The sun stood still

[Brightmoon]

If the earth stopped spinning, people and other objects at the front half would be flung into space at greater than escape velocity. At the back, people and other objects would smash into soup once they hit the ground. You claim that people survived this to go murder others and eventually tell someone who wrote it in the Bible . Nah! I’m more inclined to believe that the perception of time slowed due to the extreme stress of being in battle and someone made a story out of it

 

[SelfSim]

.. Nah! I’m more inclined to believe that the perception of time slowed due to the extreme stress of being in battle and someone made a story out of it

Time is a perception without the need for having to believe that .. (and not some perception-independent 'thing').
Perception independent 'things' are the beliefs there.

 

[Strathos]

Considering that it wasn't recorded anywhere else on earth at the time, that probably means it was a local phenomenon. Of course that's not saying it wasn't a miracle either.

 

[Hans Blaster]

If we are on a blue marble spinning around a ball of fire, while being hurdled through nothingness... Highly unlikely.

1. The Sun is not a "ball of fire". The Sun (like all stars) is a gravitationally bound fusion reactor that releases energy through a relatively cool plasma surface.

2. The Earth is not a "blue marble". It is a gravitationally bound and differentiated sphere with a core of Fe/Ni, a mantle of silicates, and a light, fluffy crust with pools of water, a thin atmosphere, and a collection of trees, cats, and obnoxious creatures.

These things are well established.


I don't remember what this thread is about, but it's been revived by the board necromancer and jester.

 

[d taylor]

The sun (and moon) stood still just as the Bible states, God word is true.

Too bad satans science has convinced believers to believe the science lie, instead of Gods scripture.

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him

 

[Brightmoon]

Like the “Satan’s science “that allows you to talk to me in this forum . It’s the same science that determines the speed of light . The physics that determines how EM phenomena works also prevents the universe from being young . We know how far away distant stars are because we know how light works!

The formulas for acceleration have been worked out for centuries . If the earth stopped you’d either be ejected into space or smashed into a bloody soup. . If the sun stopped , it would definitely change earths orbit and it might be ejected from the solar system . If the moon stopped it would definitely perturb earths orbit

 

[sjastro]

The sun (and moon) stood still just as the Bible states, God word is true.

Too bad satans science has convinced believers to believe the science lie, instead of Gods scripture.

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him

 

[TexFire316]

1. The Sun is not a "ball of fire". The Sun (like all stars) is a gravitationally bound fusion reactor that releases energy through a relatively cool plasma surface.

2. The Earth is not a "blue marble". It is a gravitationally bound and differentiated sphere with a core of Fe/Ni, a mantle of silicates, and a light, fluffy crust with pools of water, a thin atmosphere, and a collection of trees, cats, and obnoxious creatures.

These things are well established.

LOL.
Just like the evil one keeps insisting that he is the real god. He too says that these things are well established.
So, the question is, do we believe God and His creation, or do we believe the evil one and his science.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

LOL.
Just like the evil one keeps insisting that he is the real god. He too says that these things are well established.
So, the question is, do we believe God and His creation, or do we believe the evil one and his science.

You're free to believe what you like. Please don't include me in your fantasy dilemmas.

 

[Ophiolite]

LOL.
Just like the evil one keeps insisting that he is the real god. He too says that these things are well established.
So, the question is, do we believe God and His creation, or do we believe the evil one and his science.

Hi TexFire. Re-your remarks below your avatar "Come as a child, with no agenda." Just wanted you to know - your agenda is showing.

 

[Hans Blaster]

LOL.
Just like the evil one keeps insisting that he is the real god. He too says that these things are well established.
So, the question is, do we believe God and His creation, or do we believe the evil one and his science.

Please stop saying things about me. I am not "the evil one"; I don't claim to be god; and the Sun is a gravitationally confined fusion reactor as it has been for 4.5 Billion years and will be so for about the same length of time.

 

[Bungle_Bear]

LOL.
Just like the evil one keeps insisting that he is the real god. He too says that these things are well established.
So, the question is, do we believe God and His creation, or do we believe the evil one and his science.

Most Christians believe God and his science. Why have you not offered that as an option?

 

[chilehed]

Now, personally, I never considered mars as what did it, but what about the idea in general?

It's a lousy idea that would only be proposed by someone who doesn't really know much about physics.

There's absolutely no natural mechanism that could have the sole effect of making the sun appear to stand still. The only thing that could do it would be a direct action of God. A miracle. And afterward there would be no way to prove or disprove that it happened, aside from the testimony of the witnesses.