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JT45242

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10. The bible says neither...bad interpreters may have said those things

Reply to Dr. T (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:07 AM

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The moronic British clergymen who came up with the 6000 year old earth based on the Hebrew texts would be laughed at by every Hebrew scholar and Rabbi on Earth for thousands of years.

He took the bad English translation and came up with that number.

As for the Earth being flat, just not addressed.

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Sorry, flat Earthers... [View all] AZ8theist Yesterday OP

Was stunning here malaise Yesterday #1

We have always had definitive proof that the earth is not flat. . the cats niyad Yesterday #2

Haha malaise Yesterday #3

Have you ever met a person who believes the world is flat? Towlie Yesterday #4

Kyrie Irving NewHendoLib Yesterday #5

A freinds son in law has one in his family. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #6

I have, and there is no Socratic thing going on. The person is wedded niyad Yesterday #7

I've never read the bible but I'm pretty sure Dr. T Yesterday #8

The bible says neither...bad interpreters may have said those things JT45242 Yesterday #10

The Bible (mainly Genesis 1) doesn't say it but everyone believed it at the time. Towlie Yesterday #20

And the Bible certainly doesn't say anything about dinosaurs! Towlie Yesterday #21

I think the dinosaur thing was the guy who owns the Noah's Arc Dr. T Yesterday #22

You're thinking of Ken Ham AZ8theist Yesterday #25

They have conventions wolfie001 Yesterday #12

For people who don't exist, they sure have a lot of YouTube channels. Aristus Yesterday #15

As anyone who has seen the Death Star knows Tetrachloride Yesterday #9

But it could be just a disk nuxvomica Yesterday #11

True, but not every time. And not from different perspectives. AZ8theist Yesterday #24

*Playing Devil's Advocate* J_William_Ryan Yesterday #13

The sad part, as i understand it, is the whole flat earth society thing started as a joke. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #14

Sorry, flat earthers have been around for millenia. Just google niyad Yesterday #16

Ah. I must have been living under a rock, lol. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #18

No, you probably just lived around rational people. niyad Yesterday #19

In Germany in 1862 it was proved that the more CO 2 you have in a body of gas the more heat that Botany Yesterday #17

Last I heard, it is flat ornotna Yesterday #23

Turtles all the way down NoRethugFriends Yesterday #27

I think I know were... Conjuay Yesterday #28

The earth is NOT flat LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #26

Back when the internet was younger, Conjuay Yesterday #29

Their brain waves are flat too. GreenWave Yesterday #30

;-{)... Goonch Yesterday #31

I've come across flat earthers. VGNonly 23 hrs ago #32