‘The sun, an admirable instrument, the work of the Most High…breathing out fiery vapours,
and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes. Great is the Lord

that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course’ (Ecc. 43:2-4).

Although disclosed 2300 years ago in the Scriptures, the Bible that churchmen today tell us is supposed to teach us nothing about science, it was not until the 20th century that astronomy confirmed the sun does indeed ‘breathe out fiery vapours.’ The prominences, described today as fantastic jets of gas that appear to spring from its surface. Some of these, known as quiescent prominences, are estimated to occasionally measure several hundreds of thousands of miles across at their base, though their height, they say, does not normally exceed 15,000 to 30,000 miles. Then there are the eruptive prominences. Narrow at the base, resembling jagged flames, they are ejected from the chromospheres, said to move at velocities of 50-250mps, commonly attaining heights of 50,000-250,000 miles, sometimes up to 500,000 miles from the surface. Interestingly, their composition is often described nowadays as ‘chromospheric vapours.’

‘Practically all life on Earth depends on energy from the sun. This energy travels through space as radiation. It comes to Earth in a vast spectrum of [electromagnetic] wavelengths. The shortest are the lethal gamma rays. Then come X-rays, ultraviolet rays, visible light, infrared, microwaves, and the longest of all, radio waves. Remarkably, our atmosphere blocks much harmful radiation while allowing other needed radiation to reach the Earth’s surface. I was intrigued by the introduction to the Bible’s Creation account and its reference to light. It states: “God said: ‘Let there be light.’ Then there was light.” Only a very narrow band of the vast spectrum of solar radiation is visible light, but light is vital for life. Plants need it to produce food, and we need light to see. The atmosphere’s special transparency to light cannot be a coincidence. Even more remarkable is the tiny amount of ultraviolet light that reaches the Earth’s surface. Some ultraviolet radiation is critical. We need a small amount of it on our skin to produce vitamin D, which is vital for bone health and evidently for protection from cancer and other diseases. However, too much of this particular radiation causes skin cancer and eye cataracts. In its natural state, the atmosphere allows only a tiny amount of this ultraviolet radiation to reach the Earth’s surface—and it is just the right amount. For me, that is evidence that someone designed the Earth to sustain life.’--- Wentlong He.

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Interesting article.  As China is officially Communist, is there any background on whether the visits from the JWs were when he and his wife lived in China or were they outside the country?

Thanks, Cassini.  I thought you might've been following him and his more closely and perhaps knew more of his background.  It was interesting what he mentioned about a closed system requiring an outside agent.  Bill Nye says the earth is a closed system but I guess he hasn't hit on the idea of an outside agent yet. lol

Now, back to interesting footage of the sun...