the moons size coincidence?

"Hayley" wrote in message
...
the amazing coincidence that the moon is exactly the right size to
exactly cover the sun about 6 times a decade to give us a spectacular
eclipse
seems almost to much to believe that it really is a coincidence,
but I cant think of anything in the evolution of the planets and the
creation of our moon
to suggest otherwise

I think this goes along with the fact that the earth is in the ideal
spot in it's distance from the sun to produce the ideal tempurature, and
various other life preserving conditions. It is by God's design.
Yours,
Bill Kelly.

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 14:17:24 -0500, "Bill Kelly"
wrote:


"Hayley" wrote in message
...
the amazing coincidence that the moon is exactly the right size to
exactly cover the sun about 6 times a decade to give us a spectacular
eclipse
seems almost to much to believe that it really is a coincidence,
but I cant think of anything in the evolution of the planets and the
creation of our moon
to suggest otherwise

I think this goes along with the fact that the earth is in the ideal
spot in it's distance from the sun to produce the ideal tempurature, and
various other life preserving conditions. It is by God's design.

And possibly major scientific conferences being called in the corner
of Egypt in the track of totality last Wednesday ;-)
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

"Hayley" wrote in message
...
the amazing coincidence that the moon is exactly the right size to
exactly cover the sun about 6 times a decade to give us a spectacular
eclipse
seems almost to much to believe that it really is a coincidence,

It is a coincidence, and one that we are fortunate enough to be able to
experience. As the Moon gradually moves further away, the frequency of
annular eclipses will gradually increase until, at some distant date,
totality will no longer be possible.

Bill Kelly wrote:
I think this goes along with the fact that the earth is in the ideal
spot in it's distance from the sun to produce the ideal tempurature, and
various other life preserving conditions.

Base about apex. Life (of this form) was able to evolve here because the
conditions were/are suitable for it to evolve. Fairly obviously it is
only where life evolves that there is the possibility of life-forms
speculating about the coincidences that led to it being possible; there
is no need to invoke a deity.

It is by God's design.

Possibly, but that is off topic for this newsgroup (Clue: the "sci" in
its name stands for "science").


Best,
Stephen

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Stephen Tonkin wrote in
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"Hayley" wrote in message
...
the amazing coincidence that the moon is exactly the right size to
exactly cover the sun about 6 times a decade to give us a spectacular
eclipse
seems almost to much to believe that it really is a coincidence,

It is a coincidence, and one that we are fortunate enough to be able to
experience. As the Moon gradually moves further away, the frequency of
annular eclipses will gradually increase until, at some distant date,
totality will no longer be possible.

Bill Kelly wrote:
I think this goes along with the fact that the earth is in the ideal
spot in it's distance from the sun to produce the ideal tempurature, and
various other life preserving conditions.

Base about apex. Life (of this form) was able to evolve here because the
conditions were/are suitable for it to evolve. Fairly obviously it is
only where life evolves that there is the possibility of life-forms
speculating about the coincidences that led to it being possible; there
is no need to invoke a deity.

The usual analogy is the puddle marvelling at the fact that the hole it is
lying in is perfectly shaped just for it ;-).

Klazmon.





SNIP

Llanzlan Klazmon wrote:
The usual analogy is the puddle marvelling at the fact that the hole it
is lying in is perfectly shaped just for it ;-).

Excellent! I must remember that one. Thank you.

Best,
Stephen

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"Bill Kelly" wrote in message
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"Hayley" wrote in message
...
the amazing coincidence that the moon is exactly the right size to
exactly cover the sun about 6 times a decade to give us a spectacular
eclipse
seems almost to much to believe that it really is a coincidence,
but I cant think of anything in the evolution of the planets and the
creation of our moon
to suggest otherwise

I think this goes along with the fact that the earth is in the ideal
spot in it's distance from the sun to produce the ideal tempurature, and
various other life preserving conditions. It is by God's design.
Yours,
Bill Kelly.


But there is no such thing as God?