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By: Contra Mundum: The Judgmental Jesus « Theology Geek NZ

Contra Mundum: The Judgmental Jesus « Theology Geek NZ — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:39:28 +0000

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By: Ilion

Ilion — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:18:08 +0000

Even without the documentary evidence that Medieval Christians didn't believe or teach that the earth was flat, do things like this -- the Orb -- even begin to make sense if they imagined the world were flat? Not only their words, but their iconography agrues against the "flat-earth" myth. .-= My last blog-post ..'Robin Of Berkeley' Goes To Church =-.

By: Quodlibeta

Quodlibeta — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:13:08 +0000

Yes Virginia, there are flat-earthers…

There are some good essays online on the flat earth myth … I recently linked to this post by M&M … Rather than add to what they wrote, I’d like to address a parallel issue. Once non-Christians started ridiculing Christianity as promoting a flat ea…

By: Agent Intellect

Agent Intellect — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:08:39 +0000

Yes Virginia, there are flat-earthers…

There are some good essays online on the flat earth myth — the belief that people thought the earth was flat prior to Columbus. I recently linked to this post by M&M, here’s another, and here’s one James wrote …. The go-to book for all of this is …

By: KHdN – Kenneth Hynek (dot Net) » Blog Archive » Turns out the Church never taught about a flat Earth

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:01:44 +0000

[...] want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet BoxTurns out that it wasn’t Christopher Columbus’ voyage that affirmed the roundness of the globe to all those ignorant Churchy [...]

By: Health-Fitness|Medicine|Weight Loss|Beauty|Lifestyle|Diabetes » Did Christians believe in a flat earth during the Middle Ages?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:35:54 +0000

[...] Consider this post from Matt Flanagan of MandM. (H/T Thinking Matters New Zealand) [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:38:32 +0000

thanks Matt, that was a great enlightening read. .-= My last blog-post ..Pro-Life Training Workshop in New Zealand =-.

By: Quodlibeta

Quodlibeta — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:52:28 +0000

Oh for Pete’s Sake…

Another sighting of the flat earth myth. In high school textbooks….

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:18:13 +0000

When Matt first blogged on this, at the time the ad was on the air a couple of years ago Victoria University’s student newspaper contacted him and interviewed him on it – not sure what came of that.
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By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:22:59 +0000

I sent email to Victoria University about their misleading advertising about Columbus and flat-earth. Got no reply yet.