ÒIn the Scriptures the flat earth is founded on an underlying sea; it is stationary; the heavens are like
an upturned bowl or canopy above it; the circumference of this vault rests on pillars; the sun, moon and stars
move within this firmament of special purpose to illumine
man; there is a sea above the sky, Ôthe waters which were above the heavens,Õ and through the Ôwindows of heavenÕ
the rain comes downÉ. This is the worldview of the Bible.Ó
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Modern Use
of the Bible, 46-47