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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: What obligates to believe earth spinds? |
Bible Note: Thank you, Noland You put a lot of thought and time into your response to my comments, and I appreciate the courtesy of the answer you’ve given. Now, to respond to your thoughtful answer: The question is not whether science can determine if the events recorded in Josh. 10 occurred; it is how a faith in science influences our understanding or misunderstanding of those events. Some of us believe that it is a scientific fact that our solar system is heliocentric. The belief in this scientific doctrine when imposed on this passage of Scripture forces one to believe that the sun and moon did not stand still. Some of us, I think, have an unquestioned faith in science (for them it should be spelled with a capital S). To even question that the solar system is heliocentric is anathema. Now, compared to reading nature, it’s much easier to read the Bible to find truth. How do we know that Copernicus found the truth about the solar system when he concluded that it was heliocentric? Are scientists the only qualified readers of general revelation? Can’t a layman pick up this book too and question whether the scientist got it right? God’s special revelation is written down. General revelation isn’t. How is it possible to get all but the broadest truths from that revelation? Scripture itself tells us what some (if not all) of those broad truths are, when it talks about God’s glory and man's moral responsibility. And how many scientists have properly read their moral responsibility? Because the interpretation of the general revelation by scientists is not infallible, we are under no obligation to unquestioningly accept (believe) their conclusions. We are free to examine their physical, mathematical, and archeological proofs, and to withhold judgement until satisfied. Science has shown itself to be false. The nature of truth is eternal. And it does not change. What scientific “truth” two hundred years ago is still true today? So, whereas I believe that there is a general revelation, I do not believe in science as that general revelation. We teach our children in a song how they can know the love of Jesus. It is by the same revelation that we are to teach them to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. Lionstrong |