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Thebel
Number 3 is not even rare case in the Universe
Its called tidal locking.
CirqueDeTruth
I can add a few strange moon facts.
1. In natural formations of planets - heavier metals deposit closer to the core, while lighter metals are found on the surface. NOT so with the moon. Astronauts found titanium and other very heavy metals at the surface of the moon. Other unusual metals found was Uranium 236 and Neptunium 237, both of which is not found in nature on Earth.
2. Evidence suggests that the moon may be hollow. Carl Sagan in his treatise "Intelligent Life in the Universe" states - a natural satellite cannot be a hollow object.
3. Magnetic rocks were found on the moon .... but the moon itself has no magnetic field.
4. The moon is believed to be older than Earth and could even be older than our own Sun. The oldest age attributed to the Earth is estimated to be around 4.6 billion years. But rocks on the moon date back at least 5.3 billion years and what's more, the dust that settled on the moon may be a billion years older!
5. Plato, Posidonius, Rabbi Levi, and others all reported seeing anomalous lights on the moon.
6. The Lunar Bridge, 12 miles long straddling the Mare Crisium. That it naturally formed is suspect, that it still survives after billions of years of asteroid and meteoroid impact is astounding!
Utnapisjtim
This thread is about all the unlikely coincidences involving our nearest neighbour in space-- the Moon, Earth’s natural satellite. If you have more to add to the list, please feel free to post them in this thread. And if you’d like to entertain the idea that our solar system is doctored by some intelligent force, this is partly my intention, so please post your views on whether the “coincidences” I list below are indicators of intelligent interference or not.
Here we go. I hope the list will grow:
[1] The lunar month matches the human ovulation cycle.
[2] The Moon and the Sun appears to be the same size in the sky, 30 arc minutes or half an arc degree across.
[3] The Moon’s spin equals it’s orbit around Earth, so the Moon’s appearance is always the same seen from Earth (synchronous rotation).
[4] The Moon's axis cross the ecliptic on a straight angle, off by only 1.5°.
[5] The full Moon always rise at Sunset, the new Moon always rise at Sunrise.
[6] A Saros is a period of exactly 223 Synodic months, after which the Sun, Earth, and Moon return to approximately the same relative geometry.
[7] The Moon’s magnetic field is about 1/100th that of Earth measured in teslas.
Are these random coincidences, or natural and fully explainable by science? Are they signs of divine interference of some sort? Does the relationship between the Earth and the Moon reflect some universal dynamics evident throughout our solar system or the Universe-- or is this unique? And if it is God who is behind it, how did he do it?edit on 31-1-2014 by Utnapisjtim because: Syntaxedit on 31-1-2014 by Utnapisjtim because: Question mark
ScrufferMcGruffer
reply to post by Utnapisjtim
You have that backwards. The human ovulation cycle (menstrual cycle?) matches the lunar moon cycle. Not the other way around. How stupid does it sound to say that the moon cycle matches the menstrual cycle? As if an astral body adjusted itself to coordinate with human affairs....Why do you think the menstrual cycle is the same length as the lunar cycle, BECAUSE HUMANS ADAPTED TO THE LUNAR CYCLE. Just like we adapt to the Circadian rhythm, we change because of our environment, our environment doesn't change to suit us. Jesus christ some people man.
ScrufferMcGruffer
Most of those are not even coincidences. They're just observations.
Like I said before, humans adapted to the lunar cycle, not the other way around, so that negates that as a coincidence.
ElohimJD
reply to post by Utnapisjtim
The Hebrew calendar is based off of these exact measurements.
4 blood moons two total eclipses on Hebrew Holy Days in the next 18 months....
To me God created it all in perfection, and I remain in awe of the precision of the entity of the universe.
Like a watch ticking perfectly in time.
Phage
reply to post by OptimusSubprime
Or...
If the relationship between the Earth and the Moon were different, we would be too.
Of course, if you must believe that there is something super extra special about Earth and us I can see how you would come to your conclusion. Or maybe your creator messed up? Maybe it was going for something else it didn't figure on the influence of the Moon. It is moving away from the Earth you know. Wrecked the plan. "Me dammit. That's not what I had in mind at all." Bummer.
Me, I just think we were lucky. After all, there billions upon billions of planets. That a lot of chances when you roll the dice.
edit on 1/31/2014 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Phage
reply to post by OptimusSubprime
Can't argue with circular logic like that: It's the way it is because God can do anything and the fact that He did proves it.
Goes hand in hand with: The Bible is the word of God. Look it says so right there.
Then I suppose you mean it's also a coincidence that humans are the only species doing this? That alone makes it unlikely.
Humans is the only species we know of whose ovulation cyclus matches that of the Moon. As for the chicken and the egg, I simply want to remind you which forum your in; "Conspiracies in Religion". Also if I am upside down, who modified our genetic makeup to match human ovulation with the lunar month?
ScrufferMcGruffer
Humans is the only species we know of whose ovulation cyclus matches that of the Moon. As for the chicken and the egg, I simply want to remind you which forum your in; "Conspiracies in Religion". Also if I am upside down, who modified our genetic makeup to match human ovulation with the lunar month?
What you're saying makes no sense. Womens' ovulation cycles change depending on all kinds of variables, their chromosomes not really being one of them. Genetic makeup has little to do with when a woman will ovulate. Did you know that when several women live with each other for a long period of time, that their menstrual cycles begin to synchronize? That's right. No one knows why. Just like no one knows why women's menstrual cycles used to be perfectly in tune with the moon before electricity became widespread. It still happens just on a smaller scale. It's not what's in our genetic code, it's our environmental factors that affect ovulation cycles, granted the proper genetics would be a prerequisite for allowing this to happen in the first place, but it is not the type of variable you have described.
Utnapisjtim
ScrufferMcGruffer
reply to post by Utnapisjtim
You have that backwards. The human ovulation cycle (menstrual cycle?) matches the lunar moon cycle. Not the other way around. How stupid does it sound to say that the moon cycle matches the menstrual cycle? As if an astral body adjusted itself to coordinate with human affairs....Why do you think the menstrual cycle is the same length as the lunar cycle, BECAUSE HUMANS ADAPTED TO THE LUNAR CYCLE. Just like we adapt to the Circadian rhythm, we change because of our environment, our environment doesn't change to suit us. Jesus christ some people man.
Humans is the only species we know of whose ovulation cyclus matches that of the Moon. As for the chicken and the egg, I simply want to remind you which forum your in; "Conspiracies in Religion". Also if I am upside down, who modified our genetic makeup to match human ovulation with the lunar month?