Category: Inerrancy

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The triple-decker universe

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The common claim that the entire ANE all believed in a Three Tiered Cosmology and that it is even thought in our own Bible is a common annoying claim. Those who present such ideas miss the simplest observations to maintain their narrative. Steve Hays once wrote: Critics of the Bible like to belabor the triple-decker universe. This overlooks a number of considerations. 1.The Bible employs a double-decker formula (e.g. Gen 2:4) as well as triple-decker formula (e.g. Exod 20:4). Given this stylistic variety, there is no reason to privilege the triple-decker formula over and above the double-decker formula. Continue reading The triple-decker universe

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The day the Earth stood Flat

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1 “Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, 2 “Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? 3 “Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me! 4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, 5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? 6 “On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted … Continue reading The day the Earth stood Flat

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Don’t bump your head on the solid dome!

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A collection of good articles on the issue of Cosmology and the OT: Is the raqiya a solid dome? Is the raqîa‘ (‘firmament’) a solid dome? Steve Hays thoughts on the topic Firmament Wall of water The waters above The waters above Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology Ancient logistics The cosmic temple Inspired intent Adam in the balance Flat earth or flat head? Borrowed Cosmology Darkness at noon Gilgamishmash Baggins v. Sauron The pillars of the earth Paul Seely Silent Running Babbleinski Gen 1 & the Enuma elish Genesis and ancient Near Eastern stories of Creation and the Flood: an … Continue reading Don’t bump your head on the solid dome!

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Journey to the center of the Flat Earth

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It is a time of great liberalism we find more and more scholars maintaining positions that undermine the Biblical writers. It comes in the idea of open theism, denials of inerrancy, polytheism, and the Flat Earth. It is good not all have gone that route such as Dr. Vern Poythress and others. Dr. Poythress wrote in his book Inerrancy and Worldview on pages 39-41 this: An Alleged Three-Decker Universe? Similar principles help us to understand the passages where the Bible makes a tripartite distinction in spatial regions. Exodus 20:4, for example, says, “You shall not make for yourself a carved … Continue reading Journey to the center of the Flat Earth