As a Christian, the eyes of faith lead me to see God's hand at work in providing the sun and moon as lights to mark time (Genesis 1:14-19), to sustain life on Earth, and on special occasions like these, to provide us with an awe-inspiring sight. As an astrophysicist, the data and the hard work of many scientists leads me to the conclusion that the material origin of the sun and moon occurred via the processes described above. So, I hold these things together: God indeed made the Sun and the Moon, and it pleases God to let us discover for ourselves the details of how it was done through the work of science.
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