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95th 96th 112th 118th  122nd page Outside Control and Absolute Zero, Intervening in Earth’s Rotation, Stop and Reverse

These discussions commemorate the passing of Professor Stephen William Hawking, age 76, on ‘pi day’ 2018, late of Cambridge, England. They are extracts of a letter sent in 2003 to the Professor reviewing portions of his book, A Brief History of Time.

John Choate

Connecticut

January, 2003

Stephen Hawking, Professor

c/o Centre for Mathematical Sciences

University of Cambridge

Wilberforce Road

Cambridge CB30WA England

<s.w.hawking@damtp.cam.ac.uk

A Brief History of Time, 1988 Bantam Books, Dell

Professor Hawking,

You observe (p. 95) that the mass of the visible stars is insufficient for galaxy rotation. You observe (p. 96) the irregularities of the universe, in that elements are clumped together in stars and galaxies. So, if laws, that we understand, don’t explain it, what about other controlling forces, or Gods taking on the duty?

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112th 118th ABSOLUTE ZERO (Gas, volume and pressure)

     You observe (p. 118) that absolute zero, minus 273 Celsius, or zero Kelvin, is based on the relationship of gas temperature, volume, and pressure. But we have not isolated any gas at minus 273 degrees, as every gas, of our knowledge, solidifies by minus 269 degrees. What if absolute zero (gas) is a singularity? (It meets my definition of singularity in that it assumes NO volume, in order to achieve no pressure and no temperature, and if something has no volume, it does not exist.)

What if, instead of energy being absent, energy is boundless?   Researchers report they observe super conductivity of electrical currents at super cold temperatures, wherein electricity (electrons) flows better at much lower temperatures.

Is deep space “cold”, and thus pro (advantageous to) electro magnetic radiation or frequency? Could this radiation pass without loss of energy or frequency? I don’t know, but I suspect there is more to super conductivity than we have perceived. To wit: there is yet a colder cold than minus 273 Celsius, Zero Kelvin, wherein frequency and molecular motion do stop. Or, there is no temperature, wherein frequency and molecular motion stop, as there is always something moving slower, and yet slower, and yet slower still, but still in motion.

You observe (p. 112) an astronaut falling into a black hole would be recycled as particles, and his mass returned as radiation. But, as stated before “intelligence are not created nor made” D&C 93:29. I think returning particles as radiation is a destruction, and a very thorough one, so according to the verse, I doubt it is probable.

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122nd page INTERVENING IN EARTH’S ROTATION, STOP AND REVERSE

You observe (p. 122) that perhaps God, after creating theuniverse, left the universe to evolve. You conclude God does not now intervene, or at least, is not arbitrary. You ask the question of how did God choose the initial state or configuration of the Universe? What were the boundary conditions at the beginning of time? And, why did he use law of nature which we can understand?

According to scripture, God does intervene in the universe, in that he intervenes in the rotation of the Earth, which implies  a power and willingness so to do with other celestial bodies. Joshua (10:12-14), about 1450 B.C. said “Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 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. And there was no day like that before it or after it, . . .” The prophet Joshua was able to order the earth to slow its rotation, decelerate to a speed sufficient to increase the length of the day a whole day. This intervention was contemporary with the prophet and the whole of Israel was witness. You observe (at page 172) the need for observations to account for our proposals. Stopping and restarting the earth’s spin would account for a higher force.

Isaiah (38:7-8) about 714 or 716 B.C. said “And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken; Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which it was gone down.” The prophet Isaiah was able to order the earth to stop its rotation, and reverse its rotation to a distance sufficient to reverse the shadow ten degrees backward, then stop, and restore its normal rotation. This intervention was contemporary with the prophet, and the whole of the King’s house was witness.

Amos (8:9) about 811 to 791 B.C., said “. . . saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day. . .”   This intervention was apparently prophesied in a future time.

Habakkuk (3:11) circa 600 B.C., said “the sun and moon stood still in their habitation . . .” Habakkuk confirms the event, but does not specify the occasion.

So that these Old Testament prophets and records about the Sun and Moon were not misunderstood, the prophet Mormon, writing circa 380 A.D. commented on the records of another prophet Nephi, writing about 7 B.C. (Helaman 12: 13- 15) and explained these Sunevents in detail. After referencing the “power of his voice” three times, Mormon said “Yea, and if [Lord] say[s] unto the earth – move – it is moved. Yea, if he say unto the earth. Thou shall go back, that it lengthen out the day for many hours – it is done. And thus, according to his word the earth goeth back, and it appeareth unto man that the sun standeth still; yea, and behold, this is so; for surely it is the earth that moveth and not the sun.”

These prophets knew the earth’s rotation gives the appearance of movement through the skies of the sun, moon and stars.

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Professor Hawking’s mother was Scottish. His grandfather was James Walker born Glasgow and son of Archibald Walker Jr. and Janet Audrey Margaret Morris. Archibald was the son of Archibald Walker Sr. and Isobel McIntyre Ewing. Janet was the daughter of William John Morris and Margaret McGregor. Hawking’s mother’s mother was Elisabeth Agnes “Nancy” Stevenson Law, born Glasgow, and daughter of Andrew Law and Agnes Stevenson. Agnes was the daughter of Robert Stevenson who was married 6 August 1852 in Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland to Isabella Hyslop.

Stephen William Hawking, born 8 January, 1942 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, U.K. Deceased: 14 March, 2018 ‘pi day, 3.14,’ in Cambridge, England, U.K.

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