Hi Jon,
My point is that Calvin’s literalistic hermeneutical approach to Psalm 93:1 and Psalm 104:5 led him to vigorously support geocentrism and to vituperate heliocentrism.
If he had thought that Psalm 93:1 supported heliocentrism, he would have accepted heliocentrism as the real nature of things without a moment’s hesitation.
Therefore I continue to insist that a faulty hermeneutic can result in the rejection of valid scientific insights, as Calvin’s sermon on I Corinthians 10/11 illustrates…and as Ken Ham’s current writings illustrate.
I am not saying this to cast Calvin into disrepute. He was, like me and you and anyone else who writes today, a person of his times. There were many reasons, as you cite, for him to feel reluctant to reverse long-held positions.
Cheers,
Chris Falter