Quote from: RealityTruth on June 19, 2016, 02:39:13 PM

Quote from: Spendulus on June 19, 2016, 02:36:25 PM

Quote from: RealityTruth on June 19, 2016, 02:17:28 PM

Solar Eclipse: Coincidence that sun and moon seem same size?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C331w687tI

The Sun is 400 times larger than the Moon, but it is also 400 times further away. What this means is that, when viewed from the Earth, the Moon is exactly the correct size to perfectly obscure the Sun when they are aligned during a total eclipse. Don't believe me? Check Wikipedia and calculate yourself. In the known universe Earth is the only place where total eclipses occur because of this. Just a coincidence or one of God's miracles?

Are you headed toward Blood Moon prophesies with this?

I don't believe in them.

Glad to hear that. To answer your question, there are a number of things in cosmology that we don't see clear reasons for, that some might call coincidence. For example there's the similarity between the distances of the planets from the Sun, and the distance between the electron shells of an atom.

In the past, things that looked odd were investigated, and in many cases this resulted in the discover of scientific principles. However, this particular situation has to be considered as just random chance. The reason is that the universe doesn't care what some tiny primitive human sees, whether an eclipse is partial or total.