The Bible never says the Earth is flat
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BrotherDThomas thinks the earth is flat because Jesus said so, which is WRONG
The word translated “corners,” as in the phrase above, is the Hebrew word, KANAPH. Kanaph is translated in a variety of ways. However, it generally means extremity.
It is translated “borders” in Numbers 15:38. In Ezekiel 7:2 it is translated “four corners” and again in Isaiah 11:12 “four corners.” Job 37:3 and 38:13 as “ends.”There are many ways in which God the Holy Spirit could have said corner. Any of the following Hebrew words could have been used:
- Pinoh is used in reference to the cornerstone.
- Paioh means “a geometric corner”
- Ziovyoh means “right angle” or “corner”
- Krnouth refers to a projecting corner.
- Paamouth - If the Lord wanted to convey the idea of a square, four-cornered Earth, the Hebrew word paamouth could have been used. Paamouth means square.
“his description is repeated almost word-for-word in Daniel 4:20. Both skeptics and the flat-earthers reason that on a spherical earth it would not be possible for a tree to be visible from the entire earth, but such a tree could be visible anywhere on a flat earth. But what is the context of these verses? The fourth chapter of Daniel is the account of Nebuchadnezzar’s second dream. Verse 4 directly quotes the words of Nebuchadnezzar stating that he had a dream. Verses 10–17 quote Nebuchadnezzar describing the content of his dream. Note that this is a dream. With their wild and fantastic elements, dreams hardly are statements about reality, let alone cosmology. t is remarkable that anyone would construe the content of a pagan king’s dream recorded in Scripture as evidence that the Bible teaches that the earth is flat.“-https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/earth/does-bible-teach-earth-flat/
As if you aren't mortified enough because of your ignorance of Christianity, then with your bible ignorant statement above, and in your way of thinking, the Christian IS NOT to take Joseph’s dream as the proof for Jesus being conceived by the Holy Spirit! This is because, as you stated, it is a dream that Joseph had and therefore is not to be taken literally, along with following your additional intentions, then Jesus being conceived by the Holy Spirit becomes false! Where does your Christian stupidity end?
“But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:20). Dr. Franklin, clean your shoes off again, where totally inept Christians like you are so predictable and easy to humiliate in the name of Jesus.
What is truly sad in your Satanic position, is that you don’t have the sense to feel embarrassed for calling Jesus a LIAR in this debate! Instead of accepting Jesus’ direct and specific “inspired words” within His bible as true (Proverbs 30:5), relative to the earth being FLAT, you grasp for proverbial straws and laughably produce insidious WISHFUL THINKING OPINION QUOTES to call Jesus’ words a LIE!!! These embarrassing quotes are shown below at your expense:
Relative to your comical “it could have meant” statements above, which are not biblical absolutes but “maybes,” what part of the following requirement listed in my opening statement didn’t you understand?:“All explanations will be biblically vouchsafed, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO OPINIONS garnered from both debaters, whereas no debate can truly stand upon subjective OPINIONS, but rather upon the TRUTH, and in this case, THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE!Dr. Franklin, you are blatantly guilty of the following precept: “A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.” (Proverbs 18:2)DO YOU GET WHAT WAS PROPOSED ABOVE, OR DO YOU NEED A 1ST GRADER TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU?
The Christian foundation belief is a FLAT EARTH COSMOLOGY, where we DO NOT have the option to say Jesus, as God incarnate, was wrong in his direct passages showing this to be true (Proverbs 30:5). This is how you continue to call Jesus a LIAR with your wishful thinking opinions that contradict God!!!
