Re: [asa] Turning back the sun

Timothy is not quite three years old and very lively for his age, so I
like the purported student error of "The greatest miracle of the Bible
was when Joshua told his son to stand still and he did."

In the climate of Palestine, having less sunshine rather than more is
often more desirable for extensive outdoor activity. The highly
unusual hailstorm would presumably be associated with clouds which
would stop the sun from making things quite so hot. The word for
"stop" here typically means cessation, not a pause in motion.

The lack of any outside record, and the lack of need for a global
event to achieve the needed effects, both suggest that neither
involved something as geographically widespread as changing the
earth's rotation or its inclination. Getting much more definitive
probably would require more data than we've got.

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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