JakeBacon

@JakeBacon@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting, I’ve not heard of this shell of ice, and I believe in a young earth. I have heard though of a similar hypothesis based in Genesis 2:5-6 which proposes that it did not rain before Noah’s flood and that plants were kept watered by a heavy mist and/or extremely humid atmosphere. Acoording to this idea, that excess water in the air and ground would’ve been all condensed by God as part of the flood.

  I’m not sure I entirely agree with the hypothesis, and I do not believe it is essential biblical knowledge so I don’t concern myself with it, but I have heard it before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with others, this seems like a flat-earther belief that has gotten mixed with Christianity’s creation story.

  I’ve heard of it before while browsing the internet, but not from any Christians I personally know. All the Christians I interact with (myself included) believe in a literal interpretation of the creation but nobe of us believe in a physical firmament. I will note that a single man I know denies the moon landing (for reasons I haven’t bothered to ask) but even he still believes in a spherical earth and heliocentric orbit.

  My understanding of Genesis 1:6-8 is that the firmament mentioned is the earth’s sky or atmosphere itself, and not a physical barrier at the edge of the atmosphere. The easiest way to show this would be Genesis 1:20 where birds are described as “flying in the firmament of heaven”. If the firmament was a solid object, birds could not fly in it.