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Biblical scientific foreknowledge (view source)
Revision as of 16:04, April 25, 2011
, 16:04, April 25, 2011→Spherical Earth: That quote was not from the KJV; also, I think it's better style to quote the entire verse.
===Spherical Earth===
===Spherical Earth===
The Book of Isaiah establishes that the true shape of the earth is a sphere:
The Book of Isaiah establishes that the true shape of the earth is a sphere:
{{cquote|It is He who sits above the circle of the earth... - Isaiah 40:22 (KJV)}}
{{cquote|[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: - Isaiah 40:22 (KJV)}}
Here, the translation "circle" is inapt, as the Hebrew term entailed something spherical, not flat.
Here, the translation "circle" is inapt, as the Hebrew term entailed something spherical, not flat.