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Unlike most planets in the solar system, [[Earth]] has only one moon, and it has several striking characteristics:   

Unlike most planets in the solar system, [[Earth]] has only one moon, and it has several striking characteristics:   

#The Moon appears to have the same size as the [[Sun]] when viewed from Earth.  This creates a unique symmetry and phenomenal solar eclipses.  The odds of this occurring by chance are nearly zero.  

#The Moon presents the same side to Earth at all times.  That means that the rotation of the Earth offsets the separate effects of the revolution of the Moon. [[Atheistic]] explanations rely on [[tidal locking]], suggesting that tidal forces on Earth caused a bulge on the Moon, thereby creating a drag on the rotation of the Moon until its same face always presents to the Earth.<ref>The same theory suggested that the planet [[Mercury]] had a similar locked rotation due to gravitational forces from the sun, such that the same side of Mercury always faces the sun. In fact, that is false.  Mercury's tidal locking is incomplete and it does not always present the same face to the sun.</ref>  In fact, current tidal forces exerted by the [[Earth]] on the Moon cannot account fully for its bulge or egg shape.<ref>http://physics.fortlewis.edu/Astronomy/astronomy%20today/CHAISSON/AT308/HTML/AT30803.HTM</ref>

#[[Atheistic]] theories of the [[origin of the Moon]], widely taught for decades, have been proven false.<ref>Planetary Science Institute: [http://www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html The Origin of the Moon]</ref> Lacking any other [[atheistic]] alternatives, some scientists assert that the Moon originated from a collision early in Earth's history which created an orbiting ring of debris from the iron-poor surface of the planet which eventually coalesced into the moon.<ref>http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=2198</ref> This theory, however, is contrary to key observations of the Moon, such as the relatively low levels of iron in the moon's crust. Additional tests fail to support the [[atheistic]] theory.<ref>J. H. Jones: [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/origin98/pdf/4045.pdf Tests of the Giant Impact Hypothesis]</ref>

|The Moon appears to have the same size as the [[Sun]] when viewed from Earth.  This creates a unique symmetry and phenomenal solar eclipses.  The odds of this occurring by chance are nearly zero.  

|The Moon presents the same side to Earth at all times.  That means that the rotation of the Earth offsets the separate effects of the revolution of the Moon. [[Atheistic]] explanations rely on [[tidal locking]], suggesting that tidal forces on Earth caused a bulge on the Moon, thereby creating a drag on the rotation of the Moon until its same face always presents to the Earth.<ref>The same theory suggested that the planet [[Mercury]] had a similar locked rotation due to gravitational forces from the sun, such that the same side of Mercury always faces the sun. In fact, that is false.  Mercury's tidal locking is incomplete and it does not always present the same face to the sun.</ref>  In fact, current tidal forces exerted by the [[Earth]] on the Moon cannot account fully for its bulge or egg shape.<ref>http://physics.fortlewis.edu/Astronomy/astronomy%20today/CHAISSON/AT308/HTML/AT30803.HTM</ref>

|[[Atheistic]] theories of the [[origin of the Moon]], widely taught for decades, have been proven false.<ref>Planetary Science Institute: [http://www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html The Origin of the Moon]</ref> Lacking any other [[atheistic]] alternatives, some scientists assert that the Moon originated from a collision early in Earth's history which created an orbiting ring of debris from the iron-poor surface of the planet which eventually coalesced into the moon.<ref>http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=2198</ref> This theory, however, is contrary to key observations of the Moon, such as the relatively low levels of iron in the moon's crust. Additional tests fail to support the [[atheistic]] theory.<ref>J. H. Jones: [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/origin98/pdf/4045.pdf Tests of the Giant Impact Hypothesis]</ref>

Biblical history records the Moon being created on the fourth day of [[Creation Week|creation week]], along with the Sun.

Biblical history records the Moon being created on the fourth day of [[Creation Week|creation week]], along with the Sun.