Joshua long day?

[truth search]

hi,
there are many stories from that talk about a day longer than ordinary days or a night longer than ordinary nights, 
what's the scientific explication of this matter?

[Chad32]

I've never heard of a Joshua long day, but the reason why days get longer or shorter, depending on the time of year, is because the earth doesn't always spin at the same speed, and it's not always at the same angle. There's a wobble to it, as well as sometimes being closer or farther away from the sun.

[vorlon13]

Time appears to slow down in the heat of activity.

No one else (like all of Egypt) noticed anything amiss.

[Minimalist]

The scientific answer is that it is bullshit.

[truth search]

I've never heard of a Joshua long day, but the reason why days get longer or shorter, depending on the time of year, is because the earth doesn't always spin at the same speed, and it's not always at the same angle. There's a wobble to it, as well as sometimes being closer or farther away from the sun.

Time appears to slow down in the heat of activity.

No one else (like all of Egypt) noticed anything amiss.

The scientific answer is that it is bullshit.

Sorry, because i didn't explain well the thread because i thought that all people know about Joshua long day.
Joshua (is a prophet from the old testament) who fought battle against pagans, he need more time to win before the night, so he orders the sun to stop, and it's stopped for one day, this story look ridicilus for many peoples because it is the earth who revolves around the sun, and the story said that Joshua orders the sun to stop.
But many christians said that ordering the sun to stop is a figure of expression.
And there are many stories from around the world talk about a day longer than ordinary days or a night longer than ordinary night. And these stories are dating back to more than 3000 years (the same era in which lived Joshua).
It's a coincidence?

[Chad32]

Oh right, telling the sun to stop so the army could finish killing off the routers. Well this was a time when people thought the sun revolved around the earth, instead of the other way around. So it would be no big deal to just have it hang in the air for as much time as Joshua needed.

Of course now that we know the world revolves around the sun, it means god would have to stop the world from spinning. There goes all life on the planet. If it's a figure of expression, I don't know what it's supposed to mean. I'm pretty sure it was meant to be taken literally, and the authors just didn't know how the sun and earth really worked.

[downbeatplumb]

The lady Fatima "miracle" in spain.
http://www.livescience.com/29290-fatima-miracle.html

[brewer]

Wow, god did it for Charlemagne also. So he could kill more muslims. It's got to be true!

See Fifth Section Summary/Analysis:

http://www.ciudadseva.com/textos/estudio...ldan02.htm

[drfuzzy]

Scientific impossibility, utter bullshit.  To significantly alter the length of a day, one would have to alter the speed of the earth's rotation.
Tectonic plates would shift, the core would shift, magnetic field would be disrupted, and all life on earth would probably be destroyed.

[Minimalist]

And there are many stories from around the world talk about a day longer than ordinary days or a night longer than ordinary night. And these stories are dating back to more than 3000 years (the same era in which lived Joshua).

It's a coincidence?

No.  It's bullshit.  And so are your fucking stories.