It's Not About The "Shape" Of the Universe - It's About The "Nature" Of The Universe

I have seen a few Orthodox writers brush off the subject of heliocentric vs. geocentric model of the Earth/Universe. They seem to do so with sincerity. They usually sound something like this: "The shape of the Universe does not matter, what matters is the incarnate Christ...and other more important stuff..."

They are missing it and are unwittingly a part of promulgating a satanic lie. No truth is irrelevant. All truth is given by God. Truth is truth and God is the Father of truth. Lie is lie and Satan is the father of lies. 

It is not about the shape of the Earth/Universe, it is about the nature of the the Earth/Universe. The true nature of the Earth/Universe has been indoctrinated out of the minds of much of the world's population. The perpetrators of the lie know and keep the truth hidden from humanity. The Earth/Universe is not an accidental, evolving, spinning ball in a vast cosmos of space. It is a contained, domed environment specifically created by God- firmament above (water) and water below and land mass in between.

So why is this important to humanity and the Orthodox Church, and why has a lie been perpetrated?

For those who would quote the writing of a specific saint who uses the word "sphere" in relation to the nature of the universe, and say, "See the saints say we live on a spinning ball", you would do well to understand the word and how it was used in the time it was written. The word "sphere" was used to encompass the universe as God created it. It never implied that the land mass itself was was wrapped around in a ball shape. The "sphere" includes all of creation including the waters above and below.

Looks like a sphere to me.

Isaiah said, "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.."

The Earth's land mass is a circle, not a ball. Job further describes it like this: "It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment."

This is God's view of His creation from his vantage point, enthroned above his creation:

So, once again, why does the nature of the Earth/Universe matter to humanity and the Orthodox Christian and why should Orthodox writers refrain from brushing off this truth? Because we are Christians not Satanists.

The NATURE of creation is that GOD CREATED ALL THAT IS and we are HIS creation. Is that not relevant to a world that lies in darkness? Is that not important to talk about?

Addendum: Here is your homework: