Re: 'The Missing Day...'

Paul Arveson (arveson@oasys.dt.navy.mil)
Wed, 6 Mar 96 17:26:44 EST

In message <258A72900A2@legacy.calvin.edu> writes:
> 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
>

Thank you, Dr. Van Till.

We must be careful not to quote without comment such "urban legends" on email,
lest we ourselves be guilty of continuing the spread of such infectious
material. If you must discuss these legends here, please don't quote them
without appropriate caveats!

Paul Arveson, Research Physicist
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