God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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gravity,
the
atmosphere
would
be
dangerously reduced in height, and its
pressure would be increased from 15 to 30
pounds per square inch, with serious
repercussions upon life. The winter areas
would be greatly increased and the regions of
habitability would be seriously diminished.
Communities of people would be isolated,
travel and communication rendered difficult
or almost impossible.
If our earth were of the size of the sun, but
retaining its density, gravity would be 150
times as great, the atmosphere diminished to
about four miles in height, evaporation of
water rendered impossible and pressure
increased to over a ton per square inch. A
one-pound animal would weigh 150 pounds,
and human beings would be reduced in size
to that of, say, a squirrel. Intellectual life
would be impossible to such creatures.
If the earth were removed to double its
present distance from the sun, the heat
received would be reduced to one fourth its
