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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-10 02:52 AM
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18. The eclipse is rarer than the sun rising but no more mysterious
You might as well believe that the daily rising and setting of the sun is a sign of something extraordinary coming. Or the daily tides. Or the wind. Or a comet. Or a shooting star. Or a nova. Or the phases of the moon.

If you believe that the eclipse is a sign, then you should believe that everything in the natural world is a sign. That mindless natural processes and Newtonian mechanics have mystical significance. That's a devolution into meaningless babble.
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