[Junior]

The four corners of the Earth; the Earth is supported on pillars; the heavens are stretched over the Earth like a tent; Jesus taken to a high mountain and shown all the kingdoms of the world (only possible if the world was flat). All these were used by the Church to deny the concept of a spherical Earth. It wasn't until the evidence became overwhelming that the Church recanted its position.

We see the same thing happening with the biological sciences today.

See also The Flat-Earth Bible.

[JohnnyM]

the site you posted is woefully inept in regards to Scripture. His reading of Genesis is poor (there was a water canopy over the earth (not the universe as he reads it) prior to the flood. This is supported by scientific evidence. His use of Enoch as a major argument for his point is irrelevant becuase the book Enoch is not inspired, nor is it a part of the Bible. Any citation of it is pointless.

All of his arguments rely on getting into the mind of the writer and implying facts and truths from them. He quotes Daniel's interpretation of dream as evidence that they thought the earth was flat. The same Daniel who interpreted a dream where cows eat each other. Now I am sure they did not believe that cows ate each other, but they realized it was a dream, and weird things happen in a dream. I had a dream where I once swam in a sea of chocolate and I was a marshmellow. It may say a lot about my tastes in food, but not about my view of the world.

The Bible does not teach a flat earth. Because some people have interpreted it that way, does not make it so.

JM