[Avodah] moon and sun

[Zev Sero]

On 24/08/2011 9:40 PM, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:

> The sun, moon, planets, and stars never stray from their respective
> paths.  [...]

True. And of course everyone has known this since before mattan torah,
and there are several references to it in Tanach.


> The moon in particular is such that we can see details of its surface,
> even with the naked eye. [...] The moon also seems to wobble in its path.
> [...] the other celestial bodies [...] sizes and colors were still
> noticeable even to the ancients.

All true, of course.


> What I've been describing are NOT the characteristics of thinking beings.
>They are characteristic of objects. Dull, dead, inanimate objects.

HUH?!  How do you draw that conclusion from those premises?  How do those
premises even hint at a slightly elevated probability of that conclusion
being correct?  What is it about intelligent beings that would prevent
them from obeying the laws of gravity and motion, or from having visible
features, sizes, and colours?!  It seems to me that this describes every
single one of us!




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