Flat Earth

You've probably heard the story that most people of Columbus's day believed that the earth was flat. Supposedly, they thought that ship sailing beyond the horizon would fall off the edge of the earth. The story goes that Columbus single-handily disproved the flat-earth myth, and that he stood alone against the learned men of the day who ridiculed his theory of a round earth. In addition,this legend falsely blames the flat-earth theory on Bible-believing Church leaders.
Interesting reading...yes. Which is the reason that the author included this myth in his biography of Christopher Columbus! This piece of "creative literature" can be traced back to Washington Irving's book on Columbus.

THE BIBLE DOES NOT TEACH THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT.

COLUMBUS WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO BELIEVED THAT THE WORLD WAS ROUND; SO DID ALL THE OTHER EDUCATED PEOPLE OF HIS DAY.

There are no biblical references to a flat earth. Biblical descriptions of the world's "four corners" and "four winds" are poetic phrases. There is nothing unusual or unscientific about depicting the earth as have four corners. The modern compass works in terms of a linear perspective, and flat maps have always been used to plot direction. When was the last time you took a globe on a trip? Why should we expect the Bible to describe reality any differently from the way we do?

What does the Bible say concerning the our planet?
It simply states that God, "stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing." - Job 26:7
"It is He that sits upon the circle of the earth." -Isaiah 40:22