Einstein Scooped By God
In my current daily scripture readings, I'm going through the minor prophets (which I've always felt are good to do all at once, sort of like pulling off a band-aid -- I kid, I kid). Anywho, I finished up Habakkuk this morning, and came across this little gem:
Okay, I'm probably stretching things, and I've taken the single verse WAY out of context, but still, it's a fun thought.
The sun and moon stood still in their placeThe "your" in this case, of course, is God. Anywho, of what does that sound like a description to you? Light... speeding. Physical objects, relative to the speeding of said light... standing still. Hmmm... did God, through His prophet Habakkuk (which, incidentally, I will name my fourth male child, should I have one) give us an inkling about Special Relativity, which implies, inter alia, that when an object approaches the speed of light, time "slows down" for that object relative to the non-moving object, such that, ultimately, time would stand still for the speeding object, relative to the non-moving objects?
at the light of your arrows as they sped,
at the flash of your glittering spear.
Habakkuk 3:11 (ESV)
Okay, I'm probably stretching things, and I've taken the single verse WAY out of context, but still, it's a fun thought.
2 Comments:
Ben, everything is covered in the Bible if you know where to look.
See the above posting.
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