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To: Non-Sequitur
Astronomy is a myth since the Bible tells us that the sun revolves around the earth.

The Bible does not say whether the earth revolves around the sun or the sun revolves around the earth. The Bible does talk about the sun rising and setting. The weather channel also gives the times of sunrise and of sunset. The literary term for this is phenomenological language; phenomenological language is language that refers to how an event looks to the people that observe it. When I watch the sun, I see it moving in the sky. The earth is actually moving, but from what I see, the sun is moving. I am using phenomenological language, describing an event as I see it. Phenomenological language is not the same as scientific statements.

Even today we use phenomenological language to describe celestial events -- rise, set, moves across the sky. Surely not everyone who uses such language believes that it is not the earths rotation which causes this illusion. Zenith apex, altitude , azimuth, rise, set, are just a few of the many words used in modern astronomy that are from the point of view of the person doing the observation, or phenomenological language. Or do the astronomers really believe that it is the heavens that are moving while they remain stationary?

161 posted on 07/22/2006 10:42:29 AM PDT by Between the Lines (Be careful how you live your life, it may be the only gospel anyone reads.)
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To: Between the Lines
The Bible does not say whether the earth revolves around the sun or the sun revolves around the earth. The Bible does talk about the sun rising and setting.

Joshua 10:12-13:

On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel: "O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon."

So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.

The literary term for this is phenomenological language; phenomenological language is language that refers to how an event looks to the people that observe it

Creationists would have us believe the Bible is the literal truth, not the phenomenological truth. It the Bible says the sun stood still, then it stood still. And therefore must revolve around the earth.

245 posted on 07/22/2006 3:12:14 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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