The Atheist Left Speechless - Clayton D Steep - January 1981

Clayton D Steep

Perhaps one can say modern astronomy began in 1610 when Galileo peered at the heavens through his 8-power telescope. In amazement his eyes beheld clearly for the first time some of the major features of the solar system: the mountains of the moon, the phases of Venus, sunspots, the colored bands of Jupiter. As he looked at Saturn, Galileo saw what seemed to be handles. Actually, he was seeing Saturn's rings, but he thought he must be looking at moons such as Jupiter has. When he looked again some time later, Saturn was at a different angle and the rings were not visible through his little spyglass. Expressing his astonishment that the "moons" had disappeared, he asked "Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his own children?" - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library