Re: [asa] Turning back the sun

Very nice, Janice.
   
  The information on the types and use of time measuring devices was especially interesting. Apparently, only the Egyptians had the water clock, which would have revealed the time anomaly. The point made that the very long day would not likely have been recorded since eclipses and other events were also not recorded is significant.
   
  In reading Joshua, it seems clear the author is giving a who/what/when/where chronicle of events. There seems to be no hyperbole or metaphors used in all other passages of the book.
   
  If the decelaration took 1 hour to stop the Earth's sideral rotation, this rate would be only about 1% that of the normal gravitational rate.
   
  However, if all elemental matter on Earth were affected, no tangential acceleration would be measurable except for devices that measured time by radial motion (eg waterclocks) and exoplanet observations. For instance, what would happen if one could throw-in, with appropriate polar alignment, an Earth-sized slug of counter rotating dark matter? Would things got hot? I am curious.
   
  Other factors such as the fact the hailstones preceeded the Sun's stopping, the Moon also stopping, and the emphasis that there was no other day like it before when God "hearkened unto the voice of a man", which was a voice for the Sun to stand still.
   
  "Coope"
   
   
  

Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
  I just got back into town and as I am attempting to catch up on all the email, saw your post. You wrote:

At 03:39 PM 9/27/2007:

  "..These are questions which probably trouble most modern scholar who holds a strictly literal view of scripture (if they think about it), but which may also impact the views of OEC or TE believers. Any thoughts would be appreciated." ~ Jon Tandy

@ I think you'll find what you're looking for from Joshua and Isaiah here: http://www.christian-thinktank.com/5felled.html

~ Janice

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Received on Fri Sep 28 20:35:19 2007