Creation Day 2: How God Separated the Mayi m
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• Life as we know it would not be possible without the heat and light of the sun. The infrared rays of the sun give us the warmth we need to live and the visible spectrum of sunlight enables us to see. • The Sun warms our planet (earth's average temperature is 60 degrees F) , heating the surface, the oceans and the atmosphere. This energy to the atmosphere is one of the primary drivers our weather. Our climate is also strongly affected by the amount of solar radiation received at Earth. • Earth's two major life sustaining cycles - the water cycle and the nitrogen cycle- are sun drive (explained on Creation Day Three). • Through the process of photosynthesis, the sun – along with water and carbon dioxide – enables plants to grow. In turn, the carbohydrates in plants form the primary source ( glucose ) of energy ( ATP) for humans and many other life forms. • Sunlight also helps our bodies to form vitamin D underneath the skin. This vitamin helps us to build and maintain teeth and bones and helps the body to absorb calcium. Unlike other essential vitamins, which must be obtained from food, vitamin D can be synthesized in the skin through a photosynthetic reaction triggered by exposure to UVB radiation. • At least 1,000 different genes governing virtually every tissue in the body are now thought to be regulated by vitamin D, including calcium metabolism and neuromuscular and immune system functioning. • All of the elements ( mayim ) that God used to create our bodies (except for helium - an inert, non-combining gas) are also make s up the sun .
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