Letter by Leonard R. Cook, Goleta, California (excerpt) ...
A friend of mine who is deeply religious, was told that the proof of Creationism was that the size of the Moon and its distance from the Earth was intentionally determined so that the Moon could exactly eclipse the sun during a solar eclipse. He was told that this was done deliberately to prove that an intelligent force was involved in Creation. When I informed him that the Moon was much closer to the Earth millions of years ago and that it was gradually moving farther away with time and would eventually only cover a small part of the sun, the discussion was unilaterally discontinued, but not before I was told that that was impossible since the Earth is only about five thousand years old.
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