Like belief Christ is the son of God

That is fundmanetal

Because changing that would change everything

It was? The earth not being flat changed everything because it proves the heliocentric worldview and that the earth is not the center of the universe

That is not fundamental to Christian belief

It was a scientific dispute, not a theological dispute

Galileo was an adamant Christian, if it was fundamental he would've left the faith.

He didnt.

1 Chronicles 16:30: “He has fixed the earth firm, immovable.”
Psalm 93:1: “Thou hast fixed the earth immovable and firm ...”
Psalm 96:10: “He has fixed the earth firm, immovable ...”
Psalm 104:5: “Thou didst fix the earth on its foundation so that it never can be shaken.”
Isaiah 45:18: “...who made the earth and fashioned it, and himself fixed it fast..

The first one, has a very differnt meaning when in RSV

Translation has a big part of how you interpret it.

The 2nd one has nothing to do with flat eath

Neither does the 3rd one

Neither does the 4th

It calls the earth immovable

It’s referring to it as a forced object

No physically, not once does it refer to earth immovable as physically immovable

It is talking about God's reign over earth

that it will never be moved

That earth was created, and it will never *not* be earth

Christians held that belief however, it comes from Ptolemy which was deeply ingrained in European culture

So was their brilliant understanding of medicine

Christians held that belief does not mean it was inherently a Christian belief.

This was a scientific endeavor, not a theological one.

It was scientific belief, not a Christian belief.

Anyways i must go, @Gromp feel free to respond and ill respond once im back.

Nice Chat.

Spook discussion I see

yeh as far as im aware the belief in the flat earth was never part of christian doctrine and those bible quotes as maksim explained, do not say the earth is flat or that heliocentrism is wrong, the belief in the flat earth was fringe within christianity

from what i know flat earth and geocentrism is based in ancient astrology and mysticism

Flat earth thing was a dumb protestant thing

Catholics and Orthodox knew the earth was actually round

yeh it was classic prot stuff tbh
''um i dont understand this greek stuff so im just going to form my own interpretation''

@Spergerger But didn’t the Flat Earth myth primarily derive from a mathematical dispute occurring between Columbus and the royal government?

Specifically, the dispute was focused on the distance that it would take to get from Southern Europe to India.

no

@Zoltanous Depends on what you mean when you say "Protestant"