Matthew24:29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:"
"The moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven." Apparently, Jesus believed that the moon produces its own light, and that the stars are lights held in place by a firmament only a few miles above our heads.
Would've thought the son of God would known better! roflol!
2007-07-19 19:13:09 · 16 answers · asked by 飞龙 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If he did, it's not unusual. EVERYBODY, back then, was ignorant of things we now understand and take for granted.
That this ignorance is reflected by the bible writers is only natural. However, if the bible were TRULY divinely inspired, you have to wonder why (the omniscient) God inspired the writers with the same HUMAN ignorances that prevailed at the time.
This isn't the only example of ancient human ignorance reflected in the divinely inspired bible.
1.) The age of humanity (whether or not you factor in The Great Flood).
2.) Linked to #1, above, is the unrealistic rate of human reproduction necessary to repopulate the world in such a limited number of generations.
3.) The complete omission of dinosaurs -- which were not to be discovered for almost 2 thousand years after the Old Testament was completed.
4.) Insects with FOUR feet (Leviticus 11:21-23).
5.) The bat is a bird (Leviticus 11:13-19).
6.) The snake had legs/feet until cursed by God for tempting Eve. This is clearly falsified by fossil record.
7.) The world is flat (circular or rectangular).
8.) The earth is motionless
9.) Disease is caused by demonic possession and is curable by exorcism.
10.) The entire earth was flooded by 15 cubits (22.5 feet) of water. This is only deep enough to flood low-lying areas.
11.) Noah's ark was woefully inadequate in size to handle all the earths animals and inadequate in technology to feed and water them -- and to dispose of their "sewage".
2007-07-19 19:16:24 · answer #1 · answered by Seeker 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1) The moon does give off light. You are just taking it out of context and being redundant.
2) The Greeks had three words for heaven, one was the sky, the other was space, and the third was heaven where God (or the spirits) dwell. I don't have time right now to look it up, but your argument is redundant.
Besides, concerning the first point, notice that he first mentions the sun being darkened and THEN the moon doesn't give off light. This is exactly what a scientist would say. If the sun is darkened, the moon will not give off light, because the moon gets its light from the sun.
2007-07-19 19:28:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It will beargued that the statement is more or less correct the sun by being darkened stops the reflection of light and so the moon appears to stop producing her light - It could be said it was written for men to understand not as a lecture on how the galaxy works
That said it was written by a scholar of the day - not jesus -
How is it that John who is credited with writing the book of Revelations in a formal Greek was earlier said to be unable to read or write would be a better question
2007-07-19 19:26:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
(I'm not Christian, btw) The sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light. Yeah, nothing at all incorrect or contradictory about that statement. And the stars thing is a metaphor for complete and total destruction.
You don't have to follow Christianity, but I compel you to worship logic and intelligence, something you're not currently doing.
2007-07-19 20:03:27 · answer #4 · answered by Keyring 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ehhh... thats a stretch sir and this is coming from an agnostic w/ athiest leanings.
If the sun was darkened the moon would cease to "Give her light" and stars falling from heaven could very wel be comets etc.
Kind of a leap there.
2007-07-19 19:16:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Your Assumption is wrong, Jesus knew that by the sun being darkened that the Moon could not give light to us in the evening time. Why put assumptions on something that you don't understand and you can't put words in the mouth of God, he puts the words in our mouth.
2007-07-19 19:16:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Have you never spoken of "moonlight," "sunrise," or "sunset?" Don't you know that the sun does not rise or set, or that the moon only reflects light? Should we all laugh at you for this? Of course not. The rest of us would not be so lacking in intelligence as to suggest that your use of phenomenological language indicated you believed these things literally. Maybe one day you will catch up with us.
2007-07-19 19:23:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
The moon gives light at night. Not complicated.
He didn't say the moon produced it's own light now did he? Nice try.
2007-07-19 19:17:37 · answer #8 · answered by Red neck 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Well, if it is light from the sun being reflected off of the moon, then that light is being reflected towards the observer, hence the moon is giving off reflected light.
2007-07-19 19:22:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this will he also reap. Gal 6:7
2007-07-19 19:21:03 · answer #10 · answered by ready4sea 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