Key in this discussion is the firmament. The Hebrew word rāqîa‘ is translated as firmament in the King James Version. It appears a total of 17 times in the Old Testament, with over half of the occurrences (nine times) in chapter 1 of Genesis alone. The word is a noun that derives from the Hebrew root rq‘, meaning to stamp out.4 An example of this action is to stamp or pound a metal into thin sheets. This is a common practice with gold, because gold is so malleable. Gilding is the process of attaching gold leaf to objects, giving the impression that the objects are pure gold. For instance, the Ark of the Covenant was gilded with gold leaf over acacia wood (Exodus 25:10–11). Gold leaf can be pounded or rolled so thin that bright light can be seen through it. From the meaning of this word, we can deduce that the rāqîa‘ is something that has been pounded or stretched out.-https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/earth/does-bible-teach-earth-flat/
YOUR ONE OF MANY UPON MANY STEPPING IN POO QUOTES, THIS TIME REGARDING DANIEL4:20: “Unfortunately, this is out of context the End of The Earth was taken out of context. It was a dream and not taken literally.”As if you aren't mortified enough because of your ignorance of Christianity, then with your bible ignorant statement above, and in your way of thinking, the Christian IS NOT to take Joseph’s dream as the proof for Jesus being conceived by the Holy Spirit! This is because, as you stated, it is a dream that Joseph had and therefore is not to be taken literally, along with following your additional intentions, then Jesus being conceived by the Holy Spirit becomes false! Where does your Christian stupidity end?“But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:20). Dr. Franklin, clean your shoes off again, where totally inept Christians like you are so predictable and easy to humiliate in the name of Jesus.
Furthermore, what part of this biblical axiom don't you understand? “It is he who sits ABOVE THE CIRCLE of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;” (Isaiah 40:22). NOTE: If Isaiah wanted to call the earth a sphere or a globe, he could have easily done so because earlier he states that God will “roll you up tightly 'LIKE A BALL, and throw you into another country." (Isaiah 22:18). ISAIAH 40:22 = CIRCLE AND ISAIAH 22:18 = BALL EQUALING A GLOBE. Do you understand the simple logic behind this proposition???!
“ The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.” (Isaiah 44:13)
"to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.” (Job 22:14)
Proverbs 8:27: "I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:"
Isaiah 40:22: "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants that stretcheth out the heavens”
DR. FRANKLIN, AWAITING YOUR NEXT ATTEMPT AT GRASPING FOR MORE STRAWS AS YOU SHOW THAT JESUS IS A LIAR RELATIVE TO THE ACTUAL HISTORICITY OF OUR ANCIENT HEBREW FLAT EARTH AND OUR BIBLES COSMOLOGY BEGINNINGS. YOU DO PROVIDE A LOT OF LAUGHTER, AT YOUR EXPENSE, SO THANK YOU!
"1. THE ENTIRE WORD OF THE BIBLE IS INSPIRED BY JESUS AS GOD INCARNATE:“But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” (2 Peter 1:20-21)"
"2. EVERY WORD OF JESUS IS FLAWLESS, THEREFORE TRUE:“Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.“ (Proverbs 30:5)"Response-Yes I now that however that does not fit your argument"3. CHRISTIANS ARE TO FOLLOW JESUS’ WORD TO THE LETTER:
Dr. Franklin, since it has been shown that your mind is now controlled by Satan, your outright ineptness cannot understand that when reading biblical scripture, it is very important to read it from an Ancient Hebrew perspective and not from your own modern Western viewpoint, GET IT? You continue to take a Satanic and deceiving anachronistic perspective upon the topic at hand, and you do thisto save what face you have left within religious discussions at DebateArt!
Therefore, in following the simple godly syllogism stated above, then it is Jesus as GOD INCARNATE giving the Christian flawless words of truth that the earth IS A CIRCLE , and therefore FLAT, where you are to accept this premise as fact! Do you want to call Jesus A LIAR ONCE AGAIN in this respect?!
“It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;” (Isaiah 40:22)
“ The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.” (Isaiah 44:13)
If you want to play “word games” of the Hebrew language in biblical times, then the Hebrew word CHUWG describes a CIRCLE, and what was used in the passages above. Therefore, deducing it to its irreducable primary, the Hebrew word CHUWG refers to the earth, compass, or the vault of heaven as a CIRCLE! 2+2=4!
