Excellent video ... the one disagreement I would hold regards the 'flat earth' theory. That's a post hoc innovation inferred from the text by Christians unaware of the ancient views. Christians of old believed the Earth was round, but at the center of the Universe. And there are ancient works of art depicting this as well as docs and commentaries. ... I'm also quite impressed that you've heard of Fr. Seraphim Rose and are aware of both Catholic and Orthodox 'conservative' views on the Young Earth theory. They believe in 'Virtual History' and 'Virtual Science' rather than the view that the creation reveals the Creator. I would add that linguistics is a tricky subject. The terms for 'land' or 'world' probably never included the known world much less the planet. If these terms did, why would so many verses clearly and explicitly expand the reader's horizon to 'Egypt,' 'all the nations/races,' or to the 'Kings of the East?' ... It's more likely that "THE" 'land' was just the Holy land, and "A" 'land' was just the Holy land and adjacent regions. (Please note that Hebrew does not have definite and indefinite articles, but does have a 'method' to indicate a definite article; so it's not entirely by inference.) ... Also my handle is shadow-banned by YT. So I won't get any notifications if you reply. And I might not be able to see a reply even if I come back to look. Just FYI. God bless.
Very good series!
Excellent video ... the one disagreement I would hold regards the 'flat earth' theory. That's a post hoc innovation inferred from the text by Christians unaware of the ancient views. Christians of old believed the Earth was round, but at the center of the Universe. And there are ancient works of art depicting this as well as docs and commentaries. ... I'm also quite impressed that you've heard of Fr. Seraphim Rose and are aware of both Catholic and Orthodox 'conservative' views on the Young Earth theory. They believe in 'Virtual History' and 'Virtual Science' rather than the view that the creation reveals the Creator. I would add that linguistics is a tricky subject. The terms for 'land' or 'world' probably never included the known world much less the planet. If these terms did, why would so many verses clearly and explicitly expand the reader's horizon to 'Egypt,' 'all the nations/races,' or to the 'Kings of the East?' ... It's more likely that "THE" 'land' was just the Holy land, and "A" 'land' was just the Holy land and adjacent regions. (Please note that Hebrew does not have definite and indefinite articles, but does have a 'method' to indicate a definite article; so it's not entirely by inference.) ... Also my handle is shadow-banned by YT. So I won't get any notifications if you reply. And I might not be able to see a reply even if I come back to look. Just FYI. God bless.
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