdom of Heaven to a mustard seed, a pearl, and many other inanimate objects. While the Bible is not a science book, when the original text does touch on matters of science it is always correct. When it touches on matters of history it is always correct.
There are plenty of passages in the Bible which reflect the fact that the people of the time it was written believed the earth was flat. It is less clear whether the flat shape is a circle or square (the Isaiah passage refers to a circle, but other passages talk of the “four corners”).
I understand perfectly well what a simile is; it is perfectly clear in that Isaiah passage that the earth is literally described as a circle (*not* as a sphere or ball), while people are being compared to grasshoppers. You can look back at that post (#42) and see that I did not comment that the Bible states that people are grasshoppers.
I would disagree strongly that where the Bible mentions matters of science it is “always correct.” There are many examples of its scientific inaccuracy, beginning with Genesis and the description of God talking and causing animals to pop out of the dirt.
I think it is dangerous to teach kids that the Bible is inerrant in matters of science. Unless you teach them that the Bible descriptions of the world are metaphorical, you’re setting them up to reject *everything* in the Bible when they find it clashes with the real world. That means they reject the promise of redemption and salvation, as well.