[Hac-announce] Biblical Literalism

[Thomas Platt]

I've been storing this.  It's time to share it. - Tom Platt

at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism, found under  
Pejorative Use:

Steve Falkenberg, professor of religious psychology at Eastern  
Kentucky University, says, "I've never met anyone who actually  
believes the Bible is literally true. I know a bunch of people who  
say they believe the Bible is literally true but nobody is actually a  
literalist. Taken literally, the Bible says the earth is flat and  
sitting on pillars and cannot move (Ps 93:1, Ps 96:10, 1 Sam 2:8, Job  
9:6). It says that great sea monsters are set to guard the edge of  
the sea (Job 41, Ps 104:26)..." [17]


But hold on, this is from an article printed in 1980,  I didn't  
happen to poke around for something more recent.
Excerpts from
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/fe-scidi.htm


"The facts are simple," says Charles K. Johnson, president of the  
International Flat Earth Research Society. "The earth is flat."
.....................................

"Johnson's beliefs are firmly grounded in the Bible. Many verses of  
the Old Testament imply that the earth is flat, but there's more to  
it than that. According to the New Testament, Jesus ascended up into  
heaven."

"The whole point of the Copernican theory is to get rid of Jesus by  
saying there is no up and no down," declares Johnson. "The spinning  
ball thing just makes the whole Bible a big joke." 
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