Originally Posted by Thunderstick
Originally Posted by carbon12
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Greeks know the earth was spherical at least as early as the 5th century BC if not 100 years before that.
Pythagoras speculated but it wasn't recognized as proven till the 2-3rd century. Isaiah recorded it as fact long before that.


It is fact that the authorship and when Isaiah was written remains controversial. That you would cite Isaiah recording the earth as 'spherical' previous to Pythagoras without acknowledging the scholarship behind questioning when the book of Isaiah was written is plainly disingenuous.


No sir it is not--the skeptics create unproven speculations and then they assume that we should honor those unproven speculations--won't happen here. At a minimum Isaiah predates Cyrus because both Daniel and Isaiah prophesied of the rise of Persia and the destruction of Babylon before they occurred. A prophecy wouldn't get much credibility if it was written after the event--it's inspiration would be rejected outright by the Jews.



Circular logic is not helping support your claims on this thread.