RE: Flat Earth and Geocentrism
February 19, 2014 at 12:49 am
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2014 at 12:56 am by Drich.)
(February 17, 2014 at 9:17 am)Esquilax Wrote:The concept of a sphere before the ability to explain it would have baffled anyone.(February 17, 2014 at 9:13 am)Drich Wrote: Do you think if God had the bible written from His perspective we'd be able to understand it?
When teaching or explaining to a large group (let alone all of humanity) one must teach to the 'slowest' person in the group. Otherwise you'd loose all but a hand ful. This way all but a handful is lost.
So what you're saying is that the concept of a sphere would be baffling to those bronze age peeps, but the concept of an all knowing, miraculous god would not be?
(February 17, 2014 at 9:56 am)Tonus Wrote:(February 17, 2014 at 9:13 am)Drich Wrote: Do you think if God had the bible written from His perspective we'd be able to understand it?Do you think that the Bible is the best work he could come up with?
If it were who would it speak to?
The bible is the remedial course in God/salvation 101
And still we have trouble with it.
(February 17, 2014 at 7:24 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote:If I am, then Why does it seem that you missed the intentions of what I said here?(February 16, 2014 at 11:43 pm)Drich Wrote: Ever use the term sunrise, sunset? You do know the sun does not move across the sky right? Why do we still use these terms? Because from our perspective these things still seem to hold true. How much more true when 'we' did not know any better?
So, maybe, when they spoke of God, they were just using poetic language to describe the natural formation of the universe and as a metaphor to represent their ideas of morality?
Or, are you just going to pick which cherries are metaphors and which aren't?
Why am I asking, you're as predictable as the sun rising.