Re: did the earth ever really stand still?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 2:00 am
It never says, the earth stopped. Part of the reason why for so many centuries Christians thought that the sun revolves around the earth. If we were to go by what the text says, and says alone, and had we been living 1000 years ago we'd be thinking the same, the sun revolves around us, because in its very frank reading that is exactly what the passage implicates.
If we can accept that Christ rose from the dead, then accepting this should be easy or so the logic entails. If we accept one miracle why not accept all? And I see this being stated.
Miracles are by their nature supernatural, who is to say God didn't exactly halt the sun the moon and earth?
By the way the koran makes the same argument, it says the sun and the moon are in their orbits and it assumes that the earth is fixated and these bodies revolve around the earth.
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Jac, a question, if you and me were living lets say a 1000 years ago, and reading this passage and have the same methodology of reading the text as you are calling for here, would you agree with me that this means exactly what it says, that the sun stopped and the moon too? what would be your thoughts. As for me hypothetically, I would say yes I agree with the passage as is, and further it was not the earth which stopped but the sun and the moon since that is what was prayed for.
And if you agreed with me, in which case, in light of present, we'd both be wrong. How do you see this reflecting on our reading the text as is? Being wrong but still being consistent?
If we can accept that Christ rose from the dead, then accepting this should be easy or so the logic entails. If we accept one miracle why not accept all? And I see this being stated.
Miracles are by their nature supernatural, who is to say God didn't exactly halt the sun the moon and earth?
By the way the koran makes the same argument, it says the sun and the moon are in their orbits and it assumes that the earth is fixated and these bodies revolve around the earth.
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Jac, a question, if you and me were living lets say a 1000 years ago, and reading this passage and have the same methodology of reading the text as you are calling for here, would you agree with me that this means exactly what it says, that the sun stopped and the moon too? what would be your thoughts. As for me hypothetically, I would say yes I agree with the passage as is, and further it was not the earth which stopped but the sun and the moon since that is what was prayed for.
And if you agreed with me, in which case, in light of present, we'd both be wrong. How do you see this reflecting on our reading the text as is? Being wrong but still being consistent?
