Did science or the bible first note that the earth hangs on nothing?
Did science or the bible first note that the earth was a circle and not flat?
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Post #171
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A little Googling would give you this answer. Orbital mechanics have been understood for quite some time. This Wikipedia article summarizes things:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_mechanics
and there are many more detailed descriptions related specifically to Earth, for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
(see table on the right side, and also the Orbit and rotation section)
We know these numbers in great detail.
See above links ... orbital mechanics is very well understood, including situations which require Relativistic corrections such as the orbit of Mercury.
I think you mean force rather than body, and that force is gravity. The largest "body" in our solar system (the sun, containing about 99.8% of the solar system's total mass) dominates, so I suppose you could say that it is the "governing body."
It is thought that our own solar system was indeed very much a demolition derby early on during its formation some 4.6 billion years ago. We only have the present, stable situation after things settled down over many tens of millions of years.
I suspect our current science is very lacking in clear answers on how this earth is governed in it's axis and rotational speed and orbit.
Does anyone have a precise calculation of how this is controlled?
A little Googling would give you this answer. Orbital mechanics have been understood for quite some time. This Wikipedia article summarizes things:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_mechanics
and there are many more detailed descriptions related specifically to Earth, for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
(see table on the right side, and also the Orbit and rotation section)
We know these numbers in great detail.
If this were controlled by gravitational force, then what are the clear calculations which govern the earth's orbit?
See above links ... orbital mechanics is very well understood, including situations which require Relativistic corrections such as the orbit of Mercury.
Which is the governing body which controls this and all other planets?
I think you mean force rather than body, and that force is gravity. The largest "body" in our solar system (the sun, containing about 99.8% of the solar system's total mass) dominates, so I suppose you could say that it is the "governing body."
What controls all of these countless planets so we do not have a planetary demolition derby which would result in total chaos?
It is thought that our own solar system was indeed very much a demolition derby early on during its formation some 4.6 billion years ago. We only have the present, stable situation after things settled down over many tens of millions of years.
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Post #172
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You think sitting on pillars is mutually exclusive with hanging upon nothing? A disk, sitting on pillars in an ocean of water, surrounded by a solid domed firmament also hangs upon nothing - it's sitting on pillars.
So my answer would be equally close.
You think sitting on pillars is mutually exclusive with hanging upon nothing? A disk, sitting on pillars in an ocean of water, surrounded by a solid domed firmament also hangs upon nothing - it's sitting on pillars.
So my answer would be equally close.
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One implies being supported from beneath while the other implies being suspended from above. Doesn’t sound the same to me.Bust Nak wrote: You think sitting on pillars is mutually exclusive with hanging upon nothing? A disk, sitting on pillars in an ocean of water, surrounded by a solid domed firmament also hangs upon nothing - it's sitting on pillars.
So my answer would be equally close.
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Post #174
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Wait, you think the Bible implies the Earth was being suspended from above? In which case I suppose it could be argued that it's marginally closer to modern cosmology. That's not the impression I am getting from "hangeth upon nothing" though, I read that as not suspended from above.
Wait, you think the Bible implies the Earth was being suspended from above? In which case I suppose it could be argued that it's marginally closer to modern cosmology. That's not the impression I am getting from "hangeth upon nothing" though, I read that as not suspended from above.
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Post #175
Ok, a question for you. You see a ball mysteriously positioned in the air above the ground. In simple terms, how would you describe it’s appearance? As ‘suspended or hanging on nothing’? Or would you describe it as ‘sitting atop of a pillar’?Bust Nak wrote: Wait, you think the Bible implies the Earth was being suspended from above? In which case I suppose it could be argued that it's marginally closer to modern cosmology. That's not the impression I am getting from "hangeth upon nothing" though, I read that as not suspended from above.
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Post #176
I’d describe it as ‘mysteriously posititioned in the air above the ground’, unless I saw either a string or a pillar.Still small wrote:Ok, a question for you. You see a ball mysteriously positioned in the air above the ground. In simple terms, how would you describe it’s appearance? As ‘suspended or hanging on nothing’? Or would you describe it as ‘sitting atop of a pillar’?
Truly remarkable that this is the kind of thing occupying Christian minds - over the last couple of days especially. Is this debate going anywhere especially, or are we just quibbling over minutiae?
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Post #177
Just as if ‘hanging on nothing’.Diagoras wrote: I’d describe it as ‘mysteriously posititioned in the air above the ground’, unless I saw either a string or a pillar (Emphasis added).
I was under the impression that that was the point of the OP. Maybe “servant� was trying to dispel or destroy the ‘straw man’ that the Bible teaches a flat Earth sitting on a pillar, etc, similar to other religions’ creation stories. This would be the case only for those that wish to deliberately misinterpret the plain teachings of the Bible just for an argument.Truly remarkable that this is the kind of thing occupying Christian minds - over the last couple of days especially. Is this debate going anywhere especially, or are we just quibbling over minutiae?
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Maybe. Although the only thing we know for sure is that his or her last post was way back at #19 on Page 2, asking about ‘100% knowledge’, rather than challenging an excellent post at #18 which would have been more in keeping with your theory about straw man arguments. It seems presumptive to ascribe intentions as you’re doing, unless you have privately messaged servant and know something we don’t?Maybe “servant� was trying to dispel or destroy the ‘straw man’ that the Bible teaches a flat Earth sitting on a pillar, etc, similar to other religions’ creation stories.
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Post #179
Floating in mid air.Still small wrote: Ok, a question for you. You see a ball mysteriously positioned in the air above the ground. In simple terms, how would you describe it’s appearance?
If I have to choose between the two I would say "suspended or hanging on nothing." If the requirement is relaxed slightly so I can mix and match, then I would choose "sitting atop on nothing" to distance myself from the wrong explanation.As ‘suspended or hanging on nothing’? Or would you describe it as ‘sitting atop of a pillar’?
Now a question from me. You see a ball sitting on a pillar, would you say it's inaccurate to say the ball is "suspended or hanging on nothing?"
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Inaccurate? Yes. If I were to see a ball sitting on a pillar, that is how I would describe it, sitting on a pillar. Now which of these two simple phrasings, “suspended or hanging on nothing� or “sitting on a pillar�, better describes the Earth as we now know it?Bust Nak wrote: Now a question from me. You see a ball sitting on a pillar, would you say it's inaccurate to say the ball is "suspended or hanging on nothing?"
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