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The biggest evidence of the Flood? The world ocean.
- Thread starter Idolater
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I believe the waters of "the deep" is the same as in Gen 1:2.
And the single firmament (the expanse) was made to separate the waters of the deep (Gen 1:6) in order to have dry land and an atmosphere in between the waters that would sustain life.
1Mind1Spirit
Literal lunatic
I'm reserving judgement on this.
IOW, taking it into consideration from my viewpoint.
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
The "firmament" ("expanse") is not the sky. The "firmament of the heavens" is the sky.
By the time David wrote this, there would have, in fact, been "waters" above the heavens, in the form of comets. So no, that one verse does not make my position wrong.
1Mind1Spirit
Literal lunatic
If you want me to believe that we've landed on comets and know what they are I'm gonna need some proof this is even possible.
Gravity hasn't been known as a force for over a hundred years now despite them teaching it to kids.
So, if space is real, I need to know how gas molecules that expand to fill up empty space don't head on out there leaving us nothing to breathe.
To have gas pressure requires a container.
Since we can't use gravity as a force to contain the air, how the heck is it contained?
IOW, show me how you can have gas pressure without a container.
If God put a firmament over us I can see how we breathe.
Otherwise???
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Derf
Well-known member
That's got to be the goofiest misreading of a passage I've ever heard (barring the flat earth readings)
Your appeal to the stone notwithstanding...
When talking about elephants and their trunks, let's say I want to put an elephants toy in the trunk of the car. Or I could let the elephant pick up the toy with his trunk, and have him put it in the trunk of the car.
The Bible does the same thing as in the above sentences, just with "firmament" and "firmament of the heavens. Why do you think the first FIVE times Moses used just the word "firmament" (Hebrew "raqia," which means something pounded out, like a smith pounds out metal to make it thinner and to spread it out), and then the next FOUR times he adds "of the heavens"?
It's because they're two different things, just like when talking about elephants and their trunks, putting elephant toys in the trunk of the car. Two different things are being spoken about, the firmament, and the firmament of the heavens.
One is the crust of the earth, the second is the sky.
Derf
Well-known member
It was because he hadn't named the firmament until the 5th time. After he named it, then he associated the two words from then on.
Don't you think it weird for there to be lights in the firmament, called "heavens", when heaven is on earth, as you said?
1Mind1Spirit
Literal lunatic
Doubt you've read enough of em to be able to critique.
Derf
Well-known member
Doubt you would know whether I have or not.
1Mind1Spirit
Literal lunatic
Derf
Well-known member
I'm not interested here, because of all the junk I've read from the flat earthers. I wasn't interested there, because it was off topic.
One deep divided by one firmament.
Land and sky, the area that sustains life.
1Mind1Spirit
Literal lunatic
So you can show how there can be gas pressure without a container?
It wasn't off topic but I wouldn't have pressed the point because it was your thread.
I was banned from that thread prematurely.
I most likely wouldn't have said another word there.
Derf
Well-known member
It wasn't my choice to ban you, and I appreciate that you would have stayed on topic. The flat earth gig is a major distraction for believers.
Idolater
"Foundation of the World" Dispensationalist χρ
@1Mind1Spirit you can talk about flat earth if you want to. "I'm your huckleberry" 
Great!@1Mind1Spirit you can talk about flat earth if you want to. "I'm your huckleberry"
I find the argument for flat earth interesting, so I don't mind the discussion.
Idolater
"Foundation of the World" Dispensationalist χρ
I don't mind any discussion. That's why we're here.
Peace.