A Push Back On "Answers In Genesis" View For Flat Earth Ideas

Flat Earth views are bonkers but so is Answers In Genesis on this

For reference sake, this is the video I am referring to
Answers In Genesis - Does The Bible Actually Describe The Earth As Flat?

Although i agree, flat earthers are bonkers, i don't like Answers in Genesis's answer for how they approach the subject. First off, as some people have said over the years, these guys are not gracious and at times downright rude with a propensity to talk down to people from a high and lofty position. I’ve noticed it and so have many others.

They love to dance around a lot of what's in the bible to get to their conclusions. They do this a lot with many things and disregard a ton of scholarly material. There's a very simple answer to this view and they refuse to address it because they are very literal when it comes to the Bible. This creates a mountain of errors and inconsistencies with the biblical texts and how they continuously overlap in phrases and meanings throughout the whole narrative. Answers given via Answers In Genesis breaks this pattern and makes it vulnerable to attacks, citing errors upon errors.

What I've researched and saw just in the text, that's not how the Bible works. It's not trying to be scientific because science constantly changes. An author of the Bible writing of a global earth would contradict the limited understanding of the time. When the Bible talks about stars, you can glean just by other material of the same period and other verses and phrases within the Bible what is being said within the worldview of the people.

The authors wrote within the worldview of what they knew. It's as simple as that. Nobody at this time knew anything about modern science and a global earth. It's inconsistent and would sound ludicrous to any reader of the time.

The fact is, God could care less about what was said about science. He wasn't out to prove the Earth was round. That isn't the intent of the Bible. How do we know this? Oh, that's an easy one. Ready? Because there are things within the Bible that are undeniably scientifically WRONG. It wasn't wrong at the time of the writing but it is now in the 21 Century. We know it's wrong.

Does that make God a liar? No, cause He was NEVER in the business of making the Bible conform to a modern day scientific worldview! Nobody at the time of writing would know what was being said if He did. This is grossly misleading when people like Answers in Genesis force a modern view on Biblical worldviews. It inputs things that the texts do not support and frankly the entire worldview doesn't support.

This is why atheists love to mock Christians. They do the exact same thing. They force a worldview that doesn't conform to the biblical writers of the time. They insert ideas and laugh saying how error ridden the Bible is based on their own understanding.

Below are a few quotes from Dr. Michael Heiser on flat earth ideas.

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If we are to take Israelite cosmology as literal scientific reality, why don’t you take other items of “biblical science” literally? Here are some examples:

Do whole human persons really reside in the loins of males before they are conceived, much less born? That’s what a literalist reading of Hebrews 7:4-10 says (vv. 9-10 – “. . . Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him”)....Artificial insemination and “test tube babies” are realities because Hebrews 7 isn’t accurate science. If it was, then the “science” of Hebrews 7 has us committing murder with every use of a condom, or every ejaculation outside the womb, deliberate or otherwise (so you “natural birth control” folks are just as guilty). This is perverse on so many levels. But I ask again, if the Bible’s flat earth teaching corresponds to literal scientific reality, why aren’t you embracing the argument of Hebrews 7? (This, and with respect to what follows, is the part where things really can get dumber, per this post’s title).

Is the hair on a woman’s head really part of her genitalia that assists in drawing a man’s semen to her uterus so she can conceive? That’s what people in Paul’s day believed about hair. And based on what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 11 about hair and covering the head, he believed it, too. So I guess we need to in order to “believe the Bible.” Why not? You believe the earth is really flat, so why are you omitting this “Bible reality”? Don’t think that what I’m saying about first century people connecting hair to fertility and procreation is correct? Listen to this episode of my Naked Bible podcast. I quote ancient Greco-Roman philosophers (ever heard of Aristotle?) and physicians (how about Hippocrates?) to show this is indeed the case.2 (That’s called using primary sources for tapping into the worldview of the biblical writers — same thing I did for the flat earth stuff … so are you going to be consistent or not?) Again … we know today how procreation really works, scientifically. The hair on a woman’s head isn’t part of conception.

Does the brain play no role in thought (oh, the jokes I could insert here for this whole topic) or emotion? The Bible attributes those things to the kidneys, heart, and general innards (Gen 6:5; Psa 16:7; 26:2; Jer 11:20; etc.). Biblical Hebrew has no word for brain. So, the Bible tells us that our brain must be useless with respect to those things. But those are poetic expressions, Mike! Why? How is that consistent with your flat-earth literalism (no poetic expressions allowed)? So, dear flat earther, is mental illness really something a cardiologist should be addressing? When you have heart problems do you visit a psychiatrist or psychologist? If you don’t, you’re dishonest with your hermeneutics.
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Dr. Michael S Heiser - Christians Who Believe the Earth is Really Flat — Does It Get Any Dumber Than This?