You’re still wrong. The moon is receding because the tidal interactions of the earth and moon transfer angular momentum to the moon. It’s got nothing to do with the temperature of either body.
I've never understood the overwhelming, soul-freezing fear of the devout.
No miracle their gods ever pulled is one-tenth as awesome as each incremental increase in our understanding of the universe.
No blessing their gods ever bestowed is even one percent as amazing as the blessings we have bestowed on ourselves through learning.
No punishment their gods ever doled out comes close to what we do to each other every day.
Collectively, we are the greatest and most powerful being in existence. Sodom and Gomorrah? Try Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Raising the dead? Any EMT with a high-school education and three months of training can do it routinely. Fly through the air? Buy a ticket. Know what's happening far away? Flip on the TV. Talk with those in far-off lands? It's on your belt.
It's what amused me about the
Harry Potter death spell "Avada Cadaver." The magic words shoulda been "Glock 19."