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<blockquote data-quote="diesel96" data-source="post: 209097" data-attributes="member: 9859"><p>History is not my best subject,but didn't Chritopher Columbus go over this with the queen of Spain?</p><p> </p><p>Home school.com</p><p> </p><p></p><p>"Columbus believed that the world was round. Everyone else thought that it was flat. In 1492, Columbus finally overcame the objections of the bigoted church leaders of Spain, who believed the world was flat because the Bible said it was. Columbus got the backing of Queen Isabella on the sly, behind King Ferdinand's back. Perhaps there was some romantic infatuation or dalliance. In any event, Queen Isabella pawned her jewels to raise the funds for Columbus' three ships and off he went. His epic voyage of discovery was one of the crucial steps in mankind's throwing off the superstitions of the dark ages." </p><p> </p><p>Let's start with the theoretical idea that the world is round. Columbus was not the first to conceive it. Among the ancient Greeks, Aristotle, Strabo, Eratosthenes, and Ptolemy all wrote that the earth was round. Ptolemy's work on geography had been the standard text at European universities since its rediscovery early in the 1400's. Eratosthenes had calculated the size of the earth about 250 b.c. (within 10 percent of the actual value) and his works were widely known in Europe. </p><p> </p><p> Columbus was familiar with the Greek geographers. But beyond the ancient Greeks, there are a multitude of practical everyday experiences that confirm that the earth is round. All sailors know that as you watch a ship sailing away from you, it goes "hull Earth which recounts how Eratosthenes did his measurements and calculations. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> The problem with this account is that almost none of it is true! In 1492, every educated man knew that the world was round. So did every ocean-going sailor. The "bigoted church leaders of Spain" did not oppose Columbus. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Wikipedia</p><p>Belief in a flat Earth is found in mankind's oldest writings. In early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_mythology" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Mesopotamian thought</span></u></a>, the world was portrayed as a flat disk floating in the ocean, and this forms the premise for early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Greek</span></u></a> maps like those of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Anaximander</span></u></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecataeus" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Hecataeus</span></u></a>.</p><p>Many theologians and biblical researchers maintain that writers of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Bible</span></u></a> had a Babylonian world view according to which Earth is flat and stands on some sort of pillars. According to <em>Dictionary of the Bible</em> written by W. Browning "Hebrew cosmology pictured a flat earth, over which was a dome-shaped firmament, supported above the earth by mountains, and surrounded by waters. Holes or sluices (windows, Gen 7.11) allowed the water to fall as rain. The firmament was the heaven in which God set the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">sun</span></u></a> (Ps 19.4) and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">stars</span></u></a> (Gen 1.14)"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth#_note-0" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">[1]</span></u></a> Other theologians counter that the book of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Isaiah</span></u></a> alludes to the earth being circular or spherical (Isa 40.22).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">[<em>citation needed</em>]</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diesel96, post: 209097, member: 9859"] History is not my best subject,but didn't Chritopher Columbus go over this with the queen of Spain? Home school.com "Columbus believed that the world was round. Everyone else thought that it was flat. In 1492, Columbus finally overcame the objections of the bigoted church leaders of Spain, who believed the world was flat because the Bible said it was. Columbus got the backing of Queen Isabella on the sly, behind King Ferdinand's back. Perhaps there was some romantic infatuation or dalliance. In any event, Queen Isabella pawned her jewels to raise the funds for Columbus' three ships and off he went. His epic voyage of discovery was one of the crucial steps in mankind's throwing off the superstitions of the dark ages." Let's start with the theoretical idea that the world is round. Columbus was not the first to conceive it. Among the ancient Greeks, Aristotle, Strabo, Eratosthenes, and Ptolemy all wrote that the earth was round. Ptolemy's work on geography had been the standard text at European universities since its rediscovery early in the 1400's. Eratosthenes had calculated the size of the earth about 250 b.c. (within 10 percent of the actual value) and his works were widely known in Europe. Columbus was familiar with the Greek geographers. But beyond the ancient Greeks, there are a multitude of practical everyday experiences that confirm that the earth is round. All sailors know that as you watch a ship sailing away from you, it goes "hull Earth which recounts how Eratosthenes did his measurements and calculations. The problem with this account is that almost none of it is true! In 1492, every educated man knew that the world was round. So did every ocean-going sailor. The "bigoted church leaders of Spain" did not oppose Columbus. Wikipedia Belief in a flat Earth is found in mankind's oldest writings. In early [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_mythology"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Mesopotamian thought[/COLOR][/U][/URL], the world was portrayed as a flat disk floating in the ocean, and this forms the premise for early [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Greek[/COLOR][/U][/URL] maps like those of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Anaximander[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecataeus"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Hecataeus[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Many theologians and biblical researchers maintain that writers of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Bible[/COLOR][/U][/URL] had a Babylonian world view according to which Earth is flat and stands on some sort of pillars. According to [I]Dictionary of the Bible[/I] written by W. Browning "Hebrew cosmology pictured a flat earth, over which was a dome-shaped firmament, supported above the earth by mountains, and surrounded by waters. Holes or sluices (windows, Gen 7.11) allowed the water to fall as rain. The firmament was the heaven in which God set the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]sun[/COLOR][/U][/URL] (Ps 19.4) and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]stars[/COLOR][/U][/URL] (Gen 1.14)"[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth#_note-0"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][1][/COLOR][/U][/URL] Other theologians counter that the book of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Isaiah[/COLOR][/U][/URL] alludes to the earth being circular or spherical (Isa 40.22).[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][[I]citation needed[/I]][/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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