Scientific ACCURACIES in the Bible

[libalchris]

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On the circle of the earth passage, I have this to quote from a recent book:

Perhaps the problem is Mr. Loftus was looking up the wrong word. The Word acconding to Strong Concordance is:chuwg
Gesenius's Lexicon defines it as Circle, Sphere, Compass/Use of the Arch or vault of the Sky.

http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexi...2329&t=KJV

As for 'chug' I guess it can mean anything Mr.loftus wanted it to mean.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/tr...chug&t=KJV

Gesenius's Lexicon

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1) Like Tegh posted, there are 2 hebrew words for circle, one meaning circle one meaning sphere. In this case, the word meaning circle is used. Even if the word meaning sphere was used, it would still be wrong, as the actual shape of the Earth is an oblate spheroid. I'd expect a "close enough for the time" response for this point, but seeming as christians believe their book is handed down from god, who is all-knowing, they should be able to get it correct.

Appearently not.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/tr...here&t=KJV

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http://biblos.com/isaiah/40-22.htm
http://concordances.org/hebrew/chug_2329.htm

That shows the Hebrew word used in Isaiah 40:22, and how the only other place it was used in the old testament was used to describe a flat circle.

http://biblos.com/isaiah/22-18.htm
http://concordances.org/hebrew/kaddur_1754.htm

In Isaiah 22:18 Isaiah uses a completely different word that clearly means ball as in spherical object.