Try the Ship Of Fools site:
http://www.ship-of-fools.com/Myths/05Myth.html
Graham
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Charles F. Austerberry wrote:
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> A dear friend sent me a story about a NASA contractor discovering evidence
> that the sun must have stood still about a day (Joshua 10:8 and 12,13) and
> even gone backwards ten degrees (2 Kings 20:9-11) at some time in the past.
>
> The technical details seem all wrong (e.g., the issue would be the earth's
> rotation, not its orbit), but that's really beside the point, I think.
>
> Below is my reply message to my friend (I've pasted the story ahead of my
> reaction to it).
>
> Does anyone know the history of this urban legend? I'd like to send that
> to my friend too.
>
> In my initial reply to my friend I didn't even get into the question of
> biblical hermeneutics. I don't think God did perturb the rotation (or
> orbit) of the earth or moon at the request of Joshua or King Hezekiah. I
> see some myth in the Bible. But not all myths are of equal value. Myths
> in the Bible convey theological truths; Babylonian, Greek, Roman, and other
> pagan mythologies don't convey much theological truth, though they do
> express insight about human nature.
>
Graham Richard Pointer
Dept of Physics and Astronomy
North Haugh
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9SS
Scotland
http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~grp1
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