1. 'Many, many centuries ago, people believed that the Earth was flat; carried upon the backs of four elephants standing on the back of a turtle.'
Well, of course it is, what other explanation can there possibly be?
2. If you are wholly content with your theories, then that is your choice, so why the need to post this question in the first place, unless it is to provoke or mock those of a religious faith. A most unattractive trait, reminiscent of the worst excesses of the Inquisition.