(June 9, 2012 at 6:18 pm)Tobie Wrote:(June 9, 2012 at 6:12 pm)Drich Wrote: So who was the OT written to? This generation or the last who coined the term 'oblate Spheroid' and assigned it to describe the Earth's shape? Or men who lived 2500 years ago? Would it stand to reason that if God had Isaiha use words that would alienate men for 2500 years, that a great majority would be lost that did not have to be? Wouldn't it be more sensable for a more mordern man make the jump in understanding that one lived 2500 years ago could not?
Your god apparently gave you the fucking bible, heck, you even believe he created the world, it's not much of a stretch for him to say "this is the shape of the earth, and here's a word to describe this shape". If a great majority was not lost by the host of bullshit in the bible, I doubt it would be to some term that they hadn't come across being mentioned once in the whole book.
As it is billions if not trillions are saved by How God communicated the shape of the world as it is written now, and only lost one. If you are the only casualty from this description of the world, then I think it was a pretty successful wording.
