Position Paper Concerning The Use Of Biblical Quotations In Matter Of Science”

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Term Paper Title	Position Paper Concerning The Use Of Biblical Quotations In Matter Of Science”
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Position Paper Concerning The Use Of Biblical Quotations In Matter Of Science”

Position Paper.
“Concerning the Use of Biblical Quotations in Matter of Science”

1) Is Galileo right that Joshua passage cannot be taken literally, and that some interpretation is necessary no matter which system of the world is being considered?
Yes. Literal reading of Joshua will bring us to unpleasant consequences. If only Sun’s and Moon’s spheres will be stopped, laws of Ptolemy will be broken (f.ex. relationship between planets and Sun-Earth line).
In Copernican Universe, with modern discoveries of Galileo’s, sudden stop of Earth will be at least as destructive as the Deluge. But as there’s no doubt that the event took place, and there are no records about something strange that happened on that day. We need some interpretation.

2) Is the literal reading of Joshua incompatible with either system of world?
Yes. Ptolemy: If just Sun’s and Moon’s spheres were isolated from the rest and stopped, spheres of planets and star ball will continue to rotate (and they should as they weren’t asked to stop and it’s their nature to rotate) Heavens perfection will be either disturbed (centers of epicycles of inferior planets will no longer lie on Sun-Earth line, Sun may appear in other constellation of zodiac), or planets and starball will violate principle of uniform motion (moving in a special way to compensate for Sun’s behavior).
Copernicus: Sudden stop of Earth will probably destroy entire civilization as everything including waters of oceans, buildings and, finally, people will attempt to continue to move in the same direction with the same speed.

3) Must Joshua passage be interpreted?
Yes. Literal reading leads...

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