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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: I think you are confusing science with revelation. I don't think that anyone has ever claimed that science itself is revelation. Rather, science classifies what is revealed and also provides a methodology for revealing more of God's general revelation. I guess I am confused by the posts you have submitted the last several days. Are you denying that the earth revolves around the sun? That is not "science" itself, but an observable truth. I think that the last forty years of space exploration has revealed to us that either our perceptions are wrong (that the earth "seems" to go around the sun), or that the solar system is indeed heliocentric. I do not see how this "general revelation" contradicts Scripture in the slightest. In fact, it can be quite reassuring to us as believers that the Bible is a book that describes and doesn't contradict observable reality. That is much more than we can say for these man-made "holy books" (e.g. the Book of Mormon) which have been rightfully discredited by most when we discover and delve deeper into the wonders of God's creation and discover that the words on the page cannot be reconciled to what we have observed. Science is not the enemy of Christianity, if by "science" one means the exploration and documentation of God's creation. What is opposed to Christianity, however, is "scientific naturalism," the ruling out of any supernatural explanations before the exploration and inquiry even starts. This is not a scientific conclusion, though; it is a philosophical presupposition which science cannot prove nor disprove. There is no question that atheistic naturalism governs the study and research of most scientists, but it is not science itself. It is very crucial to make the distinction here, because once we start questioning whether anything we observe can be trusted, we lose the whole ball of wax on both general and special revelation. --Joe! |