Someone was trying to explain to me that Jehovah Witnesses do not believe that th Earth rotates. How true is this statement? If there is any truth would someone please explain it. Sources would be helpful.
2007-04-07 17:06:26 · 17 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you want real "horse-sense"- ask a horse, don't take the word of a cow. :)
2007-04-07 17:12:05 · answer #1 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses and I believe that the earth orbits around the sun and that it rotates around its own access. Below are 4 paragraphs taken from chapter 10 of the book "Life—How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation?" published by Jehovah's Witnesses. So I think someone was pulling your leg!! :-)
Right Distance From the Sun
7 Among the many precise conditions vital to life on the earth is the amount of light and heat received from the sun. The earth gets only a small fraction of the sun’s energy. Yet, it is just the right amount required to sustain life. This is because the earth is just the right distance from the sun—an average 93,000,000 miles. If the earth were much closer to the sun or farther away from it, temperatures would be too hot or too cold for life.
8 As it orbits the sun once a year the earth travels at a speed of about 66,600 miles an hour. That speed is just right to offset the gravitational pull of the sun and keep the earth at the proper distance. If that speed were decreased, the earth would be pulled toward the sun. In time, Earth could become a scorched wasteland like Mercury, the planet closest to the sun. Mercury’s daytime temperature is over 600 degrees Fahrenheit. However, if Earth’s orbital speed were increased, it would move farther away from the sun and could become an icy waste like Pluto, the planet whose orbit reaches farthest from the sun. Pluto’s temperature is about 300 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
9 In addition, the earth consistently makes a complete rotation on its axis every 24 hours. This provides regular periods of light and darkness. But what if the earth rotated on its axis, say, only once a year? It would mean that the same side of the earth would be facing the sun all year long. That side would likely become a furnacelike desert, while the side away from the sun would likely become a sub-zero wasteland. Few, if any, living things could exist in those extreme circumstances.
10 As Earth rotates on its axis, it is tilted 23.5 degrees in relation to the sun. If the earth were not tilted, there would be no change of seasons. Climate would be the same all the time. While this would not make life impossible, it would make it less interesting and would drastically change the present crop cycles in many places. If the earth were tilted much more, there would be extremely hot summers and extremely cold winters. But the tilt of 23.5 degrees allows for the delightful changing of seasons with their interesting variety. In many parts of the earth there are refreshing springtimes with plants and trees awakening and beautiful flowers coming into bloom, warm summers that allow for all kinds of outdoor activity, crisp autumn weather with gorgeous displays of leaves changing colors, and winters with beautiful scenes of snow-draped mountains, forests and fields.
2007-04-08 07:56:21 · answer #2 · answered by north_lights20 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
JW's do believe that the earth rotates- they can't get anything right!
I don't believe that the earth rotates or revolves- as that is the biblical position- and a moving earth has never been proven scientifically- the moving-earth theory is based on the ideas of Copernicus, which were formulated a few hundred years ago. When NASA does a space launch, they make their calculations based on a fixed earth (but they still wont admit that the earth isn't moving).
2007-04-08 00:20:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christians like to make up lies about Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses. It's a self-righteous thing.
I think the whole think is really silly because Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses are no more delusional than any other Christian. The belief that the universe was created by a magic invisible man who lives forever in the clouds is completely absurd.
2007-04-08 00:11:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well I am not a JW but I believe the universe rotates around the earth, making it appear that the earth rotates. I also , when I walk, push the universe backwards until my destination is pulled to me.
2007-04-08 00:12:08 · answer #5 · answered by Arnon 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
*haha* That is so funny, I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses and I have NEVER heard of Witnesses believing that or even being taught that. Thats a good one though, of all the things we supposedly believe or do not believe this is by far the funniest.
2007-04-08 00:16:01 · answer #6 · answered by joyofjoys 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's been proven by fact that the Earth rotates. In fact, it is rotating right now. If you stay very quiet, maybe you'll hear it, whizzing through space like a giant basketball!
2007-04-08 00:09:59 · answer #7 · answered by Gordon Freeman 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The earth rotates?
2007-04-08 00:09:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I am not a JW, so my answers are not definitive. They have some interesting anachronisms. Generally though, they have a better grip on science than to believe this.
2007-04-08 09:35:09 · answer #9 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Brother and sister are in Jehova. They've never said anything like that.
2007-04-08 00:10:06 · answer #10 · answered by Amy Beware 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have heard a Jehova witness say this just before i got his foot out of my door.
2007-04-08 00:11:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