Ah, but that one has been tested for and looked for. Not recently, but the science of geology early in its history witnessed a major debate between the so-called catastrophists led by Georges Cuvier and the uniformitarians led by James Hutton in the 18th century. That was a time when the general opinion, with all the weight of the theologians behind it, was that the earth was only a few thousand years old. (There are still some ignorant idiots who think so.) It was pretty much put to rest by Charles Lyell in 1833 with a book called Principles of Geology, the first text book in the field and still a useful reference. It was Lyell who led the attack on theological prejudices about the age of the earth and and rejected attempts to interpret geology in terms of scripture.
And while we're on the subject--not that it has much to do with getting rid of our sinfulness ;-), but there have been enough diversions and digressions in this thread that I don't feel bad about adding another one--the sun didn't stand still over Jericho for Joshua so he could finish slaughtering everybody before sundown, nor did the sun move backwards 10 degrees as Isaiah records. The sudden cessation or reversal of the earth's rotation would have left even more dramatic marks on the landscape than a global flood. The angular momentum has to go somewhere; I haven't done the calculation, but I suspect it'd release enough energy to melt the entire planetary surface into slag. There are those who would try to claim that god must have drained off the energy via some mysterious process available only to him, then pumped it back in to get things going again. But I don't think you're one of those.
The discussion on this thread as you say has moved around quite a bit from the main topic.
But, I look at it from the standpoint of the leadings of the Holy Spirit who places thoughts and ideas in our minds.
Those thoughts and ideas are acted out by us for the sole purpose of discussion.
These discussions help many who are interested in all the different views and for some, it helps them decide which way to look at things.
Now as for your observations on the tilt of the earth, in my book makes no difference whether it is real or not, because I look at the message behind the story to extract the intended spiritual message.
What is the spiritual message? I'm glad you asked.
What I am about to explain will not make any sense to the lot of you as it is understood only in light of the bible as a whole.
Consistent with many of the stories in the bible, this one is no different in that it is a
“picture” of what God, Jesus and the Jewish nation
were involved in.
Jos 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
The Sun represents the Father, moon the son (Express image of the Father) and the people the enemies of the cross.
The sun stood still (The Father watched) and Jesus stayed (Stayed the course, did not waver) until the enemies The Jewish High priest and the Roman soldiers took it all out on Jesus. (The wrath of mankind) Avenged them selves! Nailed Him to the cross.
Jesus would not have it completed until every dot-and-tittle be fulfilled for the salvation of ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL mankind.
That day could not be fulfilled until all was accomplished, before sundown,
the eve of the Sabbath.
I don’t expect any of you to understand what I said, but at least you will have said to someone later on, that you heard it first here on this forum.
Hog wash? Mumble Jumbo? Fairy tale, fantasy, or just plain silly, so be it.
Those who would wonder at it, may wonder how wonderful God is to reveal this truth not seen before, simply because it has to be spiritually discerned.
Peace>>>AJ:love9:
