Edg:
Bronte - you might find it helpful to google this issue. I'm thinking you
don't understand the difference between the "magnetic poles switching" and the
"ball, that the earth is, suddenly switching the direction of its spinning."
Bronte:
Edg, it appears that you see me as stupid.
Edg;
If the earth-ball switches,the crust of the earth will instantly melt from
the friction. The crust of the earth is solid only a few miles deep, and then,
the whole ball is molten. If such a ball were in your hands, the outer
shell/crust would break from your slightest squeeze. We're on a very very thin
layer of rock riding on hell fires. These fires would be opened to the
air/space if the crust were to suddenly shift from spinning at a 1000 MPH in
one direction to another -- imagine mountains smashing into mountains at 1000
MPH -- everything melts in the grinder. Everything means the entire crust --
nothing would survive -- not even bacteria. The atmosphere, oceans, and crust
would all be gone -- 2500 degrees and poof.
Bronte:
Could be, and probably would be, if there were a sudden reversal of
direction. But when objects change rotation (in my experiment) it appears they
slow, then stop, then pause a bit, then slowly start moving again in the other
direction before building up speed. There are no "crashes" on the microcosmic
level, and I doubt that there would be on the macrocosmic.
Edg:
"The sun rising twice" or as it is said in the bible "the sun stopping in the
sky,"
can only be possible if the earth is subjected to an incredible smack
from, say, a mars sized hunk of rock.
Bronte:
Possibly, but I don't see how a meteor hitting the earth would be perceived
as the sun rising.
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