What’s Wrong With The Bible? 4/22/08 -God Don’t Know Geometry.

Ok, in honor of Earth Day we’ll be looking at what the Bible says about this pale blue dot we call home.  Let’s start with Isaiah 11:12:
“12And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”

Four corners?  Now, I’ve been out of high school for almost ten years, but I’m pretty sure that a globe has no corners being all non-angular and all.  Must be a misprint.  I’m sure it won’t happen again.  Let’s read on.
Daniel 4:11:
“11 The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth.”

I thought we already established that, being a globe, the Earth has no corners or angles and so it can’t have an end, much less multiple ends.  I’m sure this is all because it’s Old Testament.  That was the old days, the New Testament is new and smarter and hipper.  Let’s hear from one of my personal books of the Bible: Revelation 7:1:
“1And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.”

The four corners thing again?  Really?  You’d think that someone as omniscient as God is would notice that the earth is, indeed, a globe and not some kind of quadrilateral shape.  You’d think a if a book that supposedly has his approval had these kind of egregious errors in it he’d say “Hang on a minute!” and give his people the truth instead of letting them wallow in their ignorance.  But, I guess that’s one thing the Christian God is good at.

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