Who is bother Eli soriano?

Answer 1

Bro. Eli Soriano is an evangelist from the Philippines. He's the Most Sensible Preacher in our Time. Just visit www.esoriano.wordpress.com

Added 12-8-10

He's also a man that when given facts in a post chooses to simply delete the post because he knows he's been shown that he is wrong. If you wish to be brainwashed by a man who actually doesn't know answers, then feel free to do so.

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"Brother Dave says:

November 17, 2010 at 5:23 am

Think about this; when did man realize the earth was round? First it has been proved that the first account of the earth being round was Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: Ἐρατοσθένης, IPA: [eratostʰénɛːs]; English: /ɛrəˈtɒsθəniːz/; c. 276 BC[1] - c. 195 BC[2]) was a Greek mathematician, elegiac poet, athlete, geographer, astronomer, and music theorist.

However, Isaiah in The Bible as inspired by the word of God wrote this:

Isaiah 40:22 (King James Version)

22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

When did he live?

Isaiah the prophet lived in Jerusalem which was the chief area of his ministry. He wrote the Book of Isaiah over a period of time during this ministry. This time period is recorded as being during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah. That is between c. 740 BC until c.700 BC.

If you've gotten confused, remember the bigger number 740 is 450 years earlier than the greek Eratosthenes.

There are many scientific realities we now know as fact, but were all written in the bible first"

Here's the response that was deleted:

RE Your misinterpretation of Isaiah 40:22 (King James Version)

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Isaiah 40:22 says "circle" not "ball" or "sphere".

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The belief was that the earth was a circle, as stated in Isiah, and that the heavens were a tent over the circle. This was a fairly common belief. Man could see the sun was a circle, and he could see that the moon was a circle and the stars in the sky appeared to be circles. Therefore, belief of the earth also being a circle was well founded by simple observation. Sumerians themselves believed that the universe itself consisted of a flat disk enclosed by a tin dome while Isaiah's peoples believed that the earth was a flat circle with a tent of the heavens over it. It's even stated in the verse that you reference when it states that the earth is covered as a tent to dwell in.

You must also realize that the Hebrew word "gh" means "circle" and that the Hebrew word for "sphere" is "rwd".

The word "rwd" is atually translated In Isaiah 22:18 as "ball" where it states "He will surely violently turn and toss thee [like] a ball into a large country:"

Obviously, the quote you referenced should have used "rwd" if he actually meant the earth was a ball and not simply a flat circle. Even the LXX translators understood "gh" meant circle because if they understood it to mean "sphere" they would have used the Greek word sfairoeides and they didn't.

You also state:

There are many scientific realities we now know as fact, but were all written in the bible first.

Here's a few scientific realities that are in the bible:

Proverbs 6:6-8, ants have no commander, no ruler and no overseer! This is absurdly false, because ants live in colonies and ranks of rulership and authority. And they have a queen.

Leviticus 11:6 "The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you." Rabbits, are lagomorphs, not ruminants; they do not chew the cud.

John 12:24 "I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds." That is scientifically false. The dead seed does not produce new seeds.

Genesis 1:16, GOD Almighty created two lamps, the sun and the moon, each giving an independent light to earth. The Hebrew says "two lamps", meaning each giving off its independent light. Guess we shouldn't believe that the moon simply reflects the Sun's light.

Here are some more "Biblical Scientific Realities"

Bats are birds.

Insects have four legs.

Snakes and donkeys can talk.

Light existed before a light source existed.

The Sun and moon both stood still

Not only does this imply that the Sun orbits the Earth, but even if it happened as described and the earth stopped moving to give the appearance of the Sun standing still, the gravitational effects would be devastating. Funny that there is no record of such an incredible celestial event in the records of all the other civilizations that were present at the same time.

I'll continue to believe that insects don't have four legs, that the earth isn't flat, that the sun and moon never stood still. snakes and donkeys can't talk and that bats aren't birds. Meanwhile, you can just go on ignoring facts.