Go to www.weather.com and look up the local averages and records for your
location.  For Wingate, NC the listing for February 28, 2002 shows "Sunrise" at
6:53AM and "Sunset" at 6:16PM.  Watch the local weather on TV and they will say
the same thing.  Are they implying that the sun orbits the earth?  No.  These are
intelligent, well educated meteorologists who know that the earth orbits the
sun.  They are just speaking from our perspective.  And that is exactly what you
have in the book of Joshua.
--
Tim

Wirt Atmar wrote:

> Gary asks:
>
> > Where does it say that?  I don't remember reading that.
>
> It's more or less implied in the accounts of Joshua. In Joshua 10:12-13, the
> text reads:
>
> "12": Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the
> Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
> Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
>
> "13": And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had
> avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of
> Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go
> down about a whole day.
>
> Wirt Atmar
>
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