Re: 'The Missing Day...'

HVANTILL@legacy.calvin.edu
Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:17:09 EST5EDT

Regarding the "Missing Day" story, Rich Patterson asked:

>Are there any astronomers that can support this story? Although
>it's a neat story, I need more detail to hold it credible.
>If it is true, you would think bible supporters would be broadcasting
>it all over the universe.
>

This story has all of the characteristics of mischievous fabrication. And
when mischievously fabricated fables are presented as truth in the name of
Christian belief, the real Gospel gets another black eye.

In 1970 we asked for documentation of the claims made in this particular
fable. In response we were told stories of the sort, "The documentation has
been lost. The computer program has been destroyed. ...etc."

It is depressing to see Christians so eager to believe junk!

Howard J. Van Till
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Calvin College