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To: Colonel Kangaroo
"I'm not sure how advanced the ancient Hebrews were in mathematics, but if the earth is a sphere and you head east on a constant latitude you will make a circuit or circle back where you started. If the earth is flat, you have no such circuit or circular path."

The first thing you should do before concluding that, is determine if ancient Hebrew had a word for ball or sphere or similar. If they do, then your interpretation is unlikely. If they didn't then your interpretation will carry more weight. As it is, it sounds like you're reaching.

125 posted on 06/20/2005 5:04:02 PM PDT by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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To: b_sharp
"I'm not sure how advanced the ancient Hebrews were in mathematics, but if the earth is a sphere and you head east on a constant latitude you will make a circuit or circle back where you started. If the earth is flat, you have no such circuit or circular path."

The first thing you should do before concluding that, is determine if ancient Hebrew had a word for ball or sphere or similar. If they do, then your interpretation is unlikely. If they didn't then your interpretation will carry more weight. As it is, it sounds like you're reaching.

I've not found a Hebrew word for sphere. But even if there is one, the figure in this verse might have been meant to refer to the circuit around the spherical earth. And an advanced Biblical knowledge of the nature of the globe is indicated by Job 26:7 where the earth is said to "hang on nothing".

132 posted on 06/21/2005 4:30:48 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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