Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

If this were strictly true, then Jews/Christians would still believe the Earth is flat and at the centre of the universe, the Hindus would believe the Earth is supported on the backs of elephants standing on the back of a giant turtle, etc.

Not sure about that... does the Bible actually mandate a flat earth?

Actually the bible implies multiple times that the earth is round.

The only times it says otherwise is either in poetry (not in actual description), and the other one people go to is in Revelation when it says angels are standing at the four corners. But if you read the surrounding verses it becomes clear that it actually refers to the four cardinal directions of N,S,E,W.

In Job it says the earth is suspended over empty space. Isaiah 40:22 says "He sits on his throne above the CIRCLE of the earth"

Also in Luke 17 around verse 30 it implies that where it is dark at one time in another place it is light at the same time, which could not happen if the earth is flat. There are others.