Re: Flat Earth Chronology

["William J. Larson" <bill_larson@CSI.COM>]

God was a supposed to have stopped the sun, implying
that the apparent motion of the sun was NOT due to
the rotation of the Earth.

Greek philosophers well understood that the Earth is round.
Popular belief in a flat Earth persisted however till the time
of Columbus.

Cheers,
Bill Larson
Geneva, Switzerland



----- Original Message -----
From: Anne Pfannkoch <akp@INR.NET>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: 1999 October 25 3:58 AM
Subject: Re: Flat Earth Chronology


> I have never seen any evidence that the Bible teaches about a flat earth
> (or an earth-centered solar system, for that matter, Spanish inquisition
> notwithstanding.) The only thing I have ever found in the Bible that
> talks about the shape of the earth calls it a circle:
>
> Isa.40:22 It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the
> inhabitants thereof  are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the
> heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.
>
> I'll be interested in other replies.
>
> Anne
>
> Jim Green wrote:
>
> > Can someone please give a chronology of the belief in a flat Earth.
> > Egyptians? Babylonians? Hebrews? Chinese? Old Testament? Etc?
> >
> > When did belief in a spherical like Earth become common?
> >
> > Jim Green
> > mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
> > http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen