Skeptics argue that verses like Revelation 6:13 and Matthew 24:29, which describe stars falling to earth and the heavens being shaken, suggest a close sky with stars hung from a solid dome.

This fails to account for the fact that the Greek word here, aster, was used to refer to any object with the appearance of a star, including meteors—an anachronism which we preserve today in the expression "shooting star."

At the same time, it is argued that referring to the heavens as being "shaken" indicates a solid dome. However, the Greek word saleuo is used of physical objects being shaken, but it is also used of intangible objects (such as in Luke 21:26, Acts 2:25, and 2 Thessalonians 2:2). Therefore, it is quite possible to read these verses in terms of being "disturbed" rather than "shaken" in a literal physical sense.