"The Bible called the earth ‘the round world,’ yet for ages it was the most damnable heresy for Christian men to say that the world is round; and, finally, sailors circumnavigated the globe, and proved the Bible to be right, and saved Christian men of science from the stake."
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Matthew Maury | Survivor Library
‘Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!’
Since this was brought up in the previous post about Matthew Maury (post #161), let's add it to the evidence being given:
The Earth is Round
Isaiah 40
22*It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
*Pictures taken from space show the earth appears as a circle since it is round.
Job 26
10*He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters,
At the boundary of light and darkness.
"......for ages it was the most damnable heresy for Christian men to say that the world is round;"
How many people died at the stake for saying that?
Thanks to science.
It gave evidence that to say, the world is round, is a statement of a fact!
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Matthew Maury | Survivor Library
‘Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!’
Since this was brought up in the previous post about Matthew Maury (post #161), let's add it to the evidence being given:
The Earth is Round
Isaiah 40
22*It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
*Pictures taken from space show the earth appears as a circle since it is round.
Job 26
10*He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters,
At the boundary of light and darkness.
Horizon
1.
the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
Horizon | Define Horizon at Dictionary.com2.
Astronomy.
1. the small circle of the celestial sphere whose plane is tangent to the earth at the position of a given observer, or the plane of such a circle (sensible horizon)
2. Also called rational horizon. the great circle of the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the center of the earth and is parallel to the sensible horizon of a given position, or the plane of such a circle (celestial horizon)
"......for ages it was the most damnable heresy for Christian men to say that the world is round;"
How many people died at the stake for saying that?
Thanks to science.
It gave evidence that to say, the world is round, is a statement of a fact!
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