3 The Bible’s Shortsighted View of the Universe: A Cartoon Earth with Tiny Stars

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June 13, 2022 • 3 mins

Saul Steinberg’s famous “View of the World from 9th Avenue” takes the same nearsighted view of the world as the Bible does. The Bible’s cartoonish view of the world makes sense coming from an Iron Age culture, not the omniscient creator of the universe.

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