The sun, for example, has to be exactly where it is in order to give the appropriate amount of heat and light to the earth. If it were one fraction of a centimeter farther away or closer away, life couldn't exist on the earth.
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FUN FACT 1.
fundie 2:
Julian brings up some interesting facts, but I think I still have to test this for myself.
Building on what Kyle said, Joyfilled's...um..."theory" wouldn't work unless the Earth was a flat disk always facing the Sun. Oh, wait, the Bible says that the Earth is flat. Then again it also says that pi is exactly 3, and that the sky is a fixed dome. *sigh* I really have to wonder how some of these people can walk and breath at the same time (without swallowing their own tongue, no less).
[If it were one fraction of a centimeter (???) farther away or closer away, life couldn't exist on the earth.]
We keep seeing this. Are there that many idiots out there who really believe this? It's the 21st century, folks. It's nice here. Astronomy, modern math, physics...
"If it were one fraction of a centimeter farther away or closer away, life couldn't exist on the earth."
Damn, don't go up in an airplane, then...., or, for that matter, ever stand up.
"If it were one fraction of a centimeter farther away or closer away, life couldn't exist on the earth."
Hate to break it to you, genius, but the earth's orbit varies.
Earth maximum distance to the sun=94.51 million miles
Now, I know for you this is "advanced math", but see if you can keep up:
If we subtract 91.4 million from 94.51 million, we get...3.11 million miles.
3.11 MILLION MILES. In centimeters, that is 5.005X10E11 cm, or 3.6 times the sun's diameter. And the sun's diameter is about 109x the diameter of the earth. Multiplying 3.6 by 109 gives us almost 400 times the earth's diameter.
Last I checked, that's WAY MORE than "one fraction of a centimeter".
Please explain then how life exists on earth.
“The sun, for example, has to be exactly where it is in order to give the appropriate amount of heat and light to the earth. If it were one fraction of a centimeter farther away or closer away, life couldn't exist on the earth.”
Confused?
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