This thread is for Neil Obstat, who cannot seem to scientifically differentiate between terrestrial bodies and celestial ones, as taught by Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Bible.
The earth is NOT a celestial body. It does NOT exist in the heavens, nor in the Firmament. The heavens and the Firmament are ABOVE the terre, the land, the EARTH.
The sun, moon, and stars are celestial bodies and exist in the heavens and move within the Firmament.
To conclude, as Neil does, that the earth must be like the moon, is a very grave ERROR.
The Bible is extremely SPECIFIC about this:
"All flesh is not the same flesh: but one is the flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, another of fishes. And there are bodies celestial, and bodies terrestrial: but, one is the glory of the celestial, and another of the terrestrial. One is the glory of the sun, another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory. " I Cor. 15:39-41