RE: An argument for why God would make himself known.
October 29, 2014 at 10:34 am
(This post was last modified: October 29, 2014 at 10:35 am by Alex K.)
(October 29, 2014 at 10:19 am)Heywood Wrote:(October 29, 2014 at 10:14 am)rasetsu Wrote: God has been fucking with the moon? That bastard!
What are the odds the sun and the moon would appear to be the same apparent size at the exact same time intelligent beings would exist to appreciate it?
I used to think it astronomical and maybe it still is....but I now know things about solar system formation that suggest to me that perhaps its not such a long shot after all.
They are not of the same apparent size most of the time. Through the variation of the orbits of the earth around the sun and that of the moon around the earth, there is considerable variation combining to maybe 15% change of the apparent relative sizes. This increases the odds that there can be an exclipse.
But what's your argument anyways?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
