The sun is the most important thing in everybody’s life, whether you’re a plant, an animal, or a fish, and we take it for granted. (Danny Boyle)
Thinking about the musings from Day 176: Is The Heliocentric Model…Wrong?…
I would submit to you that even though the question of which came first, the chicken or the egg has finally been answered, that line of questioning does not end there. I would further submit to you that when you take out the ‘chicken’ and the ‘egg’ and plug in two different words, that answer may not be what the science of the last half millennia tells you.
In Day 172: Going Backwards With 1 Or With 2?, it appeared that the Voyage of Ferdinand Magellan and his crew seemed to corroborate the scientific discoveries made by: Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galilei, and Newton during the Scientific Revolution: That Ptolemy’s Geocentric, Earth-centered view of the universe was wrong.
In Day 173: I Really Thought That I Was Done With Geometry!, it appeared that no matter what grade you may have earned in your geometry class, there is getting around the fact that a circle is not a ball. Knowing the difference between a circle and a ball ultimately brings into question the scientific discoveries made regarding the Heliocentric model of the universe.
In Day 174: Which Came 1st, The Chicken Or The Egg?, the discovery of calcite crystals found in a chicken’s ovaries finally solves the age old question of what came first, the chicken or the egg. What was also learned was that there was a word in Job 38:14 that potentially brings into question all of the discoveries made during the Scientific Revolution.
In Day 176: Is The Heliocentric Model…Wrong?, The human bookends of the Scientific Revolution, Nicolaus Copernicus and Isaac Newton, both essentially stated that the Earth moves around the sun, creating in the process the Heliocentric model of the universe. Job 38:14 however claims that the Earth stands…can they both be true?
And more importantly…are there are more bible verses that can be found, that further questions the scientific validity of the Heliocentric model?
I would submit to you that there are two ways to approach this question:
1) Finding bible verses that can tell us whether the Earth is moving or is it standing or;
2) Finding bible verses addressing the relationship between the Earth and the sun.
I would submit to you that since the Heliocentric model is a sun centered model, (helio means ‘relating to the sun’), we should address question 2 first.
The reason being?
Well, it is sorta like answering the chicken or the egg question:
Which came first, the sun or the earth?
I would submit to you that this answer can be found in the first book of the Holy Bible, Genesis:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:1-2 KJV)
So, according to Genesis 1:1-2 in the Holy Bible, the earth was created before the sun.
I would submit to you that not only does the Holy Bible tell us that the earth came before the sun, it also tells us exactly how long it took for the sun to be created:
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. (Genesis 1:14-19 KJV)
So, on day 4, the sun, (and the moon), were created, 3 days after the earth was created.
So now that the Holy Bible has addressed question 2 above:
2) Finding bible verses addressing the relationship between the Earth and the sun….
Does it also address this question, which I will refer to as 2A?
2A) If the answer to the above question is the earth was created first, how does the Heliocentric Theory work, when there is no sun for the earth to revolve around for the first 3 days of the creation of the universe?
I would submit to you that we should refer to William of Ockham, covered initially in:
Day 92: How Sharp Was…And Is…Ockham’s Razor?
in order to answer question 2A:
The only logistical answer using William of Ockham’s theory is that the Heliocentric Theory cannot possibly work during the first 3 days of creation, because the earth was created before the sun.
Now, what about the first question from above?
Finding bible verses that can tell us whether the Earth is moving or is it standing….
That question will be addressed next time.
Do not feel discouraged if you cannot see the significance of what the bible verses in Genesis 1-2 and 14-19, are (or are not), telling you regarding the earth and sun. Do not feel discouraged if you cannot see the larger significance of what these bible verses may, (or may not be), showing you after reading the relationship between both the earth and sun. Instead, understand that after continuing the process of reading the verses from Genesis 1-2 and 14-19, your life-long learning continues to impact you in ways you never thought existed.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:1-2 KJV)
Was today’s blog a little confusing at times? Was the content perhaps a little overwhelming? Did you feel lost not understanding some or most of the subject matter?
Those feelings are totally understandable and it is ok to have one or more of those feelings. Remember that you are reading Day 177: Which Came First The Chicken Or The Egg…Part 2.
If you haven’t been in class since the first day of school…or when the project began…or when the contract was first signed, etc., these feelings make perfect and logistical sense.
Please feel free to go back to where all of this began: