The night sky is pretty much a mystery to most City Dwellers. The glare of city light drowns out all but the brightest stars – and planets don’t do much better. If you are interested, I can tell you where to look to see these far-off worlds. If you were not interested, you would have stopped reading after the first sentence. So, at this point, I know my audience.
Prelude
Astronomers have known – for centuries – a secret that reveals the true nature of God! Doubt me if you must, but listen to what I have to say and see if you do not agree.
These astronomers, from centuries ago until now, have all either learned by experience or have been told of an odd thing called “averted vision”.
Explanation
This situation comes about because vision is ruled by the light detecting nerves in your eye. There are two types, “rods” (low-light sensitive and color insensitive) and “cones” (color sensitive and high resolution but 40 times less sensitive to light in general)
The center of your field-of-view is just lousy with cones and that’s how you read small fonts and so forth. Your peripheral vision (“in the corner of your eye”) is loaded with rods that detect light quite well, but are not particularly descriptive about it. It is described in more detail at Sky at Night Magazine
So, over the centuries astronomers learned to look away slightly in order to see more of what they wanted to see. Sounds a bit silly, does it not?
Quotes
Lyrics from Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb:
“…When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone…”
You will notice that this short quote pretty much describes what I have been talking about. The rest of the lyrics have been interpreted by others quite differently as you will see at that link above.
Discussion
So, what of this claim about the true nature of God? This is the first clue I had that God is the biggest (of course) Practical Joker in the Universe.
Imagine this conversation:
God: Do you want to see that better?
Mortal: Well…yes, I do.
God: Don’t look at it!
Mortal: Say What?!
God: You heard me!
(a pause)
Mortal: Hey, wow!
God: Told ya! (chuckle)
Some will tell you that this is just “Evolution”. Others might say that it is God’s Will.
And at least one man asked, what’s the difference?* It was Pope John Paul II – who had no problem with “Evolution”.
*About Life in general, not just averted vision
Epilog
Somehow a small planet created beings capable of asking how they came to be there. It is the only such place we know of. This even though we have actively looked for extra-terrestrial life and/or intelligence – with steadily increasing range, accuracy and sensitivity – for about a Century.
Say, perhaps all of Life is God’s Practical Joke on the Universe! 😉
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Hasta Luego,
Steve
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/how-to-master-the-art-of-averted-vision/
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