Hi Carl, welcome to the forum. I look forward to whatever you offer for our edification. In Christ Jack Lewis (UK) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Felland" <cfelland@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 8:48 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Ancient calendars > Neville, Steven, and group, > By way of introduction, I am trained as an Entomologist (Ph.D. > Mississippi State University, 1989) and was employed by Pennsylvania > State University for ten years before opting for a more Biblical > lifestyle in Arkansas. I have espoused most of the viewpoints of > Institute of Creation Research through graduate school and beyond. I > feel that my contribution to creation understanding is a demonstration > that the Hebrew alphabet is formed around the words 'Israel' and 'Zion.' > 'Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal' rejected the paper, but I have > put it online (http://yahuah.org/IZCentral.html). > > My family and I began to observe a solar/lunar "Creation calendar" (Gen. > 1: 14) about a year ago in which the 6 working days, weekly Sabbaths, > and New Moon Days are mutually exclusive (Eze. 46: 1, 3). Through > others who are observing this calendar I was introduced to the geostatic > world view. I have perused your web site, look forward to your new CD, > and have been following the discussions on this list. > > I recently read Velikovsky's Worlds in Collision and noted his ancient > calendar study pointing to a 360 day year in the past. This, plus the > prophetic 360 day year of the Scriptures, leads me to wonder if the > current length of the year is different from that at creation or whether > the 360 day calendar is based on something else. Velikovsky argued that > the Plagues and Joshua's long day were a result of brushes with comets > and that the hail that fell in both was likely meteors. He argued that > it was the earth's rotation that was altered. Does the geostatic > position allow for "natural" explanations for the cataclysmic events in > earth history? Does the geostatic position allow for a change in the > length of the solar year? > > C. M. Felland > > >