JPD

How often is the Bible revised?

Chris Weimer

So does this mean you think the sun revolves around the earth?

rhutchin

No, I don't think I have to think that. It may mean that the speed at which the earth revolves may have been slowed down, maybe even stopped, giving the appearance that the sun stood still. Or maybe the tilt of the earth on its axis was changed. Then again, maybe there is no physical explanation for the event.

John A. Broussard

If there is no physical explanation for the event, no stopping of the sun, no stopping of the earth's rotation, no outright lie about what happened, could you give me a non-physical explanation?

Thank you.

rhutchin

The only information, and explanation, that I have on this event is the following.

John A. Broussard

Thank you.

Since you have no explanation, you have now admitted that at least one verse in the bible is describing something that may never have happened--since it is beyond human understanding.

How about all the other weird events (resurrection, ascenscion, etc.) which may never have happened and which may be beyond human understanding?

How can you know that these aren't also in the same category as the mythical stopping of the sun?

I'm looking forward to your explanation.

Thank you.

rhutchin

Just because something is beyond human understanding does not mean that it may never have happened or is mythical (mystical, perhaps). We still have the historical record that describes the event regardless whether we understand how it happened (same for the resurrection of Christ and other events.

As an explanation, we have--

gregor

I think Twain defined faith better. . .

essentially "believing in something that you know ain't true."

John A. Broussard

Whoops!

We have an historical record of the sun standing still???

Where is there any mention in contemporary Chinese, Indian and Egyptian astronomical records for the occurrence of that phenomenon?

Remember, those astronomers were not only observing the sun, moon, stars and planets on a regular basis but were accurately predicting eclipses.

I'll clue you in. There is no historical record of the sun standing still. None. Not a one. Nada. NONE.

And yet you believe it happened in the face of the total absence of any historical record of its occurrence.

How do you explain the fact that you can believe in something so weird and way out without one, single shred of supporting evidence?

I look forward to your answer.

Wayne Delia

"Is this not written in the book of Jasher?" There IS no "book of Jasher." In fact, the unfortunate passage in Joshua 10 appears to quote another book of the Old Testament that somehow didn't make it into the Old Testament as we know it today. What if the "book of Jasher" contains important stuff about rules and regulations necessary for obtaining eternal salvation? Why didn't God see to it to inspire men to actually include the "book of Jasher" if the book of Joshua refers to it?

This, of course, is aside from the obvious fact that the sun never actually stood still in its apparent path in the sky, nor did the moon maintain its position relative to the earth. The physics and thermodynamics of that situation would have sheared the earth to the core. The earth is rotating at a speed of a thousand miles an hour; the inertia created if it were to come to a gradual or sudden stop would literally break up the planet. Sure, you can appeal to the Invisible Magic Pixie in the Sky spreading His Magic Pixie Dust and creating a miracle of physics to stop the earth in its rotation without any damage or harm, but the fact is, we now know there were several record-keeping civilizations elsewhere (unknown to the Old Testament authors) who were blissfully ignorant of a situation so noticeable that it would be unimaginable that anyone could ever miss that unexpected turn of events.

WMD