Astronomy and the Bible;

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Orion,the finestconstellation inthe heavens, is not
amerefortuitousconcourseofstars,butisasystem
possessing indications of a common origin."

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''In
StarryRealms/'bySirRobertS,Ball,D.Sc,LL.D,,
F.R.S.,pages265,266.
Thispresents clearly allthat is needed forus to
understandtheexpression''the bandsofOrion." A
fullcommentaryonthetextwillbegivenattheclose
ofthisargument.
Nowjusta fewwords regardingtheclusterofthe
Pleiades. Are the stars in the Pleiades also yoked
togetheras a family? Over two hundredyears ago
anobserverarguedfortheirconnection inonecom-
munity, and the more searching investigations of
scienceconfirmedthefact.