Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Okay, people. I think that unless anyone has something strictly
language-related to add, this thread as run its course.

Thank y'all,

Yigal Levin
Co-moderator, b-hebrew



-----Original Message-----
From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bill Rea
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 11:20 PM
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew calender, years, months, weeks and days


Ben Crick wrote:

>> After the Flood the earth's rotation speeded up, giving an extra 5.25
days
>> on top of the 360. At the same time, the month was shortened from 30
earth
>> days to 29.5 earth days.

And  JP van de Giessen responded

> There is no proof for this. On the other hand, the rotation of the earth,
the
> rotation of the earth and moon, and the rotation of the earth around the
sun
> is very stable. There are too many ancient sources which proofs there was
no
> significant change in any of the above mentioned rotations.

JP, I'm sure Ben knows there is no proof of his statement but because of his
religious faith he doesn't need any. There's very little point in trying to
counter religious arguments with scientific ones. Its like telling a dog it
should act like a cat.

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