Consider:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ahlo6aTXU2mibleZ34UCjsfty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100415024956AA49tPI&show=7#profile-info-6AaS9KXPaa
and
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiEWzzTXCWpO34KCa1.Zelzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100426001221AAh6NLs&show=7#profile-info-6AaS9KXPaa
I wonder how often this pattern has occurred.
Of course my legitimate attempt to answer this question have been blocked.
So my questions are;
* Is Hanna misrepresenting herself in order to set up a straw man for Angie to knock down?
* Is Hanna and Angie the same person?
* And are they using the block answerer capability to stiffle the debate, only allowing information from a perspective which makes Angie look clever?
* Who thinks Angie get the ten points?
* Am I the only one who finds this suspicious?
For those wondering, my answer was similar to the following (I can't cut&paste because I cannot access the question).
The word translated as “circle” in Isaiah 40:22 is the Hebrew word “chuwg”. Chuwg is not necessarily a sphere or a circle. Chuwg literally means roundness.
It would therefore be wrong for a Christian to claim that the use of chuwg represents “proof” that the Biblical authors knew that the earth is a sphere. Furthermore, the context of the verse does not indicate that the author was making a scientific statement about the shape of the earth. In context, chuwg was most likely being used to describe the atmosphere; the round container or 'vault' of the sky. The word chuwg can also be used to describe arches and domes. Sirach 43:11-12 (non-Biblical Hebrew text) describes the shape of the rainbow as chuwg.
It would be even more incorrect for a Bible detractor to claim that chuwg is definitively a two dimensional circle in an attempt to justify a claim of Biblical error.
So whilst these passages of scripture should not be interpreted as a scientific text making scientific claims, in this case, the Bible is scientifically correct in that these verses describe the earth as being 'round'.
The Hebrew word “duwr” (translated as “ball” in Isaiah 22:18) no more indicates a sphere than chuwg. Isaiah 29:3 uses duwr to describe an encampment “around” a city. Ezekiel 24:5 translates duwr as pile or heap as in a rounded pile of wood or “bones” for fuel (the KJV translates duwr here as “burn”).
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ahlo6aTXU2mibleZ34UCjsfty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100415024956AA49tPI&show=7#profile-info-6AaS9KXPaa
and
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiEWzzTXCWpO34KCa1.Zelzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100426001221AAh6NLs&show=7#profile-info-6AaS9KXPaa
I wonder how often this pattern has occurred.
Of course my legitimate attempt to answer this question have been blocked.
So my questions are;
* Is Hanna misrepresenting herself in order to set up a straw man for Angie to knock down?
* Is Hanna and Angie the same person?
* And are they using the block answerer capability to stiffle the debate, only allowing information from a perspective which makes Angie look clever?
* Who thinks Angie get the ten points?
* Am I the only one who finds this suspicious?
For those wondering, my answer was similar to the following (I can't cut&paste because I cannot access the question).
The word translated as “circle” in Isaiah 40:22 is the Hebrew word “chuwg”. Chuwg is not necessarily a sphere or a circle. Chuwg literally means roundness.
It would therefore be wrong for a Christian to claim that the use of chuwg represents “proof” that the Biblical authors knew that the earth is a sphere. Furthermore, the context of the verse does not indicate that the author was making a scientific statement about the shape of the earth. In context, chuwg was most likely being used to describe the atmosphere; the round container or 'vault' of the sky. The word chuwg can also be used to describe arches and domes. Sirach 43:11-12 (non-Biblical Hebrew text) describes the shape of the rainbow as chuwg.
It would be even more incorrect for a Bible detractor to claim that chuwg is definitively a two dimensional circle in an attempt to justify a claim of Biblical error.
So whilst these passages of scripture should not be interpreted as a scientific text making scientific claims, in this case, the Bible is scientifically correct in that these verses describe the earth as being 'round'.
The Hebrew word “duwr” (translated as “ball” in Isaiah 22:18) no more indicates a sphere than chuwg. Isaiah 29:3 uses duwr to describe an encampment “around” a city. Ezekiel 24:5 translates duwr as pile or heap as in a rounded pile of wood or “bones” for fuel (the KJV translates duwr here as “burn”).