![]() ![]() There were scientists on both sides and Christians on both sides. It was over the widely accepted (but wrong) geocentric theory versus Galileo's correct heliocentric belief. All parties believed in a spherical earth. The scientific aspect was NOT about the shape of the earth. The trial of Galileo is a complex political, scientific and theological controversy. ![]() This is another example of not getting the facts straight. Note: Some people bring up the trial of Galileo as a proof that Christians believed in a flat earth. He accepted the myth about flat-earth Christians without checking its validity.Ĥ Facts About Figurative Language in Scripture And somehow this fiction became “fact,” and a popular way to discredit Christianity.īut we can rejoice even in this: “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you.” Matthew 5:11Īnd I might add that my rude commenter didn't take his own advice-he didn't use his brain. ![]() He mixed fact with fiction and created a story about foolish flat-earth Christians opposing Columbus’ voyages. This myth about flat-earth Christians originated when Washington Irving wrote The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. In fact, early European missionaries spread the spherical earth view along with the gospel. And Christian scholars are credited with some of the best explanations of the spherical earth in ancient and Middle Age literature. And he brought up the widely-held belief that Christians once insisted the earth was flat.Įarly church fathers and theologians actually formed the largest group of individuals who advanced and supported the spherical earth view. Recently an unbeliever tried to discredit me by saying Christians don’t use their brains. ![]()
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