Timeline for Did the sun and the moon really stop rotating?
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| Jun 2, 2017 at 15:41 | comment | added | Christian Sirolli | @MarcGravell The book of Joshua was written to be a literal event. Saying the sun and moon stopped is like saying the sun and moon rose or set. While the statement may have been a metaphor, the event itself was not. | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 7:22 | comment | added | Marc Gravell | @Ryan the important point there, though, is that we can't assume it is a literal event. As such, if it is metaphorical, we need to understand that metaphor in terms of the beliefs / knowledge of the people creating the metaphor. Our modern understanding of such is very different to how the original authors would have intended it to be taken, due to our very different knowledge of the physical universe. | |
| Apr 10, 2013 at 0:09 | comment | added | Ryan Frame | But the qustion isn't "what did they think happened," it's "what actually happened?" | |
| Apr 9, 2013 at 17:47 | history | answered | kurosch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |