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12-23-2007, 11:27 PM
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It's called ignorance.
What you quoted was merely circumstance. A circle which you discribed can be anything.
It could be a circle of men, a circle of diciples. A circle of anything.
The earth was very VERY small back in those times.
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12-24-2007, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by MAYBE  then why did everyone else at the time of that particular writing believe the earth was flat | Flat circles exist, too. | |
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12-24-2007, 01:53 AM
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1) The nature of circles...
a. The observation of the surrounding horizon forms a circle.
b. Circles aren't spheres.
c. Circles can be flat.
2) Circles are found in many things...
a. Circles are observed in nature:
- sun
- moon
- clusters of mushrooms and the shape of flowers
- pupil and iris
- nipples
b. Humans often:
- build things in circles
- often sit and dance in circles
- often use circles in art.
3) Circles are one of the most ancient symbols found in many ancient texts...
a. Unity, wholeness, completeness etc.
b. Contained, enclosed, embraced, etc.
c. Feminine, female genitalia, womb, etc.
d. Time, cycles, eternity, etc. | |
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12-24-2007, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by MAYBE if the bible is not inspired of God how did a man living over 3000 years ago know this
Isaiah 40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
this was a time when people thought the earth was flat
and don't give me the earth is technically a sphere non-nonsense, a man living at that time would have translated what he saw in a vision as best he could especially since there is no word for sphere in hebrew
amen friends | comon on man. Do not come to a gun fight with a knife, please.
He clearly meant circle like a bird for starters. But I'll play along.
also: he was a smart man. He looked at every thing in the sky and saw they were round. Hmmm, but we are flat? he asked. He did not think so.  | 
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12-24-2007, 06:14 PM
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forgive me but you just made no sense at all
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12-24-2007, 08:52 PM
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The same could be said of you. 
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12-26-2007, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by MAYBE forgive me but you just made no sense at all
amen friend | What didn't make sense?
Amon friend | |
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12-26-2007, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by MAYBE Catholics are not true believers in God
they are even worse than atheists IMO
truth is not obtained through religon .. truth is obtained in God's perfect word the Bible
amen friend | you forgot the last bit of Isaiah 40: 22 Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
oh well the the many men, who wrote this, were wrong.
Good help back then must have been hard to get.
Hallelujah my simian cousin
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12-26-2007, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by MAYBE Catholics are not true believers in God
they are even worse than atheists IMO
truth is not obtained through religon .. truth is obtained in God's perfect word the Bible
amen friend | I was really going to lay into this comment, and had been thinking how to do it for several days, but seeing this person's status on the forum, I'll let it go.
Peace and Enlightenment to you, I hope that you find what you were looking for. :wavey:
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12-26-2007, 04:43 PM
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I just noticed the good news
there must be a god after all
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