Intermediate step to beginning of life uncovered

[Benton]

(06-13-2015, 12:04 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: If he is sitting above the circle and looking down it would be like looking down at a circle drawn on a piece of paper, still a flat two dimensional circle with an x axis and a y axis, but no z axis.

Which works if you think all Christians believe God is a guy sitting on a chair on the moon.

Or, if you hold that it was the word transcribed by not very educated people thousands of years ago, they may have done the best they could to try and put advanced concepts into terms people would understand. Like 'hey, guys, the Earth is a circle hanging in the sky.' You can take that as a loose explanation for the time, or giggle and say they meant it was literally a disc  on a string.