OMG, with you, I am dealing with a child mentality! It matters NOT if the two dreams were completely different stories because the outcome is the same! They were BOTH DREAMS where you stated before regarding Daniel: “It was a dream and not taken literally!” Therefore, at your embarrassment AGAIN, Joseph had a DREAM of Jesus being conceived by the Lord in Matthew 1:20, then when following your conclusion that a dream is not to be taken literally, then you are on record that Jesus’ concievement from the Lord does not count, therefore Jesus was not conceived by our Lord and it becomes FALSE!!! DO YOU UNDESTAND THIS LOGICAL CONCLUSION? DO WE NEED TO FIND A 1ST GRADER AGAIN TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU?!
OMG, your ignorance has no bounds! If the earth were spherical like you Satanically propose against Jesus’ word within the scriptures, then one would use a verb other than "spread out" to describe its firmament, like "all balled up, gathered up, gathered together in a ball," anything but the term “spread out!” One might say they "spread out" batter to make pancakes but no one would ever say they "spread out" hamburger to make meatballs. GET IT? Huh? The earth in the Bible was "spread out" BECAUSE IT WAS FLAT as biblically shown ad infintum, period!
Dr. Franklin, you are obviously not aware of the ancient Hebrew Planatary System explicitly shown within the bible, where “OUTER SPACE” is not a part of it in any way! This is because the cosmology at the time was that the earth is in a geocentric form. The planets, moon, and sun, all stayed within the VAULT TOWARDS THE CEILING OF THE FIRMAMENT and rotated around the EDGE of the earth, as the link below shows!
Conduct
Con "sentenced" Pro to hell many times, called him satanic, and had many other insults. It was extremely distracting. It literally made it so I couldn't follow the arguments so I'm not even voting based on that.
"Furthermore, your debate title will come back and bite you in your Satanic ass"
" There will be no insidious pseudo-christian anachronistic spin doctoring, decoder rings, or crystal balls used in this debate to fallaciously try in vain to deviate from what"'
"Not known to the bible ignorant Dr. Franklin at this time"
So, the arguments are technical arguments based primarily on interpretation and translations of particular words.
The examples cited are the four corners of the globe, some basic references to turning the world upside down, a tree being visible, and the earth being a circle.
The four corners point is explained by pro through translation issues - and dropped by con who mostly just dismissed the point with a generic argument about speculation.
Some are dealt with by the example being a dream.
The final was the definition of circle potentially being a sphere. While con made a tentative attempt to argue this had a different translations pros case was pretty evidence that it could mean encompass.
Con did not present any clear and unambiguous example where the earth was flat - and largely drops pros entire case.
The rest of cons case was primarily ranting, that didn’t appear particular connected to the resolution or pros argument.
Arguments to con.
Conduct.
“Furthermore, your debate title will come back and bite you in your Satanic ass”
“DR. FRANKLIN, LET US BEGIN YOUR DEVIL SPEAK BLOODBATH:”
“Not known to the bible ignorant Dr. Franklin at this time”
“GET IT? MAYBE?”
“DO YOU NEED A 1ST GRADER TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU?
“HELLO, ANYBODY HOME TODAY DR. FRANKLIN?! OBVIOUSLY NOT!”
Cons language and disrespect is frequent, repeated and odious throughout : the above was only a couple of examples from only the first two rounds.
Pro gets a bit tetchy at points which is understandable given the onslaught of insults and belittling - but never comes close to matching cons level of toxicity and disrespect.
As a result, cons clearly deserves the conduct penalty. Conduct to pro.
Conduct
Con repeatedly insulted Pro and called him Satanic. Here are a few examples:
Satanic Dr. Franklin, What is truly sad in your Satanic position...
After laughing at your minion of Satan pathetic
BUT, because of you being a minion of Satan, you are using your latest Satan Decoder Ring to erroneously rewrite that these millions of Christians were wrong in reading said passages as literally directly shown! This is laughter at its finest, and at your expense upon Judgment Day!
Dr. Franklin, I want you to burn this very simple syllogism into your feeble Satanic brain when I address your stupidity and ignorance of the Christian faith, understood Satan incarnate?!
