Flat Earth Debate | Pastor Greg Locke vs Pastor Dean Odle (Mirrored)
Channel: Maestro Agnew
Date: 2023-12-04

MCToon analysis of the debate: https://www.youtube.com/live/7RN92BQ-Vlc?si=o1u0K4XviP1i8Gb4

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Debate Date: December 2, 2023

Pastor Greg Locke and Pastor Dean Odle debate the shape of the Earth from a Biblical perspective. It ended badly. While I wish it were more civil towards the end, at least a heretic wasn't punched out like what Saint Nick did at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D.

My Review:

Pastor Locke successfully dismantled many of the verses that Pastor Odle used to show the Bible taught a flat earth. Pastor Odle used inconsistent thinking and illogical arguments, as well as translation shopping and reading Scripture out of context to support his position. Everything Pastor Odle presented is easily debunked and has been. I wish Pastor Locke would've brought astrophysicist Dr. Jason Lisle to rebut Pastor Odle's false "science" arguments. I also wish Pastor Locke wouldn't of been a jerk to Pastor Odle towards the end. That wasn't good.

My View:

Scripture does not teach the Earth to be flat, or any shape really. There are hints to the Earth's shape, but Scripture is largely silent on the topic.

I believe that Flat Earth is a deception by Satan meant to confuse the Church, divide the Church, and mock the Lord's creation as he loves to do. Why? The Christian who believes in a flat Earth MUST commit the sin of slander and bearing false witness, because the Christian Flat Earther MUST make claims of "liar" and "deceiver" against thousands of people they don't know without any evidence against any of those individual people. The Lord teaches us that slander is a sin that God particularly hates, and Paul teaches us that slander grieves the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit would not be involved in the sin of slander or grieving Himself.

Thus, I believe that Flat Earth is from Satan himself because it necessitates the believer to sin and it mocks the Lord's creation.