December 2, 2017 - - Isaiah 40:22a Debunking the flat earth myth

It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,

Isaiah 40:22a NKJV

The truth is, at the time of Columbus, no-one in recorded history believed the earth flat, and all theologians and scholars who had commented on the issue had affirmed the Earth as a globe. Rather, the scholars contended with Columbus because they (rightly!) believed the distance to Japan was much greater than Columbus had claimed. At that time they had a reasonable estimate of the circumference of the earth.

The flat earth myth was invented and propagated by anti-Christians in the 1800's, especially by Washington Irving in his 1828 autobiography of Columbus. The story has been eagerly endorsed by historians until recently. The myth was especially exposed by the work of distinguished medieval historian Jeffrey Burton Russell. The flat earth myth is still used by anti-Christians today to cast aspersion on creationists"

Michael Oard's review of: "Bearing False Witness: debunking centuries of Anti-Catholic history" by Rodney Stark.

JoC 31(3) 2017

I wonder how many Christians promulgate this lie as well? How many Christians want to discredit the truth that the earth is just under 6,000 years old and God by His Word, created out of nothing, the heavens and the earth? Many Christians have bought into the lie of evolution.

It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the manifestation of the glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness, in the beginning, to create, or make out of nothing, the world, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good."

The Westminster Confession of Faith

Chapter IV Of Creation, I

Your Word is Truth, O King of Glory! Blessed be Your Name.

Keep me, and my brothers and sisters in Christ, from bearing false witness. Aid us by Your Spirit to ever seek Your Truth, in the Word and in creation, and live as Your ambassadors. We pray this, in the Name of our Jesus, our Monarch, reigning from heaven above the circle of the earth". Amen.