The Bible Erroneously Says the Earth is Flat

[sooda]

I believe the psalms are songs and therefore poetry. Metaphor is often used in poetry.

The Psalms are very old.. older than Genesis and Exodus. They were borrowed from the Canaanites in northern Syria.

 

[Audie]

I believe again you have no way of determining who does or does not have the Holy Spirit. A disparity does not mean that they are all wrong all the time or that none of them had the Spirit. It only shows that here are some who do not.

I believe fools have a hard time believing anything.

I believe I can't vouch for the claims of others but it is true that wisdom comes from God and you have not said your concepts come from Him.

I believe what the Lord has shown me is that it was a flood local to Mesopotamia. It was the minds of men that misinterpreted "covered the whole earth" to mean the whole globe instead of the true meaning that it covered the whole earth in Mesopotamia. Sorry no giraffes or elephants. I am an iconoclast after all.

No doubt you do believe. It is what believers do.
They believe things.

In your case, you believe you are infallible.

 

[sooda]

No doubt you do believe. It is what believers do.
They believe things.

In your case, you believe you are infallible.

Its an excuse not to do the hard work of studying and questioning.

 

[Audie]

Its an excuse not to do the hard work of studying and questioning.

All the revealed religions are based on that
some people (claim to) receive direct knowledge
from god, with no effort whatever on their part.

There is a direct line from there to the belief
that god will help true believers to understand the bible,
so, whatever they think is automatically correct,
and, yes, infallible.

I have actually heard this one-

"Why should I learn about evolution, when I know
it is wrong?"

 

[sooda]

All the revealed religions are based on that
some people (claim to) receive direct knowledge
from god, with no effort whatever on their part.

There is a direct line from there to the belief
that god will help true believers to understand the bible,
so, whatever they think is automatically correct,
and, yes, infallible.

I have actually heard this one-

"Why should I learn about evolution, when I know
it is wrong?"

LOLOL.. I posted an interesting article on the Tower of Babel. Its a metaphor for the collapse of a major civilization and the decline of literacy. They prefer to believe that it was a supernatural event. This is what is driving people away from the churches.