Nobody else on earth ever even noticed JOSHUA'S long day!!

by Terry 33 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  tec

  I'm just asking. It wouldn't even have to be an actual long day... even just a seemingly long day for some reason or another. And I'm only even thinking about it because there are other civilizations with the same myth. If those civilizations weren't ever connected in any way during the recording of that long day or night, then that's interesting. If they were, then yes, the myth could have leeched and been absorbed from one group to another.

  If you're going to be really open minded about something, what's the harm in considering what could make either scenario plausible - OR - either scenario false for that matter?

  (Is it a really big needle, Terry?)

  :)

  Tammy
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  Mary

  The sun and moon stood still for a whole day. "There was no day like that before it or after it."

  Ever been in attendance and have to listen to one of Freddie Franz' long-assed talks at the summer assembly? I'm pretty sure the sun stood still for the entire freaking day.
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  pirata

  It was evidently caused by a cow. A well-known nursery rhyme describes a cow jumping over the moon. An alternative ending for the word translated over is on. Thus we can say that the cow jumped on the moon. In order to make such a leap, the cow would have had to run a great distance before he leaped. The power of his leap may have been enough to counteract the earth's spin. Alternatively, new light may have shone out of the cow's nether regions and made it appear as if the cow was shining as brightly as the sun. However, one can logically conclude that when the cow landed on the moon, it was enough to stop the moon in it's orbit of the earth. After waiting on the moon for a day (and possible contininuing to shine new light out it's nether region), it would seem that it had walked to the other side of the moon (thus making it appear that it went over the moon), and then leaped off, restoring the orbit off the moon. When the cow landed, at an extreme angle, it may have restored the earth's rotational momentum. No one noticed the cow because the cow jumped invisibly. Opposers may be quick to point out that a cow would have run out of oxygen in space or burnt up in the atmosphere, but we know that "nothing is impossible with God".
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  Mary

  LMAO @ pirata!