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Anyone Want To Hazard A Stab At Symbolic Meaning Of This Eclipse?
Self ^ | 8/21/17 | Jim Newell

Posted on 08/21/2017 12:12:27 PM PDT by Jim W N

Whaddyathink? Any insights?


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To: fwdude

unlikely coincidence that the appearance of the moon at it’s given distance matches so closely to the size of a disc of the sun


Even odder, in Northern Hemisphere summer when the sun is farther from the earth, the sun’s disc is just enough smaller than the moon’s to make for a total eclipse. Eclipses in winter, when the sun is closer, tend to be annular, i.e. a ring of sunlight surrounds the sun. Of course the moon’s distance to earth varies as well and that too has an effect.


61 posted on 08/21/2017 12:55:33 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: taxcontrol

You note that Astrology interprets eclipse as a harbinger of change. So what does it mean that Trump’s potential 2 terms are bookended by eclipses over US — August 2017 and April 2024? I hope this is the next “turning” / 3rd moral awakening for the US. Hope that it brings a turning to God and a turning away from immorality & death/abortion.


62 posted on 08/21/2017 12:55:49 PM PDT by mason-dixon (As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
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To: Jim 0216

Al Gore needs more worldwide funding if Gaia is to be saved!


63 posted on 08/21/2017 12:56:10 PM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: Jim 0216

Sure. Sometimes an orbiting object can get between the sun and another object and cast a shadow on it for a fleeting moment. Then everybody dies.


64 posted on 08/21/2017 12:57:21 PM PDT by WMarshal (President Trump, a president keeping his promises to the American people. It feels like winning.)
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To: Jim 0216

It means darkness will reign over the northern states of America ... for 3 minutes and 40 seconds.


65 posted on 08/21/2017 12:59:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: Red Badger

Nice scripture!


66 posted on 08/21/2017 1:00:52 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

ROFL!


67 posted on 08/21/2017 1:01:45 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: mason-dixon
So what does it mean that Trump’s potential 2 terms are bookended by eclipses over US — August 2017 and April 2024?

Superimpose today's path with the path in 2024 and note where X marks the spot...

68 posted on 08/21/2017 1:02:22 PM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: Jim 0216

I think it means the moon got between the earth and the sun.


69 posted on 08/21/2017 1:02:41 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: Jim 0216

Russian interference.


70 posted on 08/21/2017 1:02:53 PM PDT by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: Jim 0216; All

It’s further evidence that Trump is racist, blotting out the sun. Bush’s fault?


71 posted on 08/21/2017 1:07:29 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Jim 0216

Trump did it!!


72 posted on 08/21/2017 1:07:48 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Jim 0216

I think it’s a good example of when a gigantic mass can seem to be completely lost to a much smaller mass. The parallel for me today was that good people are a much larger and ever present mass even when they appear to be completely overtaken and blacked by the smaller mass of idiots.

The left controls the media, hollywood, schools, universities, and most of the legal profession, yet conservatives still win elections. If people are spoon fed their message for 14-18 years of their lives and still come out voting against them, it’s pretty clear there’s something wrong with their logic. So take heart. Skies may be dark for a short while, but the light always wins... it’s a way bigger mass of people.


73 posted on 08/21/2017 1:10:09 PM PDT by conservativereports
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To: Jim 0216

How do you know when the end of the thread is near? After 20 replies? After 100? Maybe 1000?


74 posted on 08/21/2017 1:11:50 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Jim 0216

No symbolism involved. It would have happened even if there was no one here to see it.


75 posted on 08/21/2017 1:13:14 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Salamander

76 posted on 08/21/2017 1:13:30 PM PDT by shibumi (Bee Neeth the Mambo Sun, I *GOT* to be The One)
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To: Jim 0216

You can rest assured there are as many wackadoodle ideas of what the eclipse “means” as there are stars in the sky.


77 posted on 08/21/2017 1:14:52 PM PDT by subterfuge (Save the monuments!!)
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To: Jim 0216

I think it means Roger Waters is a lunatic and an ass.


78 posted on 08/21/2017 1:14:57 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Jim 0216

If human beings didn’t exist, would the eclipse have any meaning?


79 posted on 08/21/2017 1:17:38 PM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: Jim 0216

To me, this eclipse symbolized Joy Behar making S’mores.

The chocolate is there for a second, and then it slips away, and Joy Behar eats a flaming marshmallow which ignites the gas in her head causing the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Or something like that.


80 posted on 08/21/2017 1:22:28 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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