At least this my favorite part of the creation account reconciled with an old earth:
How long do you think a day was when the sun wasn't created yet?
How long do you think a day was when the sun wasn't created yet?
At least this my favorite part of the creation account reconciled with an old earth:
How long do you think a day was when the sun wasn't created yet?
At least this my favorite part of the creation account reconciled with an old earth:
How long do you think a day was when the sun wasn't created yet?
With respect to what?One rotation.
One rotation of what around what? And how long did it take?
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With respect to what?
Since there's no Sun, how would you measure it and what would be the purpose of defining time against this unmeasurable, not-effecting-jolly-well-anything unit?
I thought of 'one rotation' as well then realized how meaningless it was as an answer.
He probably means one rotation of the earth about his axis, which he is assuming to be 24 hours.
The bit in Supper's Ready where it goes:
Dad to dam to dum to mum, mum diddly washing mum diddly washing
Mum to Mud to mad to dad, dad diddly office dad diddly office.
Of what? The earth, sun, galaxy, or universe?
Anyway, RIP "My favorite part of Genesis."
This is why we got kids on here doing the same thing to perfectly good questions and answers. They want to grow up to be just like us ... um ... adults. This is also why even the very intelligent can't understand Genesis 1.
It was what I hoped the thread would be about, imagine my disappointment when I found out it was yet another thread discussing one of the earliest known works of human fiction and not about the 70s prog rockers after all.
An hour is defined as 1/24 of one full rotation. Rotation is motion, and motion must be measured against a reference frame. What constitutes the reference frame if not the sun?He probably means one rotation of the earth about his axis, which he is assuming to be 24 hours.
An hour is defined as 1/24 of one full rotation. Rotation is motion, and motion must be measured against a reference frame. What constitutes the reference frame if not the sun?