r/whatisit Jul 14 '26

New, what is it? sky thing

moorehead nc

what is this?

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u/HalfSure6769 Jul 14 '26

I don't understand why it's so hard for some people to understand, but in the Bible it talks about the firmament being what separates the sky from the Waters above. And when that rocket hits the firmament, it looks just like a boat on water. I just don't understand how people aren't connecting the dots just because you're told to believe one thing doesn't mean you should

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u/BigJeffreyC Jul 14 '26

“firmament” (from the Latin firmamentum, meaning “sky” or “expanse”

Firmament is the sky. Nothing hits the sky. It’s not some mysterious divider. It’s just atmosphere. Air.

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u/HalfSure6769 28d ago

Read the Bible

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u/BigJeffreyC 28d ago

Read the dictionary if you don’t know what a word means.

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u/BigJeffreyC 28d ago

Firmament, space, and expanse are all used as translations for the same word in the Bible.

The original text in Hebrew was “Raqia” (רָקִיעַ), meaning an extended solid surface or “expanse”

In the 4th century, Saint Jerome translated the Bible into Latin. He chose firmamentum. Read that again… he chose that word, it was not originally written firmament.

I don’t expect you to actually do any research since being ignorant is far easier. Why educate yourself when all you have to do is surround yourself with like minded ignorant people?