While the Amorites were running down the pass from the Israelite army, the LORD made large hailstones fall down on them all the way to Azekah. More were killed by the hailstones than by the Israelites. On the day that the LORD gave the men of Israel victory over the Amorites, Joshua spoke to the LORD. In the presence of the Israelites he said, "Sun, stand still over Gibeon; Moon, stop over Aijalon Valley." The sun stood still and the moon did not move until the nation had conquered its enemies. This is written in The Book of Jashar. The sun stood still in the middle of the sky and did not go down for a whole day. Never before, and never since, has there been a day like it, when the LORD obeyed a human being. The LORD fought on Israel's side! -Joshua 10:11-14 GNB
This battle may or may not have happened. For the sake of argument, let's follow the assumption that it did. At the start of this quote, it describes the Lord as making hailstones "fall down" on the Amorites, killing many of them. In the past people would just assume God was on their side in conflicts, even to this day (e.g. war and sporting events). This shows how ignorant and self-centered some can be. How could it even be known that it was God who was responsible for the hail? They couldn't have seen him (without hallucinating). What does an invisible man throwing chunks of ice look like? What is the sound of one hand clapping? The point is: how can they writers know God was responsible? (answer: they can't).
Now to the next part of this quote: "Joshua spoke to the LORD. In the presence of the Israelites he said, "Sun, stand still over Gibeon; Moon, stop over Aijalon Valley." The sun stood still and the moon did not move until the nation had conquered its enemies". This egomaniacal/schizophrenic human believes that his invisible friend can stop the Sun from moving in the sky, along with the moon. The wording of this quote shows how knowledgeable the writers were. This is a great example for how accurate the Bible is scientifically (Sun does not go around the Earth). But let's ignore their ignorance and focus on the idea of the Earth ceasing to rotate for a period of time. That would be the only way to make the Sun appear to stop moving. But if this were to happen, the winds would prohibit any battle from occurring. In fact much of the Earth's surface would get torn apart from the incredibly high winds. The writers didn't know that the Earth was a sphere and that it rotated on an axis, they thought it was flat and the Sun went around it (but Believers have faith in them over modern science). Not only that, but there is no documentation outside of scripture describing such an event. If the Sun really had done this, it would have been one of the most spectacular events to have ever happened in the history of our species. It would have been a widely documented historical event.
And to the last segment of this quote: "The sun stood still in the middle of the sky and did not go down for a whole day. Never before, and never since, has there been a day like it, when the LORD obeyed a human being. The LORD fought on Israel's side!". How delusional, Joshua (if he existed) actually believes that the creator of the universe stopped the motion of the Sun (really should be Earth), just so he could win a battle. This is one of the greatest examples in the Bible of extreme narcissism. All in all, this quote is a good reflection for how historically accurate the Bible is, along with how delusional/ignorant those that believe in it's historical accuracy are.
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