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"James" |
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28 Oct 2006 11:47:57 AM |
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Re: When the Earth stood still. |
Thagor <thagor@email.coma>
Re: When the Earth stood still.
Does anyone know the facts about whether NASA uses the period of time the
Earth stood still in calculating the spaceship trajectory prior to all
missions?
I have heard of this but have not been able to confirm it.
Hello,
The earth literally did not have to stop rotating on its axis in order
for the account at Joshua 10:12-14 to have happened.
Notice nothing in that account says that the 'earth stood still',
rather it says those luminaries did. (the sun and moon appeared to do
so from an observer on the ground there) Many today extrapolate that
the earth must have stopped its rotation in order for that event to
have happened. But that is their reasoning, and doesn't have to be the
way it really happened.
Also, if the earth literally miraculously stopped rotating, this would
be a world-wide event. Yet there is no indication elsewhere in the
writings of the world, that such a thing happened anywhere else. (that
is, assuming all survived the stopped rotation!) So that event
appeared to have happened only there in the area of Gibeon.
So how could it have happened without anything to do with a stopping
of the earth's rotation? One possibility would be for God to
continually refract the sunlight back to a central point in the sky
over Gibeon, even as it was setting. (the same with the moon) Humans
do something similar with their geosynchronous orbits of their
satellites. They make the satellite stay in one relative position over
a certain latitude and longitude. Thus signals can be bounced off that
satellite 24/7 from that same location. The satellite in effect, is
'motionless' relative to the ground, and stays in that same spot in
the sky. So it wouldn't be too hard to conceive God using a similar
method to accomplish His will by refracting the light of those
luminaries. After all, God created those luminaries. (Ps 74:16)
At any rate, the Bible does not tell the mechanics of how God did that
marvelous event. It just tells the results.
Sincerely, James
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| User: "ZenIsWhen" |
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| Title: Re: When the Earth stood still. |
28 Oct 2006 06:54:21 PM |
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"James" <bireda@allvantage.com> wrote in message
news:ct17k2dcq0pu525c83o0gimdmse1q63an1@4ax.com...
Thagor <thagor@email.coma>
Re: When the Earth stood still.
Does anyone know the facts about whether NASA uses the period of time the
Earth stood still in calculating the spaceship trajectory prior to all
missions?
I have heard of this but have not been able to confirm it.
The "fact" is, that is nothing more than an outrageous fairy tale ...
nothing more.
Hello,
The earth literally did not have to stop rotating on its axis in order
for the account at Joshua 10:12-14 to have happened.
Notice nothing in that account says that the 'earth stood still',
rather it says those luminaries did. (the sun and moon appeared to do
so from an observer on the ground there) Many today extrapolate that
the earth must have stopped its rotation in order for that event to
have happened. But that is their reasoning, and doesn't have to be the
way it really happened.
Also, if the earth literally miraculously stopped rotating, this would
be a world-wide event. Yet there is no indication elsewhere in the
writings of the world, that such a thing happened anywhere else. (that
is, assuming all survived the stopped rotation!) So that event
appeared to have happened only there in the area of Gibeon.
So how could it have happened without anything to do with a stopping
of the earth's rotation? One possibility would be for God to
continually refract the sunlight back to a central point in the sky
over Gibeon, even as it was setting. (the same with the moon) Humans
do something similar with their geosynchronous orbits of their
satellites. They make the satellite stay in one relative position over
a certain latitude and longitude. Thus signals can be bounced off that
satellite 24/7 from that same location. The satellite in effect, is
'motionless' relative to the ground, and stays in that same spot in
the sky. So it wouldn't be too hard to conceive God using a similar
method to accomplish His will by refracting the light of those
luminaries. After all, God created those luminaries. (Ps 74:16)
At any rate, the Bible does not tell the mechanics of how God did that
marvelous event. It just tells the results.
Sincerely, James
How about ... god drugged them, or did mass hipnosis?
It's a FAIRY TALE *****!!!!
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| User: "Father Haskell" |
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| Title: Re: When the Earth stood still. |
29 Oct 2006 01:25:40 AM |
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ZenIsWhen wrote:
"James" <bireda@allvantage.com> wrote in message
news:ct17k2dcq0pu525c83o0gimdmse1q63an1@4ax.com...
Thagor <thagor@email.coma>
Re: When the Earth stood still.
Does anyone know the facts about whether NASA uses the period of time the
Earth stood still in calculating the spaceship trajectory prior to all
missions?
I have heard of this but have not been able to confirm it.
The "fact" is, that is nothing more than an outrageous fairy tale ...
nothing more.
Hello,
The earth literally did not have to stop rotating on its axis in order
for the account at Joshua 10:12-14 to have happened.
Notice nothing in that account says that the 'earth stood still',
rather it says those luminaries did. (the sun and moon appeared to do
so from an observer on the ground there) Many today extrapolate that
the earth must have stopped its rotation in order for that event to
have happened. But that is their reasoning, and doesn't have to be the
way it really happened.
Also, if the earth literally miraculously stopped rotating, this would
be a world-wide event. Yet there is no indication elsewhere in the
writings of the world, that such a thing happened anywhere else. (that
is, assuming all survived the stopped rotation!) So that event
appeared to have happened only there in the area of Gibeon.
