Wrong Hands by John Atkinson for August 17, 2018

So that’s why people say things like “He looked in every corner of the globe.”

I’ve always wondered.

Because back then, people believed that God does play dice with the universe!

Most people knew the world was round for about 1600 years by Columbus’s time. And the size. He thought it was shaped like an American football.

Shouldn’t that look more like a pizza? (mmmmm. Pizza!)

Must be lunch time.

Works for me! It might explain a lot geographically, too.

Made me chuckle.

For thousands of years people, yes even Christians, believed the earth was spherical. The problem with travelling west in Columbus’ day to Asia was you would run out of provisions long before you got there, not knowing there is a continent in the way. The flat earth myth gained prominence in the 19th century.

The flat earth fallacy came about Aldous Huxley, a fervent atheist. He made the comment that Christians probably believe the world is flat also, as a way of ridiculing anyone who believed in God. Columbus knew the world was spherical, as did others for over a 1000 years before him. What he did not know and never realized, was that the North and South American continents were between Europe and Asia. Aldous Huxley is also the guy that distorted Darwin’s writings to the evolutionary mishmash touted today.