> Mr. Till,
>
> As usual, you demonstrate your ignorance of different genres in the biblical
text. Phenomenal language is often used in the Bible to describe
indescribable events.
>
> Also, remember the passage in the gospels where it says that in that day
two will be working in the field and one will be taken up, and at the same
time it says that two will be sleeping at night and one will be taken up.
How else to explain this story of Jesus unless the earth is round? If the
earth was flat, you would have daylight and nightime all over the earth.
Sorry Mr. Till, but the more I read of your posts, the more you lose me.
Walt, would you PLEASE get access to a different email program. Most of
us have a major problem formatting your posts, and you know this. I've
never seen any indication that you care nor desire to remedy the
situation. Isn't it clear that in order to see "all the kingdoms of the
earth" from on top of a mountain (Matthew 4), the gospel author thought
the earth was flat? As far as the spectacular (cough) instance in Luke
17 revealing the earth as spherical, you should really re-read this
passage Walt. Luke 17:26 speaks of the "days" of the Son of Man. There
is no indication Jesus is thinking of a spherical earth, day-time in one
part, night-time in another. The parallel passage in Mark 13 (vss 17,
19, 20, 24) clearly reveal Jesus is thinking about DAYS, not just one
day, light on one side of the earth and darkness on the other.
Mike