The compass point on the face of the depth is the location of a gravitational singularity. It's refered to as the foundation(s) of the earth. The circle that the compass metaphorically draws is the location of the firmament (heaven).
A Spellyng Mystaque
It turns out that theologians fudge their data just like scientists do. Sometimes things don't make sense, do they? What could possibly be wrong with helping them make sense? This approach is inductive, aka eisegesis.
February 14th
Life has an orientation. Earth is down and the sky is up. Hell is below, heaven is above. Whatever happened on the second day has to allow for the formation of heaven and hell.
February 6th
The core accretion model is an example of a self-evident truth. It's obvious that the Earth formed as sediment accumulated around the core. Now we have a theory of gravitation derived from scripture.
February 4th
We (me and the Holy spirit) connect the phrases “established the world,” and “set fast the mountains,” with sinking down. This was the second Hebrew gravity concept that we found in the context of the second day of creation. Now we have nine.
