Was Christ a Geocentrist?

Huk said:
I clearly stated very early on it’s a plausible *theory.* I also very clearly stated that maybe God literally did stop the rotation of the earth.
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So what is written is not what you believe really happened. It is written that the sun stopped. Not the earth.
Huk said:
I’m not sure why you’re so threatened by God performing miracles through natural processes on earth.
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Not every act of God is a miracle. As Jesus stated, God is active in the rising of the sun and the sending of rain.

A miracle is an act of God which is an extraordinary intervention, interruption, reversal, or acceleration of the normal processes observed by the natural man.
 
Ekklesian said:
To say "this is that" is a definition.
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No, not every this-is-that statement is a definition. "This cat is black" doesn't define cats. "The sunrise is a blessing" doesn't define sunrises. A metaphor is a figure of speech involving an implied comparison between two things "The sunrise is a blessing" isn't stated, but it's implicit in the verse. Which is to say, this (the sunrise) is that (the blessing). Metaphor.

Go back to English class, and keep awake this time.
 
Huk said:
I’ll explain with a picture because I’m obviously failing with words. Light (I won’t call it “daylight”) is extended for up to 12+ hours. View attachment 3307
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i know exactly what you mean..... and i agree with what you are saying.. .... anything is possible when it comes to how this event in joshua played out.... none
of us were there... ..and people interpret both written and oral accounts of thing different ways... generally according to their own experiences.... .... ... btw - i love that picture.... people that know me well know i communicate through pictures all the time.... also videos if i think the person speaking is saying something better than i can... which is usually most of the time......
 
Ransom said:
No, not every this-is-that statement is a definition. "This cat is black" doesn't define cats.
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"This cat is black" isn't saying "this is that" either, genius. :LOL: 'This' and 'that' are pronouns. 'Black,' in your example, is an adjective.
Ransom said:
"The sunrise is a blessing" doesn't define sunrises. A metaphor is a figure of speech involving an implied comparison between two things "The sunrise is a blessing" isn't stated, but it's implicit in the verse. Which is to say, this (the sunrise) is that (the blessing). Metaphor.
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"A blessing" is an adjective phrase modifying the noun, "sunrise." A metaphor is a comparison between two UNRELATED things without the use of "like" or "as." If your example said something like, "The Sunrise was a golden peach," or, "The sunrise was a shiny coin," THEN it would be metaphor.

"The sunrise was LIKE a golden peach," or "LIKE a shiny coin," is a simile.

But, "The sunrise is a blessing" is neither metaphor, nor simile. It employs no symbolism whatever. It describes, or modifies, or defines what KIND of sunrise it is.

Here endeth the lesson.

Ransom said:
Go back to English class, and keep awake this time.
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 🤣
 
I see you're still squirrelling to avoid getting to whatever point you thought you were making in the OP, but failed to.
 
Huk said:
An annular eclipse and an ordinary solar eclipse are not the same. One extends “daylight” while the other doesn’t.
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B.S.

Either way, the testimony is there was no day like it before or afterward. Joshua 10:14. So your point is moot.
 
Huk said:
I clearly stated very early on it’s a plausible *theory.* I also very clearly stated that maybe God literally did stop the rotation of the earth. BTW, this theory has been floated around in documented form since the 1870s—at minimum. The recent scholarly work has just begun to lend credence to those notions. I’m not sure why you’re so threatened by God performing miracles through natural processes on earth.
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And again, my point is that you do not believe the event was as written by the witnesses. You're reading your presuppositions into it.
 
Ekklesian said:
And again, my point is that you do not believe the event was as written by the witnesses. You're reading your presuppositions into it.
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On the contrary, you’re doing the presupposing. I’m following the Bible *and* scientific research
 
Huk said:
My point is moot because you say so? OK, Professor. 🙄
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Um, pretty much the testimony of the Scripture says it is moot. You are saying it was a regular natural occurence. Joshua says it wasn't. Now, whom should I believe?
 
Ekklesian said:
Um, pretty much the testimony of the Scripture says it is moot. You are saying it was a regular natural occurence. Joshua says it wasn't. Now, whom should I believe?
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Nope, I’m saying God may have used a natural occurrence for supernatural purposes. Maybe refresh yourself with Mark 4:35-41. What is the underlying purpose of an eclipse?
 
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Huk said:
Looks like someone wants to take his dolly and go home. 🙃
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Enlighten me, then. Allow me to "Bask in the sunshine of yo' warm [intuhllecktuality] fo' evah!" (Mercer, Panama, Frank. 1956)
 
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