Claim CE010:
NASA scientists, using computers to track planetary motions, discovered
that a day of time was missing, corresponding to biblical accounts of the
sun's standing still for Joshua for almost a day, plus the sun moving
backwards forty minutes for Hezekiah.
Source:
Response:
- The origin of this urban legend goes back to 1890. It is entirely
baseless. Indeed, it could not be true. There is no frame of
reference to measure against to determine whether a day was missing
thousands of years ago.
Links:
Mikkelson, B. and David P. Mikkelson, 2000. The lost day.
http://www.snopes.com/religion/lostday.htm
Further Reading:
Brunvand, Jan Harold, 2000. The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good
Story. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, pp. 137-148.
created 2003-4-30, modified 2004-4-28
