OT: language origin and creationism (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

As OED explains, "corner" doesn't mean "corner." It means "a direction or
quarter from which the wind blows."

So Isaiah is not implying that the earth has corners.

He is merely being Holy-Land-centric.

And what, a religionist might ask, is so wrong with that?

JL
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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