After hearing about the upcoming solar eclipse, it made me curious about eclipses in general. Up until now, I simply thought of eclipses as a natural phenomenon with no need for explanation. However, now its clear to me how unlikely it is for the sun and moon to be in an orientation consistent with perfect, or total, solar eclipses.
Is it really feasible for random events in Earth's past to create a single moon with the exact size and distance from Earth needed to create perfect solar eclipses? Simple math would tell you no. The window of leeway is absolutely microscopic, to the point its laughable. I don't want to subscribe to things like hollow moon theories, but the level of coincidence regarding this phenomenon is hard to refute.
I hope my thoughts on the matter might open some people up to new ideas. Please share your own thoughts or beliefs on the matter, for or against the topic in question, as I would be interested in hearing them.
Is it really feasible for random events in Earth's past to create a single moon with the exact size and distance from Earth needed to create perfect solar eclipses? Simple math would tell you no. The window of leeway is absolutely microscopic, to the point its laughable. I don't want to subscribe to things like hollow moon theories, but the level of coincidence regarding this phenomenon is hard to refute.
People historically believed the word of the Bible to the T, but did God really create our world and humans as the bible says? In the past century people have been refuting the likelihood of such claims and some people designate themselves Atheists if they strongly don't believe in God. However, a new theory of higher intelligence could explain the stories in the Bible while still being scientific on the matter.
Saying the terribly unpopular word, aliens, is enough to turn most people off of the issue, but again, is the fact that the moon is so perfectly sized and in such a perfect position above Earth to create total solar eclipses truly believable as a mere coincidence? Are we supposed to believe everything in the bible is pure fantasy and none of it really happened? Perhaps some science based skeptics would have you believe that, but isn't it more than possible that many of the stories were based in reality? Stories of higher intelligences visiting us and creating legends of god(s) could greatly explain a lot of these phenomenon. I feel that the idea is becoming more compelling and convincing to me as time goes on. While some of their presented theories are less than believable, most are very compelling and hard to counter. At this point, I'm a believer in the general theory of highly intelligent beings from outside Earth. Is it probable that the Moon was transported here from another part of space for our benefit? Certainly its very unlikely, but is it anymore unlikely than the Moon happening to manifest in such a coincidental way by mere chance? I think not.
Saying the terribly unpopular word, aliens, is enough to turn most people off of the issue, but again, is the fact that the moon is so perfectly sized and in such a perfect position above Earth to create total solar eclipses truly believable as a mere coincidence? Are we supposed to believe everything in the bible is pure fantasy and none of it really happened? Perhaps some science based skeptics would have you believe that, but isn't it more than possible that many of the stories were based in reality? Stories of higher intelligences visiting us and creating legends of god(s) could greatly explain a lot of these phenomenon. I feel that the idea is becoming more compelling and convincing to me as time goes on. While some of their presented theories are less than believable, most are very compelling and hard to counter. At this point, I'm a believer in the general theory of highly intelligent beings from outside Earth. Is it probable that the Moon was transported here from another part of space for our benefit? Certainly its very unlikely, but is it anymore unlikely than the Moon happening to manifest in such a coincidental way by mere chance? I think not.