This conduct was excessive, frequent, and repeatedly distracted me from the arguments that con was presenting. In contrast, Pro held himself up very well and overall had better conduct.
Suggestion for both of you: Please write your arguments in a word document and use better formatting. Wall of text and walls of quotes are difficult to read. I had a very difficult time in following your arguments. In the future, I recommend doing something like this:
C1: The Bible says....
C2: It also says...
Conclusion
You don't need to fully quote each other to respond to the arguments. Ragnar made a nice guide that I recommend you read: http://tiny.cc/DebateArt
That being said, I have to leave arguments as a tie. There were too many walls of text, too many unneeded quoting, too many unneeded bold and underlined text that made the arguments impossible to follow. Thus arguments are tied.
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Vote Reported: K_Michael // Mod Action: Removed
Points awarded: 4 points to pro for arguments and conduct
RFD: Con's argument is self-contradictory, stating both that the earth is a circle and that it has four corners, which is geometrically impossible.
Arguments to Pro
Con uses mere insult as defined in the CoC by describing Pro in terms such as "feeble Satanic brain."
Conduct to Pro.
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Vote Reported: TheAtheist // Mod Action: Removed
Points awarded: 7 points to pro
RFD: All of Con's argument was insulting the Pro and saying how he's "lying about Jesus".
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No you said" Dr. Franklin, the minion of Satan of DebateArt! We laugh at his expense.". Then if they were laughing at me you would win right, well that's not happeining
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Ragnar,
YOUR QUOTE: "Next time I have insomnia I'll probably grade this."
In part, I don't understand how my modus operandi that is equal to Jesus violently overturning the tables of the Money Changers in the Temple, and by him using a whip of cords to beat them with in their removal from the grounds of the Temple, could put you to sleep! (John 2: 13-17) I will be in prayer tonight with Jesus to see if I need to up my game with more emotion.
YOUR QUOTE: " ... as I believe this to be at least in part a troll debate."
Agreed, the ever so inept Dr. Franklin is a "Trollster for Satan” as shown though out this debate, spewing forth LIES in behalf of Him! Anyone like Dr. Franklin that is deceivingly anachronistic, and therefore poses the earth is not flat within the bible, even though I have shown that it is within the scriptures, and then having to admit to a Ptolemaic geocentric planetary system in place at the same time within the biblical era, is a blatant fool.
Dr. Franklin is one that wants his cake and eat it too, but he will surely pay upon Judgment Day where Jesus will take out his revenge on him for committing the frightful UNPARDONABLE SIN for calling Him a LIAR in this debate. Praise Jesus’ revenge!
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K_Michael,
YOUR QUOTE STABILIZING THAT YOU ARE AS DUMBFOUNDED AS DR. FRANKLIN: "you are equal to the comical Satanic Dr. Franklin."
Thanks for the compliment."
This is why Jesus and I are at DebateArt, and that is to expose the fake Christians like you, where you could know more defend your faith than to walk on water in the summertime! When you're proud to be equal to the ever so inept Satanic Dr. Franklin, then you to slap Jesus right in the face relative to his TRUE words within the scriptures.
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TheAtheist,
Your SATANIC RED EYES are apropos with you being a HELL BOUND ATHEIST! I can just visualize your Judgment Day where you are standing over a trap door to Hell, and where Jesus has his twitching hand upon the lever of this door to the sulfur lakes, that when sprung, you will be swimming in said lakes for eternity! Praise our ever loving and forgiving Jesus' revenge!
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Satanic Dr. Franklin,
YOUR DEVIL SPEAK QUOTE: "ok, well see who wins!"
It matters not when Jesus and I enter a debate, or comment upon debates, in whether we win or lose, because it is all about spreading the TRUE word of our Lord and Savior to the ignorant fake Christians like you, where you are blatantly guilty of this passage: "For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." (2 Timothy 4:3)
All voting systems are biased relative to religion, where birds of a feather will flock together in what they need to hear and believe, regardless of the facts showing your complete ignorance about your faith WHERE YOU INCLUDED ABSOLUTE LIES to try and dig yourself out of the holes that you provided for yourself!
