John A. Broussard

You're in a different time zone!

Sorry, but your answer doesn't help. I'm quite willing to believe that Joshua and his host believed the sun stopped. My question then remains: "Did it stop?"

Dharma

you mean the sun stopped revolving around the earth? :notworthy :devil3: Cool!

Visionary7

It did according the Word.

The Scripture wouldn't have been written if the actual event described did not actually happen. Scripture cannot lie.We live in a different day and adavnced age, I presume the Spirit of God was enormously closer and more present in those old days compared to these last days.

Visionary7

ATTITUDE is crucial!!! (Gal. 2:20}

Diogenes the Cynic

Either you're trying to allege that the sun literally stopped moving or that the Joshua story just reflects the perspective of people on the ground and it was really the earth that stopped moving. Since the sun does not move around the earth in the first place it can't very well be "stopped" from doing that any more than Mount Everest can stop playing the banjo.

That must mean you think the earth itself stopped moving but that presents a great number of questions both historical and geological. I suppose you're just going to throw "God" at all the geological and physical consequenses of the earth stopping its rotation but I wonder why no one else on the planet seemed to notice it.

John A. Broussard

You are now saying that the sun in fact stood still. If I'm reading you correctly, then, you are saying that god stopped the sun from moving across the sky.

If you are saying the above, then explain to me why this went unnoticed in other parts of the world?

If you aren't saying the above, please explain what you are saying.

Visionary7

Ahh.. The earth stood still or stopped revolving around the sun. Causing the appearance of the sun standing still of Gibeon and the moon over Aijalon.The author of Joshua was writing from perspective from the ground. In this day and age of technological adavancement, we are able to directly observe the solar system by advanced space technology.

Visionary7

The earth stopped moving.I didn't realize that concept until I thought about our current discussion topic.

I dunno,really. Perhaps the precise timing of the event was of God?

That would be explaining my explanation.

John A. Broussard

The next step is to explore the implications of an earth which stops moving. What would the consequences be for the earth? You might ask anyone of your friends who knows a bit about either geololgy or astronomy for an answer to that question.

Dharma

indeed if the earth stopped, someone else should've noticed. :huh: