My wife and I were discussing miracles last evening. We got to the "sun
stood still." She mentioned that, in an "meteorology course for teachers"
at a renowned state university (OK, to let the cat out of the bag, it was
Penn State), her professor mentioned in passing that, under some
meteorological conditions, the sun can appear to "stand still" for some time
(no idea how long). Had something to do with refraction. When those
conditions disappeared, the sun would "jump" to its "proper" location.
Any atmospheric scientists out there that can back this up or debunk it?
Thanks
Chuck Vandergraaf
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Roberts [mailto:topper@robertschirk.u-net.com]
Sent: Thursday August 09, 2001 11:07 AM
To: guyblanchet@sympatico.ca; asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: Was Copernicus. Sun stood still
This is not logical at all. If God created all things then God could make a
Virgin pregnant, the sun stand still and a fish swallow Jonah. But it does
not follow as of logic that he did. We need to be sure that the style of
literature expects us to take it as a miracle. It does for Mary, not
necessarily for the sun and Jonah is not a historical book - or at least in
the Jewish canon. Remember that in biblical times there was no real concept
of science and a "miracle" is a particular act of God and has no reference
to breaking of scientific law - the usual and wrong definition of a
miracle.
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Blanchet" <guyblanchet@sympatico.ca>
To: <Samuel.D.Olsen@rf.no>
Cc: "Ted Davis" <tdavis@messiah.edu>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: Was Copernicus. Sun stood still
Mr. Olsen,
It's a question of basic logic. You say you believe in most parts of the
Bible. Do you
believe the first lines saying : "In the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth." ?
If you believe that, then logically, can you doubt that that same God can
make the sun that
he created stand still? And likewise, can he create a large fish to carry a
man and release
him after three days?
Regards
Samuel.D.Olsen@rf.no a écrit:
> Ted,
>
> I can accept most of the reported miracles in the Old Testament as
> authentic reports. However, this supposed account of the sun standing
still
> is a real problem to me. How do you explain this story and that of Jonah,
> Ted? I want to maintain the belief that the Bible is the inspired Word of
> God. But this accout seems beyond credibility to me.
>
> Sam
>
>
> "Ted Davis"
> <tdavis@messiah.e To: <asa@calvin.edu>
> du> cc:
> Sent by: Subject: Who was bothered
by Copernicus?
> asa-owner@udomo5.
> calvin.edu
>
>
> 07.08.01 19:53
>
>
>
> Those bothered by the apparent contradiction between Copernicanism and the
> literal sense of several verses of the Bible (more than a dozen, but e.g.
> Joshua chapter 10 and Eccles 1:5) include Martin Luther (George will
> properly tell us that his comment was impersonal, off-the-cuff, and
> unofficial--but then so were a lot of the things Luther said), Cardinal
> Bellarmino, and Tycho Brahe. The list could be a lot longer, but these
> three illustrate the point well enough.
>
> Ted Davis
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