The Sun, The Earth, & The Moon

Isn’t it interesting that they proved that the earth went around the sun, not by the movements of the sun, but rather through the movements of the other planets in the solar system? That seems like a roundabout way to figure something out. But would there really be another way? It isn’t as if they could go stand outside the system and watch it. From this perspective that we have, this was probably the only way we could look at that problem.

I wonder if the same could be said of other problems. Are there things in my life that, because of my perspective I will have to solve the problems I’m having with one thing by looking at the movements of other things in my life? But if I could step outside of my life and watch myself, I would probably be able to find the solution much simpler.

Yet when they were looking at the planets to learn about the earth, they learned so much more than just how the earth moved. So if I were to step outside of my life and solve my problems that way, I would miss out on learning a lot of other things about myself that I learn along the way.

On another planetary movement note: Is it a coincidence that the sun and the moon both rise in the East and set in the West? What would the sky be like if the moon didn’t? What if the moon rose in the West and set in the East, or even if it went from North to South or South to North? That would make for an interesting sky. Except it would just seem normal to everyone because that is how it would always have been.