When interpreting scripture, it is very important to interpret it from an Ancient Hebrew perspective and not from our own modern Western viewpoint. 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 (RSV, Isaiah 40:22) Part 1 - The Biblical Evidence The Circle of the Earth
the Flat Earth, I felt that it was time to dig into the subject and examine the Flat Earth Theory for myself. But then, as I got more and more emails from people asking about the Globe Earth vs. When I first began getting emails from people who were promoting the Flat Earth Theory, I initially ignored the subject, believing it to be another fringe theory held by a few people. Almost one-quarter of the people who visit this website are convinced the earth is flat. 76% of those surveyed believe the earth was a sphere, 23% believe the earth is flat and 1% was undecided. I conducted a survey to get an idea of the percentage of people who visit my website who believe in the flat earth and the results were suprising. In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people who have come to the conclusion that the earth is flat and not a globe. Despite the scientific fact and obvious effects of Earth's sphericity, pseudoscientific flat-Earth conspiracy theories are espoused by modern flat Earth societies and, increasingly, by unaffiliated individuals using social media.Topics Biblical Interpretation The Flat Earth Theory: Fact or Fiction? By Jeff A. This myth was created in the 17th century by Protestants to argue against Catholic teachings. It is a historical myth that medieval Europeans generally thought the Earth was flat. By the early period of the Christian Church, the spherical view was widely held, with some notable exceptions. Knowledge of the Earth's global shape gradually began to spread beyond the Hellenistic world. By about 330 BC, his former student Aristotle had provided strong empirical evidence for a spherical Earth. In the early 4th century BC, Plato wrote about a spherical Earth. However, most pre-Socratics (6th–5th century BC) retained the flat-Earth model. The idea of a spherical Earth appeared in ancient Greek philosophy with Pythagoras (6th century BC). The map contains several references to biblical passages as well as various jabs at the "Globe Theory".
Flat Earth map drawn by Orlando Ferguson in 1893.
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