Those who seek the truth should study the bible

Does the Bible say the Earth is flat?No, it does not. Consider the circle on the horizon described in Job 26:10. The circle on the face of the waters is one of the proofs that the Greeks used for a spherical earth. And there it is, recorded in Job, ages before the Greeks discovered it. Job 26:10 also says that where light terminates, darkness begins, suggesting day and night on a spherical globe. Does Satan torture evil doers in hell? No, he does not. A place of eternal torture is not Biblical. This is not a place a God who IS love would send anyone (1 John 4:8). Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10 is one of many Bible verses that show how unbiblical a place of eternal torture is: Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10 - “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all . . . All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol,* the place to which you are going.” If the dead are conscious of nothing, they obviously feel no pain. Does the Bible say the Earth is 5,000 years old?No, it does not. Understand that the Bible was not originally written in English. The Hebrew word we translate "day" did not always mean 24 hours. Rather, it simply meant a period of time. For example, in Genesis 2:4 Moses refers to all six creative days as one day. But in Genesis 1:5, the same Hebrew word for "day" is used to define only a portion of a 24-hour period. Where did the floodwaters go?That's a great question. According to Genesis 7:19, the Flood was so overwhelming that it that, "all the tall mountains that were under the whole heavens came to be covered". If the Flood covered all the tall mountains, where is all the water now? Apparently right here, on Earth. River channels extending far out under the oceans suggest a time when the oceans were smaller and the continents larger than they are now. Also, note that scientists have stated mountains in the past were much lower than in the present, and some have even been pushed up from under the seas. It is said that, "there is ten times as much water by volume in the ocean as there is land above sea level. Dump all this land evenly into the sea, and water would cover the entire earth, one and one-half miles deep.” (National Geographic, January 1945, p. 105). Thus, after the waters fell, but before the rising of mountains and lowering of seabeds and build up of polar ice caps, there was more than sufficient water to cover "all the tall mountains". How did the plants survive the flood?Another great question. Many seeds can survive long periods under salt water. Some seeds can attach themselves to animals, and might have survived the flood this way. Plants could have also survived as planned food stores in the Ark."As for your consistency argument why couldn't the first bible have been written and a writer sees it and then writes it in another language?"I'm assuming you're asking if there was opportunity for collusion among the Bible wroters, and the answer is no. The Old Testament, written in Hebrew and Aramaic, writers were as diverse as king, prophet, herdsman, etc. And many of these did not live to see each other or their writings. Is there a specific date in the bible for when it was written?Yes, all the Bible books are dated and have evidence of authorship, which are evidence as well that the many specific fulfilled prophecies in the Bible were written before the event.What do you learn from reading the Bible?You learn why you exist, you learn about your creator and his purpose for the Earth and humanity, you learn why we suffer and die, and you learn what God will do so we can enjoy of what Adam and Eve lost, perfect happy eternal lives with our loved ones in a perfect paradise Earth.ConclusionHopefully I've answered your questions. Let me know if you have more, and if you would like, afterwards we can study the Bible on email. :)Also check out JW.org. It has helped millions learn what the Bible REALLY teaches.