IMPACT No. 2

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THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D.
(based on research study by Andrew J. Woods, M.S.)

Institute for Creation Research, PO Box 2667, El Cajon, CA 92021
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"Vital Articles on Science/Creation"
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Australia was possibly connected to Asia by a land bridge across the Malaysian Peninsula and the islands of Indonesia.

No, it wasn't. Australia was never connected to Indonesia, not to mention Asia.

At any rate, it seems to be worth investigating as a hypothesis. There are a few Scriptural intimations to this effect, though no definite statement. For example, Ezekiel 38:12 speaks of the people of Israel as those "that dwell in the midst of the land" (King James Version). The latter phrase is better translated as "the navel of the earth." Many Bible commentators have interpreted this verse to mean that the land of Israel is located at the geographical center of the earths land surfaces.

How in the heck did morris figure out that Israel is the geographical center of the Earth's land surfaces?

There are also the various references to "the four corners of the earth," or better "the four quarters of the earth" (Isaiah 11:12; Revelation 7:1; Revelation 20:8).

It says four corners in both the Revelation passages. there are also 16 references to the Sun revolving around the Earth in the Bible.

"After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. . ." --Revelation 7:1

Now, why would they be standing at the four quarters? It would appear to be more likely to mean corners than quarters. If we didn't have science, we'd still believe the Earth was flat because of books like the Bible.

It is significant that these "Bible lands" were not only the center of dispersion of the nations after the Flood when God told those who had been saved to go out and multiply and "fill the earth," but were also the center of dispersion of the news of redemption, when God told those who had been saved to go out into "all the world" with this witness. Once again, the interest of maximum efficiency in the accomplishment of Gods work of grace would have been best served, other things being equal, by seeing that this center of evangelistic outreach was established near the earths geographic center.

The earth doesn't have a geographic center. It would if it were flat, but it isn't. I could say my house is the geographic center of the earth, and I'd be no more wrong than Morris.

The rest of that impact was a bunch of garbage.

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