Re: [asa] Turning back the sun

Your view, David, seems supported by Strong's definition of "stand still"
(damam) which states it is...

"...to be dumb; by implication; to be astonished, to stop; also to perish".

Though your view may be correct, it still seems a little too poetic for me
since the entire heavens seems to have stopped due to the reference to both
Sun and Moon.

Just speculating, has anyone addressed the ramifications of a frame dragging
reversal of spacetime around Earth, by God's hand, of course? Also, a
nominal rotational deceleration, then a subsequent acceleration, would
hardly be a noticeable experience, though extreme surfing along western
shores would take on new meaning. :) Yet, if all matter in and on Earth
were affected by this specific deceleration grip, then even the seas would
appear normal. Perhaps, Earth's core would not require attention in this
scenario as all would be re-established hours later. If so, it might be
possible to test this idea if any magma happened flowed during those hours
and experienced magnetic field anomolies.

"Coope"

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Campbell" <pleuronaia@gmail.com>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:43 PM
Subject: 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
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> University of Alabama
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Received on Fri Sep 28 11:13:34 2007