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NASB | Joshua 10:12 ¶ Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "O sun, stand still at Gibeon, And O moon in the valley of Aijalon." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Joshua 10:12 ¶ Then Joshua spoke to the LORD on the day when the LORD handed over the Amorites to the sons of Israel, and Joshua said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, And moon, in the Valley of Aijalon." |
Subject: A silly question? |
Bible Note: What do you mean by "obligated" to believe something? Whether you choose to believe it or not has nothing to do with its objective reality. True, no one can obligate you to believe anything that is not explicitly stated in Scripture, but I contend that in your everyday life you do just that. Otherwise, you might be facing some very disastrous consequences. A few examples. The Bible does not tell us that throwing a chunk of sodium into water will produce a violent explosion. According to your logic, you are not obligated to believe it. I would doubt that you would go combining the two, however. The Bible does not say that pollution is bad on our health. You can deny that, but sucking on a car's tailpipe for several minutes will most likely convince you of the reality of it. The Bible also says nothing about the law of gravity being universal, but no matter how much you deny it, I would not recommend that you take a walk off a high ledge. I am a Calvinist myself, and I respectfully think that you have a misunderstanding of the Reformation doctrine of Sola Scriptura. This sola has to do with spiritual truth, that tradition or public opinion or science or technology or human philosophy cannot add nor subtract from the message of Scripture regarding the nature and character of God, how we are saved, how we are to follow Christ, our own spiritual condition, etc. Sola Scriptura was NEVER a doctrine that was meant to encompass our own perception of the physical universe, its operation, or its composition. Because Scripture is valid, it will never contradict empirical discovery about our universe; however, the Bible was not intended by God to be the compendium of all things that can be known about the natural universe. By the way, the Institute for Creation Research is known for notoriously bad methodology itself, and jumping to conclusions on a regular basis that don't even come close to fitting the data. In other words, they take the scientific revelation that agrees with a particular point of view (which in most cases is not essentially Biblical) and throws out anything that doesn't fit their preconceived conclusions. This is the very SAME error that the neo-Darwinist's make in their pathetic attempt to keep afloat the concepts of abiogenesis and common descent. Some better sites for showing the harmony between science and the word of God are the Discovery Institute's Center for Renewal of Science and Culture (www.discovery.org/crsc) or the Access Research Network (www.arn.org). Both of these institutes are at the forefront of showing how unbiased scientific inquiry is deflating scientific naturalism on all fronts. --Joe! |