Quote:
"12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:
Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.
I am a practicing Christian and place great faith in the Bible but they in "Sun stand Still" got it wrong. At the time the Bible was written it was universally believed that the sun revolved around the earth and by stopping the sun the Israelis were able to continue pursuing the Amorites in daylight and defeat them. We know of course that if the sun had in fact stood still it would have made no difference in the times of day and night since the earth revolves around the sun and it is the earth that would have had to stand still.
So one has to wonder just how much else the author got wrong in the account as to what happened in this instance?
Jim
Last edited by James M; 09/24/16 06:55 PM.
