chapset said:
like what?? the earth being flat?? |
The bible never said the Earth was flat. The Catholic church said the Earth was flat because of the Ptolmic views they held onto since the founding of the church by decree of the Roman Emperor Consantine. The sect of Christianity he choose to create the new state religion had mixed the views of Plato with that of 'ancient' Christianity, to the point where traidition and not biblical scripture became the overiding force that guides them. And a central belief of Ptolimic views was the world was flat. (The funny thing is Jesus condemed the Pharasees and Sagucees for following tradition and not the word of god. And sorry about my spelling the auto-checker isn't working for some reason.)
Actually it is quit the opposite at Isaiah 40:22 is says: "There is One who is dwelling above the circle of the earth, the dwellers in which are as grasshoppers." And the Hebrew word that is translated here as circle could also be translated as sphere or globe.
As for the prophacies Jesus life and death fulfilled nearly 100 prophacies in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testement).
If some are interested here is a run of articles that cover the topic of various prophacies that have been fulfilled.
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012167 (Prophaices about Isreal)
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012208
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012249 (Prophacies about Jesus)
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012290 (Prophacies about Jesus's death)
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012326 (Prophacies about the good news)
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012375 (Prophacies about the last days)
