It's not a geographical term either! It's a figure of speech!
Have you honestly never heard or read (oooh, maybe not, you fall asleep don't you) anyone refer to the four corners of the earth? Never? Not once?
I don't believe you.
Is the bible still relevant today?
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It's not a geographical term either! It's a figure of speech!
Have you honestly never heard or read (oooh, maybe not, you fall asleep don't you) anyone refer to the four corners of the earth? Never? Not once?
I don't believe you.
No I havnt. Never until I looked up quotes from the bible saying that the Earth has 4 corners and assuming that it meant flat and square.
We arent all raised in fundamentalist Christian backgrounds you know.
Are you trying to tell me that this phrase 'Four corners of the earth' is commonly used in education to mean its metaphorical term?
It's not an exclusively Christian phrase
I wish Google could search the wealth of printed text so I could show you the countless times this phrase is used.
Here's the best I can manage...
A search at wikiquote for "four corners of the earth" turns up a handful
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No!!! What makes you think I'm saying it's used in education? It may be, as a metaphorical term, but where have I ever said that it is "commonly used in education"?
I'm going to have to stop arguing before I end up using words I shouldn't.
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Now I really am laughing. My parents were the biggest atheists you could imagine. My dad is militantly so. Funny that I still knew what the metaphor 'four corners of the earth' meant since I was about... four.
It has nothing to do with religion, it's a common every-day English phrase.
Well I asked my 12 year old, "what does coming from the four corners of the Earth mean?", his answer (after looking at me strangely) was "coming from everywhere."
so yes a child can understand the figure of speech perfectly.
Also you need to consider that "The four corners of the Earth" often refer to the cardinal points North, South, East and West and can also refer to the furthest points on a Map. (Maps are rectangular as a rule, if you were not aware of that).
Stating it is proof that the Bible says the Earth is Flat is a nonsense interpretation.
It's not an exclusively Christian phrase
I wish Google could search the wealth of printed text so I could show you the countless times this phrase is used.
Countless? You mean more like 0?
The phrase is NEVER used as well as I am aware of. Quit lying and making things up.
Then again with you as a parent, I have no doubt that you have already taught this kind of stuff to your kid.
No not columbus, I was thinking nearer to pre history, that is where myths tend to report from. I can see the symbolism being passed down..
Just like Atlas propping up the world..
All I'm saying is I can see a correlation or connection, wrongly or rightly I don't know, between the old ocean edge myth and the use of four corners of the earth today.
But as you well know enlightenment isn't always shared equally across the globe, not today and certainly not through history.
I'll go read though.
No I don't think it is at all and I don't want to be seen to stepping in that debate, just the potential Etymology for the phrase.
it's a common phrase and you are fully aware what it means. You don't to be religious. But perhaps if you actually did a bit of studying rather than going for the stereotype, you might actually learn what the bible says and not make a 1001 mistakes like you have in this thread. Or take aboard points from people who have.http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/142625.html
Ah but you're lying, didn't you know? So am I. So's von. So's Castiel.
As for this:
I'd be very careful walking that line you're on my friend.
Yes, I have helped to teach him how to speak and comprehend English, as any parent in this country would. I prefer not to interpret your post as a personal attack as I know you have just returned from a ban for similar behaviour.
My wife is actually laughing out loud when I told her why I was asking my Son that question.
So what in the flaming hell makes you think you can act as judge, jury and executioner on whether something is a common English idiom?
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I'm sorry. Does OcUK have a universal translator now? I didn't realise you didn't speak English and weren't in the UK. Grow up. "Oh but I'm not from an English family" doesn't wash. You're well enough versed in the language to pour out hundreds of posts calling BS on people throwing evidence under your nose. If you really hadn't heard of such a common every-day phrase perhaps you fell asleep reading one too many books. Don't blame us or say we're making it all up to spite you lol
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When I was 12 I was sat with my Geosafari everyday, learning and memorizing the name and locations of every single country in the world, and reading about every single disease and medical condition in a doctors book that my parents had, yet I never once heard the term 'Four corners of the Earth'.
Yes, I have helped to teach him how to speak and comprehend English, as any parent in this country would.
My wife is actually laughing out loud when I told her why I was asking my Son that question.
Our household suffered a similar outbreak of lolage, but I take your 12 year old and raise you a 10 year old who also thought it was a very strange question.
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Neither of my parents were born in this country and dont understand English very well, nor are they fluent at it, and English is also my second language thanks.
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