A Genesis Day and the Age of the Earth: what does the Bible say?

So if the Earth was not orbiting the sun, what exactly kept it from being pulled directly into it? The earth has an eliptic orbit because of the interaction between earths speed and the pull of gravity from the sun. If you are saying that the earth at one time had a synchronous orbit with the sun you should be able to provide a means for earths speed to increase enough to account for our orbit today. Also, GPS satellites do orbit the earth. You can go right here to track their progression. GPS satellite tracking

well first off let me start by saying that I am not in any way suggesting that the planets orbits are caused by god. There is no need to insert god into an equation that doesn't need him. The Planets are quite cabable of orbiting the sun due to natural processes, so involving god is nothing but mysticism. We might as well use Syamsu's explanation and say that the planets choose to stay in orbit through a process of freedom. I am not really sure what you are trying to convey here or how it ties into an antiquated idea of a firmament. In regards to the satellites. You do realize that even with a geosynchronous orbit these satellites are traveling at thousands of miles an hour, based on their distance from earth, correct? And that if they were stationary in comparison to the earth they would plummet to the ground. So if the earth ever had a geosynchronous orbit, it is still traveling at many many thousands of miles per hour and would require an exceptional amount of energy to speed it up to the orbit that we now currently have. This amount of energy would have left a vast amount of evidence. Evidence which is just not there. Again all we are left with is assertations from the creation side and no evidence. Edited by rueh, : No reason given.

Well John that is what is so great about interpreting the bible. You can interpret it to say what ever you want it to. Eventualy though you have to start dealing with real world facts and evidence. Everyone is more than allowed to live in whatever delusional world they create for themselves, but that doesn't mean that your delusion carries any weight when conversing with others. In other words, it is one thing to make an assertation about your interpretation of the bible, but without any supporting evidence I might as well be conversing with the madman on the buss who talks to himself. Your veiw of our solar system and it's opperation seems to be more in line with those held a thousand years ago. But just out of curiousity how did you get that the lord controls gravity form Edited by rueh, : No reason given.Edited by rueh, : No reason given.