[exDemMom]

Scripture please. The word 'flat' is used four times in the Bible and none of the places where the word 'flat' is used refers to this earth. You really ought to check out the meaning of that word firmament. (Strong's Hebrew 7749, from 7554 means prop. an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky; - firmament. Comes from a prime root that means "to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by impl. to overlay (with thin sheets of metal): beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates, stamp. stretch. (Strong's Hebrew #7554) Has something to do with the 'arch of the sky'.

I did not say anything about the Biblical version of the earth that contradicts anything that was taken as fact throughout most of the history of Christianity. Galileo was imprisoned for heresy for saying that the earth orbits around the sun: a statement in direct contradiction to what the Bible says. I'm not going to go into all of the scientific inaccuracies of the Bible; that information is readily available on the internet. The fact remains that if you do not believe the earth is flat (although the Bible is unclear about whether it is a circle or square), the sun races around the earth, etc., you do not literally believe the Bible. And that just begs the question, why do you believe the Biblical version that God waved His hands and all life popped into existence in its current form, when you choose to believe the scientific observations instead of the Biblical version where other scientific disciplines are concerned? Logically, there is no reason to believe that the Biblical is meant to be a scientific authority in *any* manner.

God gave the Bible to us as a spiritual guide; He left the physical nature of the universe for us to discover. And no amount of quoting scripture at me is going to change my mind about that.

[Just mythoughts]

I did not say anything about the Biblical version of the earth that contradicts anything that was taken as fact throughout most of the history of Christianity. Galileo was imprisoned for heresy for saying that the earth orbits around the sun: a statement in direct contradiction to what the Bible says. I'm not going to go into all of the scientific inaccuracies of the Bible; that information is readily available on the internet. The fact remains that if you do not believe the earth is flat (although the Bible is unclear about whether it is a circle or square), the sun races around the earth, etc., you do not literally believe the Bible. And that just begs the question, why do you believe the Biblical version that God waved His hands and all life popped into existence in its current form, when you choose to believe the scientific observations instead of the Biblical version where other scientific disciplines are concerned? Logically, there is no reason to believe that the Biblical is meant to be a scientific authority in *any* manner. God gave the Bible to us as a spiritual guide; He left the physical nature of the universe for us to discover. And no amount of quoting scripture at me is going to change my mind about that.

Do not worry I will make a note that the Bible is unacceptable for your eyes and ears. Now if what you typed above is representative of what goes for science in the modern age no wonder this nation is circling the literal drain.