I am loved, therefore I am.

Agnostics Anonymous
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A team of astronomer gumshoes has pinned down the date of an ancient Greek battle at Marathon that led to a long-distance run and the sport that survives today in its honor. Analysis of lunar records show the 490 B.C. battle occurred not on the long accepted date of September 12, but a full month earlier. How important is a month for a professional runner more than 2,000 years ago? Apparently it’s a matter of life and death.

According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Plutarch and others, after the Greek army routed their Persian attackers at Marathon the long-distance runner Pheidippides sprinted the 26 miles back to Athens to announce the victory and warn of an attack from the sea. He then collapsed and died.

Having the run occur in August ”makes it a little more plausible that he keeled over and died,” said physics lecturer Russell Doescher. Temperatures in August can reach 102 degrees Fahrenheit along the Marathon route, which could lead to heat exhaustion or heat stroke in even the hardiest of athletes. The average temperature of the route in mid-September is about 83 degrees Fahrenheit, a time when thousands of amateur runners successfully complete the run with non-fatal results.

"I am amazed at how much of our history is astronomically oriented,” Doescher said.

Malik, Tariq. Marathon Man: Astronomer Sleuths Revise Date of Ancient Run
July 19. Space.com – Science

Didn’t God mention that as their purpose, when he created the heavenly lights?

To look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible..... It just strengthens my faith. I wish there were words to describe what it’s like.

Glenn, John (American astronaut and statesman – b. 1921)
cited by: Buelow, Dr. Ronald. Confessions by Major Scientists and Mathematicians, p. 8
Lightsource, Vol. 29, Issue 1

Supernovas create all the elements of the universe -- the stuff of planets, plants and people. The stages of the explosions, modeled on computers, have been described as resembling a lava lamp.

A bubble-shaped shroud of gas and dust 14 light-years wide surrounds the exploded star (Kepler’s Supernova). The bubble is expanding at 4 million mph (2,000 kilometers per second).

Britt, Robert Roy. The Last Supernova: 400-Year-Old Explosion Imaged
October 6, 2004. Space.com

I like how this article give Supernovas the credit for creating things. Supernovas are just raw power - no direction, no wisdom. I can't imagine the faith required to believe that these powerful explosions can somehow assemble living beings and beautiful worlds, minds and intellects.

Sorry! I give the credit to God - not supernovas.

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the
world’s going to hell.