RE: Can someone verify this? Thx
May 9, 2014 at 5:03 pm
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2014 at 5:07 pm by Lemonvariable72.)
(May 9, 2014 at 2:49 pm)abtaylor Wrote:(May 9, 2014 at 2:46 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: If the earth stopped suddenly as described in the book of judges, everything on the earth would've been sent flying into space or smashed into the ground at 22000 km/s. In other words everything would die instantly.
Oh wow, I never thought about it like that...
It would be the physics that is at work in a car crash. The car decelerates near instantly, but your body keeps going.
(May 9, 2014 at 3:54 pm)Coffee Jesus Wrote:(May 9, 2014 at 2:46 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: If the earth stopped suddenly as described in the book of judges, everything on the earth would've been sent flying into space or smashed into the ground at 22000 km/s. In other words everything would die instantly.
Obviously a magical being wouldn't have to apply the stopping force from a single point of contact!! You obviously don't understand how magic works!!
If he applied the force evenly to every human at once in such a way that everything lived, then how come the soldier normal movement is unimpeded? And why is there no record of this from china or india?
(May 9, 2014 at 3:05 pm)rasetsu Wrote:I was thinking of the earth stopping in its orbit, which if iirc, wouldve had to happen for the judges account to be accurate. Even if your right though, you still get sent flying.(May 9, 2014 at 2:46 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: If the earth stopped suddenly as described in the book of judges, everything on the earth would've been sent flying into space or smashed into the ground at 22000 km/s. In other words everything would die instantly.
The rotational speed at the equator, at its highest point, is closer to 465 meters per second, not 22 million meters per second, as you state. Though the results would still be bad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_r...ular_speed
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Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
