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    The earth is flat and we never went to the moon

    In fact, your second ice wall image is a photograph by Mike Theiss. You can see his copyright marking in the corner. Go here to see a non-cropped version of it (for sale, even!). (And check out other pictures by Mike Theiss--they're stunning.)...
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    The earth is flat and we never went to the moon

    These are in the Arctic as well. Sometimes we fly over them, just as people have flown over the Antarctic. Does it bother you that nobody really knows what's on the other side of the ice wall, despite it being a rather easy task to fly over it?
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    The earth is flat and we never went to the moon

    Sorry, I missed that one--you usually explain yourself so much better. But I think I added something important, as the northern hemisphere Great Circle routes always bend north, which, though the scale is off the closer you get to the equator, is also what the flat earth map would predict.
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    The earth is flat and we never went to the moon

    Sure there is: "stand still" is an anthropomorphism. And we know those never refer to actual reality!
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    The earth is flat and we never went to the moon

    DFT_Dave, Have you looked into Great Circle distances? Great Circle distances are used by pilots all the time to reduce flight times. In plane geometry, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. So if I wanted to go from Los Angeles to New York, I could spread a map on a...
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    Theology Club: How could God truthfully threaten to "consume" the Israelites in Ex 32:10?

    From a conversation with Jerry Shugart (here), there was a disagreement about whether God was really threatening to destroy Israel and raise up a nation from Moses, or if it was an idle threat just as a test of Moses. Here's the passage (with the primary verses for this conversation...
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    What will our resurrected bodies be like according to the bible?

    I'm looking for what people think about our resurrected bodies. I'm a bit argumentative at times, but I will try to refrain a bit here. I mainly would like to hear opinions and I would like to know the biblical basis of your opinion.
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    Theology Club: How God might have raised up Cyrus (ref Is 44:28 and 45:1)

    One of the arguments against Open Theism is the section of Isaiah that deals with Cyrus--even naming him by name as the chosen vehicle for rescuing God's people. The argument goes like this (from Bruce Ware as quoted by http://www.gfcto.com/articles/theological-issues/isaiah-40-48--open-theism)...
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    Theology Club: Open Theism Destroys Arminianism??

    I should probably apologize up front for this,--for asking a question that's already answered elsewhere, but I couldn't find it. I read once, from a Calvinist, that one good thing that has come from Open Theism is that it destroys Arminianism. My questions are: Who said/wrote it (I'm...
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    The Late Great Urantia Revelation

    I suppose it's easy to say you're not threatened by Paul when you discount stuff you don't like as pseudepigraphal. How convenient. I suppose it's easy to say you're not threatened by Paul when you discount stuff you don't like as pseudoepigraphal
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    Theology Club: Open View and Preterism

    I'm not originally either Open Theistic or Preteristic, but as I've moved in the Open direction, I've also become more intrigued with preterism. I haven't settled on either yet (I'm more of a Open Open Theist, rather than a Settled Open Theist :)), but would appreciate some feedback from others...
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    Theology Club: What if God needed Adam to fall early on?

    I'm just trying to think this thing through. I'm inclined toward the open view of the future, but in some cases it tends to wrap back around toward something that looks Calvinistic. For example, Adam and Eve in the garden... Here's my scenario. God decides to create a being that can...
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    Intro to Derf

    I guess this is where we get to try out the posting tools before we lambast someone with it? Just kidding. Been reading the site for awhile, starting with one of the battle Royales (on Open Theism), but just decided to join. First impressions are that there are a lot of people here that...
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