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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." |
Bible Question:
If you count me a fool, Radioman, and count my questions silly, then do as the Scriture says and give me a silly answer to this question: Why do you believe the sun and moon did not stand still? |
Bible Answer: Dear Lionstrong, You asked for a silly answer, and I gave you an extremely silly one! I wish I could say it was on purpose, but it was a dumb mistake. Blushing with embarrassment, I must tell you and all the forum that I used the formula for the area of a circle (pi 'r' squared) instead of the correct formula for the circumference of a circle (pi 'd'). A sharp reader of these discussions pointed it out to me by email. I feel a little better in that only one person (so far) caught it, and that said person had no idea how I arrived at my answer:-) He did, however, calculate the correct velocity, which is "about 6,760 miles per second," hardly faster than the speed of light. My answer still stands, though, because you don't have to go much further away from a stationary earth to have circling objects traveling well in excess of the speed of light. In fact, using the correct formula, the closest star group, Proxima Centauri would be circling the earth at the velocity of about 5,072,703 miles per second. Now I have have had enough math and astronomy for a long time :-) Begging your pardon, I bless you in the name of Jesus, charis |