@asdf36254 Regarding Columbus: if proving sphericity was ever his objective, he probably wanted to prove it was a *full* sphere, not a semisphere, or that the sphere was fully traversable. Because there is still an 'edge' of the world if you have a full sphere: if you sail past the equator, you'll fall off the ball.
@asdf36254 I've looked into it now, and you may be partially(!) right. Diogenes Laërtius, a Greek biographer from the third century A.D., discusses who may have come up with the concept of a spherical earth. So around his time, the idea of a spherical earth had won the debate. Also note that Eratosthenes (second century B.C.) already calculated the earth's size with very high precision for his time.
@LeTinctoire ...despite all the well-cited references that say we did? Why do you deny them? You sound personally affronted by this - bit sensitive on the subject of religion aren't you.
@Poidar The latter is just the inability of text to convey subtle emotions. I'm very irreligious and non-spiritual and whatnot. I just get annoyed when "common knowledge" like this is casually taken for true.
I've never seen "well-cited references" that prove that a sufficiently important group of people thought the Earth was flat. The ancient Greek knew very well that we live on a 'sphere' (they liked the idea of perfect spheres), and the generations after them knew this as well.
@LeTinctoire Biblical science foreknowledge # 13- A REVOLVING (SPHERICAL) EARTH (Luke 17:34-36). Jesus said that at His return some would be asleep at night while others would be working at day time activities in the field, a clear indication of a revolving earth, with day and night occurring simultaneously. # 45-LIGHT CAN BE DIVIDED (Job 38:24).Isaac Newton discovered that white light is made of seven colours, which can be "parted" and then recombined. God declared this four millennia ago!
Well how DO you make wheat grow?
rcguy69 4 months ago
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Mriya6 5 months ago
@asdf36254 Regarding Columbus: if proving sphericity was ever his objective, he probably wanted to prove it was a *full* sphere, not a semisphere, or that the sphere was fully traversable. Because there is still an 'edge' of the world if you have a full sphere: if you sail past the equator, you'll fall off the ball.
LeTinctoire 5 months ago
@asdf36254 I've looked into it now, and you may be partially(!) right. Diogenes Laërtius, a Greek biographer from the third century A.D., discusses who may have come up with the concept of a spherical earth. So around his time, the idea of a spherical earth had won the debate. Also note that Eratosthenes (second century B.C.) already calculated the earth's size with very high precision for his time.
LeTinctoire 5 months ago
We never thought the Earth was flat. Never. Get your history facts right.
LeTinctoire 5 months ago
@LeTinctoire ...despite all the well-cited references that say we did? Why do you deny them? You sound personally affronted by this - bit sensitive on the subject of religion aren't you.
Poidar 5 months ago 7
@Poidar The latter is just the inability of text to convey subtle emotions. I'm very irreligious and non-spiritual and whatnot. I just get annoyed when "common knowledge" like this is casually taken for true.
I've never seen "well-cited references" that prove that a sufficiently important group of people thought the Earth was flat. The ancient Greek knew very well that we live on a 'sphere' (they liked the idea of perfect spheres), and the generations after them knew this as well.
LeTinctoire 5 months ago
@LeTinctoire Biblical science foreknowledge # 13- A REVOLVING (SPHERICAL) EARTH (Luke 17:34-36). Jesus said that at His return some would be asleep at night while others would be working at day time activities in the field, a clear indication of a revolving earth, with day and night occurring simultaneously. # 45-LIGHT CAN BE DIVIDED (Job 38:24).Isaac Newton discovered that white light is made of seven colours, which can be "parted" and then recombined. God declared this four millennia ago!
MegaFloyd100 3 weeks ago
@MegaFloyd100 If you look hard enough, you can derive anything -- fact or fiction -- from any vague text.
LeTinctoire 3 weeks ago
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This is awesome :))) Makes so much sense! :)
MissEccy 5 months ago
Fantastic! They should aim for a Super Bowl ad. That would just be.. well.. Super.
saiglos 5 months ago 8