Effendi Wrote:
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> By the way, why is it in so many ancient text
> mentioned that the sun stood still or it rose from
> east to the west on some moments in history. Is it
> to be taken seriously, like Velikovsky suggested?

I think that if you take the time to read ancient texts, you will find that none of them mention this. There's the occasional tale (one recorded in the Bible) of the Earth standing still to allow some miracle to occur, but this is not supported by other texts in other civilizations that existed at the same time.

The ancients did put up solar and lunar observatories (some of this material is controversial, but there's no doubt that many civilizations had some sort of way of telling seasons beyond "it just got cold! Aiee! Winter!" and that many were based on the moon or the stars.

But if the Earth had been "upside down" and rotating backwards, then they would have recorded different constellations.

The physics doesn't work out,either. The Earth's surface is rotating at about 1,000 miles per hour at the equator. Imagine that you're standing comfortably on a surface (like a supersonic airplane) and it *suddenly* comes to a complete stop.

You, of course, don't stop. Only the plane does (for instance, by running into a mountain.)

Now, that same thing would happen to a planet because physics is physics. The surface and everything on it would be shot off into space.

So... as the others said, he's a complete goofball... I hope this helps you understand why others would say this. We get so many of these claims that we get a bit testy about Yet Another One.