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To: GodGunsGuts
Compromise?

In what way is scripture compromised by a moving Earth?

A stationary Earth would be the simplistic literal interpretation of not just that Psalm, but also Joshua 10:12-4 was taken to mean the Sun moved around a stationary Earth.

Psalm 93:1 was used by Calvin in a defense of Geocentricity.

It is not a “compromise” of the Bible to be Geocentric, nor did the Christian world change its opinion on the matter to have it be more in line with a literal interpretation of scripture.

162 posted on 02/19/2009 9:25:16 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream

==A stationary Earth would be the simplistic literal interpretation of not just that Psalm, but also Joshua 10:12-4 was taken to mean the Sun moved around a stationary Earth.

Nope, Joshua 10:12-14 can just as easily be understood from Joshua’s perspective. When you talk about a beautiful sunrise, you are making reference to the sun based on the way its movement appears to you. It doesn’t mean the sun is literally rising.


164 posted on 02/19/2009 9:31:09 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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