Dr. Franklin, don't think that I am not going to let you get by with any further Devil Speak within this forum, because Jesus and I have a mission to expose your kind of ilk that Satanically spin doctors His word into what the Devil wants it to say!
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90% of Con's argument is "You're Satan, stop lying about Jesus!"
"you are equal to the comical Satanic Dr. Franklin."
Thanks for the compliment.
ok, well see who wins!
Next time I have insomnia I'll probably grade this.
Given that the name calling started in the debate listing "This guy is a idiot," I'll probably include a grade for comedy, as I believe this to be at least in part a troll debate.
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K_Michael,
I couldn’t help but notice you disparaging our Jesus the Christ within the scriptures within your voting link! Relative to your notion that I was in contradiction regarding that the bible mentions the 4 corners of the earth, and specifically a round flat circle earth as well, IS THE BIBLE’S CONTRADICTION, NOT MINE. I am only the messenger of Jesus’ TRUE words! GET IT?
I also find it amusing that you questioned my use of words directed at the inept Dr. Franklin, where in fact these words are applicable, but to give a pass to the foul mouthed Dr. Franklin when he used dirty epthetets towards me is ungodly to the core!
I will mark you down as just another fake christian, in name only, and where you are equal to the comical Satanic Dr. Franklin.
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Dr. Franklin,
As explicitly shown, it doesn't take any friends for me to show you to be the most blatant biblical fool at DebateArt! It seems that you are always vying to be the most stupid in this respect, over your equally dumbfounded "Our_Boat_is_Right," where don't worry, you are still number one! Seemingly, you have "alleged friends" because they feel sorry for your total and embarrassing ignorance of your Christian faith.
At least you are following our Jesus' inspired word in the following passage: "Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man."(Proverbs 30:2) Jesus and I thank you.
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" We laugh at his expense."
NO, we laugh at you you have no friends while I have 12
the last argument. LOL
QuiT HiDing In tHe ComMenT SectIon!!!JKJK!J!OJ!!!KSATANIC
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K_Michael,
YOUR QUOTE: "The fact that the Bible refers to the Earth as both a circle and a four-cornered shape indicates that one or both are non-literal descriptions."
Hypotheticals are so easy to offer, to be true to form, show me BIBLICALLY where your quote above can be true in both propositions, otherwise, we throw it in the "Wishful Thinking Hypothetical Trash Bin where it belongs! I'll add you to the ever growing list here at DebateArt of Christians that deny Jesus' DIRECT WORDS shown within the Bible.
“EVERY word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.“ (Proverbs 30:5) Every word includes the words as directly given within the scriptures, with no decoder rings or insipid apologetics needed, otherwise, what Jesus said once, He could not mean for his followers to take in many different and contradicting ways! GET IT?! How shameful of you to even proffer such a Satanic quote.
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The fact that the Bible refers to the Earth as both a circle and a four-cornered shape indicates that one or both are non-literal descriptions.
Lol right
Yet you never responded back to my comment there. If you have something to say, at least make it inteligent.
Someone doesn't understand the use of metaphor and figurative language.
I didn't know that you were a Christian, nice dude
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Our_Boat_is_Right,
I have already bible-slapped you silly in the other debate upon this topic, do you need more at your expense once again? Huh? You irony is that you have turned into what you are allegedly against, and that is an OUTRIGHT TROLL by definition!
It would behoove you to sit upon the sidelines where you belong, like a little puppy tethered to a front porch, and watch the big dogs play with the inept pseudo-christians like you, where Jesus' LITERAL word will be handing Dr. Franklin's ass to him shortly, okay? You can thank me later.
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Yeah but he gonna get embarrased
lol by now I have realized BrotherDThomas is a troll
I doubt that very much
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Dr. Franklin,
When I am done with your ungodly Satanic rhetoric, you will have to start wearing asbestos suits for the obvious reasons!
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