I asked a simple, clearly phrased question that could have been answered truthfully with as little as one word. Knowing you’d been caught out, you obfuscated the issue with unrelated sidetracks. I won’t take that bait and still wait for you to answer my original question. You won’t though, will you? To do so would require the adult ability to admit youre wrong.
And that question was the following:
Did God stop the sun in the sky in Joshua alegorically or did he stop the rotation of the earth literally?
Knowing that this was a 'gotcha' question, but being intrigued, I decided to bite to see what your response would be ... your response was predictable ... but I was willing to continue the discussion.
the sun doesn't move though our sky and you know it. When presented with irrefutable evidence of allegorical pronouncement in the Bible you lack the intellectual honesty to admit it. Once you accept allegory in Joshua, you must accept it as possible elsewhere.
You do know I picked the first answer because I knew it would set you off right? I tried to get some kind of dialog with you ... but you're the one having none of it.
What if I chose the other and had said, 'the earth literally stopped rotating?' Would you be able to present the rotational energy equations to prove that's impossible?
It was then apparent to me what your presuppositions were in your next few statements: Accept that the Bible uses allegorical imagery and is far from inerrant ...
OK, fine ... you're an unbeliever, I get that ...
And I agree, the Bible does use allegorical imagery in some places, but not here in Joshua. The onus is on you to demonstrated that it uses it here in Joshua. I challenged you to provide the textual markers from Joshua that demand we apply a non-literal understanding of the Biblical text and you either couldn't (most likely) or you wouldn't.
So there really is nothing to discuss ... come back later when you can provide evidence from the text that the periscope demands allegorical interpretation. It would require that you actually read the Bible.
Till then ... I have other topics to engage in.
BTW, I encourage you to think about my other questions ... was the resurrection of Jesus Christ allegory ... or did He literally rise from the dead?
Perhaps your apprehension is the result of someone you know that represents the Lord Jesus Christ in a poor way.
I urge you to check out the claims of Christ for yourself, and not judge Him by someones poor representation of Him. It is the intellectually honest thing to do. I pray that you do that ...
See ya