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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-08-06 02:45 PM
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13. Since we are being literal here and quoting the bible, I would
suggest a book by the biblical scholar Bart Ehrman called Misquoting Jesus.

I don't think that the use of the term flat earther is meant to directly point up discrepancies in a literal translation of the bible. The fact that the biblical documents are historically inconsistent and contradictory is easily demonstrated.

Rather, I think that the term "flat earther" is a reference to the practice of promoting a belief system that cannot be supported by logic, documentary evidence, physical evidence, or any other kind of evidence beyond a ritualized set of beliefs.
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