This was a great highlight in the discussion. A low point however, was Hovind’s uncharitable answer to an old earth interpretation. Can’t risk those Dino Land ticket sales!
From the context it sounds like he's saying that it's a *possible interpretation*, not that it possibly happened that way. I think he was just trying to be charitable.
@@zemorph42 The Bible says the earth is a sphere. Isaiah 40:22 And him who sits on the sphere of The Earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretched out the Heavens like a vaulted bowl, and stretched them out as a tent for a dwelling
@@innovationhq8230 That's based on a post hoc rationalization. The original word used didn't have that as one of the available translations in any lexicon I've seen; Strong's Number H2329 Original Word חוּג Transliterated Word chûg Phonetic Spelling khoog Parts of Speech Noun Masculine Strong's Definition From H2328; 1. a circle: - {circle} 2. {circuit} compassive Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition circle, circuit, compass (BDB) vault (of the heavens) Usage by Word circle (1), circuit (1), compass (1) Usage by Book Job, Proverbs, Isaiah It might have been interpreted figuratively, but if the author intended "sphere" there were better alternatives to express that.
