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Earth like a Carpet?
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RE: Earth like a Carpet?
January 28, 2013 at 4:19 pm (This post was last modified: January 28, 2013 at 4:21 pm by Confused Ape.)
I think that the article writer is taking a metaphor literally. Here are two examples of grass being a carpet.

http://www.a2pwebdesign.com/poetrywits/p.../k-2_1.htm

Quote:Grass
a carpet
brushing the soles of your feet.

http://www.growingwithgrammar.com/files/...sfinal.pdf

One of the exercises includes
Quote:The grass is a green carpet for the golfers.

So this is what I think has happened where the article is concerned. The Quran just used a metaphor and the article writer is correct in saying that it shouldn't be interpreted to mean the Earth is flat. He/she then tried to prove that the metaphor referred to modern science when it doesn't.
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Earth like a Carpet? - by katieMatt - January 28, 2013 at 3:25 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Minimalist - January 28, 2013 at 3:29 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Dee Dee Ramone - January 28, 2013 at 3:30 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Faith No More - January 28, 2013 at 3:58 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by katieMatt - January 28, 2013 at 4:19 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Cato - January 28, 2013 at 5:10 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Confused Ape - January 28, 2013 at 4:19 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Minimalist - January 28, 2013 at 4:20 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Confused Ape - January 28, 2013 at 4:31 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by katieMatt - January 28, 2013 at 4:35 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Confused Ape - January 28, 2013 at 4:59 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Minimalist - January 28, 2013 at 5:02 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Mister Agenda - January 28, 2013 at 5:02 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Something completely different - January 28, 2013 at 5:03 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Rayaan - January 28, 2013 at 5:21 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Confused Ape - January 28, 2013 at 5:29 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Rayaan - January 28, 2013 at 6:37 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Confused Ape - January 29, 2013 at 8:27 am
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Nine - January 28, 2013 at 5:30 pm
Earth like a Carpet? - by katieMatt - January 28, 2013 at 5:52 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Minimalist - January 28, 2013 at 6:10 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by HorribleOffensiveScouser91 - January 28, 2013 at 7:58 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Zen Badger - January 29, 2013 at 5:19 am
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by katieMatt - January 29, 2013 at 6:45 am
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Zen Badger - January 29, 2013 at 7:51 am
Earth like a Carpet? - by katieMatt - January 29, 2013 at 1:03 pm
RE: Earth like a Carpet? - by Cato - January 29, 2013 at 1:25 pm
Earth like a Carpet? - by katieMatt - January 29, 2013 at 2:33 pm

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