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To: Lokibob; The Raven
God proclaims his glory and demonstrates it every solar eclipse. The moon is set in such a precision orbit, and is exactly the correct size to blot out the sun for only a second or two. If the moon were slightly smaller, or the orbit changed, and eclipse would be far less spectacular. A coincidence?

Actually since the moon is receeding from the Earth, this phenomena is a very short lived one indeed.

All of your examples give rise to the reason life is here at all. They do not posit a diety.

15 posted on 02/13/2004 6:56:52 AM PST by RadioAstronomer
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To: RadioAstronomer
I didn't know the moon was receding. It it going to leave orbit anytime soon, like in the next few thousand years? How fast is it receding?
24 posted on 02/13/2004 7:10:57 AM PST by Quick1
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