So how could it have happened without anything to do with a stopping
of the earth's rotation? One possibility would be for God to
continually refract the sunlight back to a central point in the sky
over Gibeon, even as it was setting. (the same with the moon) Humans
do something similar with their geosynchronous orbits of their
satellites. They make the satellite stay in one relative position over
a certain latitude and longitude. Thus signals can be bounced off that
satellite 24/7 from that same location. The satellite in effect, is
'motionless' relative to the ground, and stays in that same spot in
the sky. So it wouldn't be too hard to conceive God using a similar
method to accomplish His will by refracting the light of those
luminaries. After all, God created those luminaries. (Ps 74:16)
At any rate, the Bible does not tell the mechanics of how God did that
marvelous event. It just tells the results.
Sincerely, James
How about ... god drugged them, or did mass hipnosis?
It's a FAIRY TALE *****!!!!
How about it's all made up?
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| User: "Andrew3637" |
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| Title: Re: When the Earth stood still. |
29 Oct 2006 06:07:48 PM |
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Father Haskell wrote:
ZenIsWhen wrote:
"James" <bireda@allvantage.com> wrote in message
news:ct17k2dcq0pu525c83o0gimdmse1q63an1@4ax.com...
Thagor <thagor@email.coma>
Re: When the Earth stood still.
Does anyone know the facts about whether NASA uses the period of time the
Earth stood still in calculating the spaceship trajectory prior to all
missions?
I have heard of this but have not been able to confirm it.
The "fact" is, that is nothing more than an outrageous fairy tale ...
nothing more.
Hello,
The earth literally did not have to stop rotating on its axis in order
for the account at Joshua 10:12-14 to have happened.
Notice nothing in that account says that the 'earth stood still',
rather it says those luminaries did. (the sun and moon appeared to do
so from an observer on the ground there) Many today extrapolate that
the earth must have stopped its rotation in order for that event to
have happened. But that is their reasoning, and doesn't have to be the
way it really happened.
Also, if the earth literally miraculously stopped rotating, this would
be a world-wide event. Yet there is no indication elsewhere in the
writings of the world, that such a thing happened anywhere else. (that
is, assuming all survived the stopped rotation!) So that event
appeared to have happened only there in the area of Gibeon.
So how could it have happened without anything to do with a stopping
of the earth's rotation? One possibility would be for God to
continually refract the sunlight back to a central point in the sky
over Gibeon, even as it was setting. (the same with the moon) Humans
do something similar with their geosynchronous orbits of their
satellites. They make the satellite stay in one relative position over
a certain latitude and longitude. Thus signals can be bounced off that
satellite 24/7 from that same location. The satellite in effect, is
'motionless' relative to the ground, and stays in that same spot in
the sky. So it wouldn't be too hard to conceive God using a similar
method to accomplish His will by refracting the light of those
luminaries. After all, God created those luminaries. (Ps 74:16)
At any rate, the Bible does not tell the mechanics of how God did that
marvelous event. It just tells the results.
Sincerely, James
How about ... god drugged them, or did mass hipnosis?
It's a FAIRY TALE *****!!!!
How about it's all made up?
Hello:
The Bible does tell the mechanics of how God made the sun stand still.
The Hebrew states in Joshua 10:13 that the sun stood still from the
half of heaven for about a day. That means the sun moved with earth's
rotation to stand still in the noon position, 180 degrees to the other
half of heaven, for a day, 12 hours. Then the sun was on the other side
of earth and earth flowed into a reverse orbit. Please see
http://sunnyokanagan.com/joshua/index.html
Andrew Bennett
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| User: "Father Haskell" |
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| Title: Re: When the Earth stood still. |
29 Oct 2006 08:45:53 PM |
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Andrew3637 wrote:
Father Haskell wrote:
ZenIsWhen wrote:
How about ... god drugged them, or did mass hipnosis?
It's a FAIRY TALE *****!!!!
How about it's all made up?
Hello:
The Bible does tell the mechanics of how God made the sun stand still.
The Hebrew states in Joshua 10:13 that the sun stood still from the
half of heaven for about a day. That means the sun moved with earth's
rotation to stand still in the noon position, 180 degrees to the other
half of heaven, for a day, 12 hours. Then the sun was on the other side
of earth and earth flowed into a reverse orbit. Please see
http://sunnyokanagan.com/joshua/index.html
What in *****'s good name are you going on about?
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| User: "Samuel W. Heywood" |
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| Title: Re: When the Earth stood still. |
29 Oct 2006 07:58:31 AM |
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2006, Father Haskell wrote:
How about ... god drugged them, or did mass hipnosis?
It's a FAIRY TALE *****!!!!
How about it's all made up?
I'll go for the mass hallucination theory.
Sam Heywood
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| User: "Father Haskell" |
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| Title: Re: When the Earth stood still. |
28 Oct 2006 05:10:52 PM |
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James wrote:
Thagor <thagor@email.coma>
Re: When the Earth stood still.
Does anyone know the facts about whether NASA uses the period of time the
Earth stood still in calculating the spaceship trajectory prior to all
missions?
I have heard of this but have not been able to confirm it.
Hello,
The earth literally did not have to stop rotating on its axis in order
for the account at Joshua 10:12-14 to have happened.
Notice nothing in that account says that the 'earth stood still',
rather it says those luminaries did. (the sun and moon appeared to do
so from an observer on the ground there) Many today extrapolate that
the earth must have stopped its rotation in order for that event to
have happened. But that is their reasoning, and doesn't have to be the
way it really happened.
Or didn't really happen. Why didn't the moon fall into the
Earth?
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