which is more impressive the Greek 300 or Gideon's 300?

Question

In the book of Judges, God weeded the army to 300 and they defeated a huge opponent. Which is more impressive, the Greek 300 or the Biblical one? from the story of Gideon

...the sun standing still would be a result of Joshua's long day... that would be another impressive story

GIdeon's 300 had no swords, a trumpet in one hand and a pot with a torch in the other

both sides against an invading army much much larger than themselves

Answer 1

Gideon's 300 men- has anyone else ever prayed and had the sun stand still?

And for those of you who scoff, do a little research and you will find that time is actually missing a few hours,and science can't explain why.

Edit: Ahhh Joshua that's what I meant. Sorry! Long day :(

And I will find the reference article that I mentioned, BTW.

Ok, this is what I could find right now. Hope you like it :0)

Portions of this were originally published in a local newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland, and were eventually published all over the country. "At the Greenbelt, Maryland, space center scientists were checking by computer the position of the sun, moon and planets to determine where these bodies would be in the future. Scanning centuries back and forth, computer calculations reportedly revealed that in the past there was a 24-hour day missing. One of the scientists was said to have remembered the Bible account of Joshua, chapter 10, which says that the ‘sun stood still’ for about a whole day. The computer was allegedly put back to work and found the missing time of Joshua’s account to be 23 hours and 20 minutes."

"However, the story continued, what of the other 40 minutes? The same scientist reportedly then remembered the Bible account of Second Kings, chapter 20, which tells that King Hezekiah was given a sign as proof that he would recover from illness. The sign was that the shadow of a sundial would go backward “ten degrees” (Authorized Version), which is 40 minutes of time. Hence, put together, the two Bible accounts make up the 24 hours, the “Missing Day” that the computer is said to have found."

An almost identical story is related in the book The Harmony of Science and Scripture by Harry Rimmer first published in 1936. In a chapter entitled “Modern Science and the Long Day of Joshua” Rimmer refers to a book written in 1890 by a Professor C. A. Totten of Yale and claims that it “establishes the case beyond the shadow of a doubt.”

In Rimmer’s version of Totten’s account, it is an “accomplished astronomer” who is said to have discovered that the earth was 24 hours out of schedule. In trying to prove it, the astronomer reportedly found by his astronomical calculations that the time of the “Missing Day” was only 23 hours and 20 minutes long. But then Professor Totten reportedly called the astronomer’s attention to the fact that Joshua did not say it was an entire day, but “about” the space of a day. He then is said to have found that the account of King Hezekiah filled in the other 40 minutes.

Answer 2

Considering the Greek one actually happened and the Gideon one is just a nice tale in a book full of fairie tales I'd have to go with the Greek one. The Greek 300 did lose the battle though after holding off the Persians for nearly 3 days.

Answer 3

I've never read the about Gideon's 300 but i sure it sucked compared to the 300 Spartans(there were 7,000 Greeks).

Answer 4

The greek 300. They weren't assembled by god and they gave up their lives for an entire country willingly and knowingly.

Answer 5

wow to the chick who said science can't explain why, a)time is missing nothing, its just time we would have no knowledge if there were hours missing b)its in the bible therefore a myth, real stories are better than myths c)science can account for anomalies in time which are rather commonplace whether you realize it or not. leap year is caused because 8 secs is added to each day so every couple years we need a january 29 to make up for the extra time gained.

Answer 6

I've never been so proud of my Greek ancestry as in the actual account of their battle against the Persians in which they held them off for 3 days.

Gideon's story has no actual evidence to support it. I'd be happy for them if it did.. I love those kinds of stories.

Answer 7

Greek. Because they died with honor and bravery to defend their freedom.

That and it is an actual historical event that is well recorded in history.

Answer 8

greek 300, it was a true story.

Answer 9

Greek. Because there is actual historical evidence that it happened.

Answer 10

Both............