Saturday, December 02, 2006

The Myth of the Flat Earth



The Myth of the Flat Earth

The Myth of the Flat Earth

So apparently the idea that christians thought the world was flat in the middle ages, is a modern myth.

2 comments:

Nathan said...

And if anybody has doubts of the validity of that article, also check out Wikipedia.

Jim said...

Orson Scott Card's novel "Pastwatch, the redemption of Christopher Columbus" has a scene or two when Columbus, convinced God has told him to sail westward is trying manipulate the various greek estimates of the Earth's circumference to try and justify his expedition.