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My MAIN challenge to Flat Earth Proponents

BibleThinker

Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

There are several links to additional stuff you might be interested in: 1) An article on "raqia" or the Hebrew word we often see translated as "firmament." The big debate on this word is whether it implies the sky has a hard, solid dome or if it's just talking about an expansive space. I didn't cover it in today's video because it isn't about the shape of the earth. But, people are interested, so CLICK HERE for an article that Cultish put together on the topic. 2) Cultish is a very interesting show which covers lots of fringe topics and a variety of groups from Charles Manson's group, to Masons, to the JW's strange Bible translation, to the "cult of right wing politics." CLICK HERE to visit their YouTube channel.And CLICK HERE for their website.You can also find them on whatever podcast app you use. Allow me to react to some of the kinds of comments I expect to get on this video, since they also came in on the Cultish version of this interview which released earlier, and to make a few requests for those inclined to consider them. 1) "Mike is biased and untrustworthy, disingenuous, and generally bad."My response: That's a lot of bad stuff about me, but you haven't touched my reasoning or handled the Bible in context in order to demonstrate your position. Please comment below with Bible verses that, when examined in full context, promote your view. And please don't just post a verse, post your interpretation of it, as well, so that we can all understand and learn. 2) "No flat earth proponents use those verses. Mike isn't dealing with the real Bible verses we use."My response: That's definitely not true. I got these verses from flat earthers, I didn't make them up. However, it's true that many of those who say the Bible supports a flat earth never really get around to offering specific verses that you can examine. They tend to just reference the Bible more vaguely or lean on what someone else says about the Ancient Near East. If you reject these as flat earth Bible verses, then you actually agree with me that those who use them (and plenty do) are misinterpreting the Bible for their purposes. However, if you have OTHER verses that support a flat earth, then please comment below with Bible verses that, when examined in full context, promote your view. And please don't just post a verse, post your interpretation of it, as well, so that we can all understand and learn. 3) "You should have a flat earth proponent on to talk about this stuff for themselves."My response: No thanks. I don't need to have every single person on my channel who I disagree with. Imagine the apostle Paul inviting Judaizers on tour with him or cowriting Galatians with someone who disagrees with him for, you know, objectivity. That's silly. I can handle views without turning my entire ministry into a debate and interview platform. I read plenty of flat earth literature and looked at plenty of videos from proponents in order to make sure I got Bible verses that were really being used to support that side. This complaint is merely a way of ignoring what I've said and saying I should have done something totally different. I'm not your puppet, and this response ignores careful Bible study instead of considering it. I've got books by Rob Skiba and Dean Odle, and have had a private and long conversation with Dean Od

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Okay, this video is not going to be bashing on flat earth proponents. There's been plenty of that,

0:05.1

too much of that on the internet, but it is going to be doing something more useful than that,

0:10.0

which is to take the fact that flat earth's proponents very often pride themselves on the idea

0:14.4

that they're handling the Bible really well, that they are one of the few groups that are saying,

0:19.3

hey, I'm really going to believe what this text of Scripture says and it says that the earth is flat.

0:24.0

What I'm going to say and suggest in this video and through this two-hour interview that you're

0:28.1

about to listen to is that the flat earth's proponents have been mishandling the Bible,

0:32.6

the thing that they're priding themselves in in particular. This is not something that you need

0:37.2

some sort of advanced degree to understand. It's not based on some difficult studies of ancient

0:41.8

history. It's only based upon taking Scripture in context. Anybody with the Bible can see these

0:47.2

things. They seem very plain to me and after having looked up flat earth Bible verses versus

0:52.1

that are presented by you, the flat earth's community, to tell me that I should believe a

0:56.1

Bible believer that I should believe a flat earth is flat. After looking up these verses,

1:00.1

I've found them to be refutations of your position and not support for your position.

1:05.6

So this is not just an empty claim. I'm only letting you know what this video is about.

1:09.5

So I did this interview on a program called Coltish and it was actually two podcasts that I've

1:14.8

put into one giant video that's going to be this video right now. What I want to ask though is

1:19.2

only one thing. I only ask one thing of flat earth's proponent to watch this video. Please address

1:24.8

what I address and don't change the subject to things that don't come up in the video. Those

1:28.9

things have relevance. They're valid and there's going to be links below to some other stuff,

1:32.4

like say the the firmament or rakia that that that whole thing. But that's not what this video is about.

1:38.3

This is about the shape of the earth, not the shape of the sky or whatever you want to put in

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