Talk:Mars

Mars description

The sentence: Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun can be confusing. In my opinion, a clarification should be added which is about the distance from the sun. Like: Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system in order of distance from the Sun. See other enciclopedic definitions of: Britannica or National Geographic Blow.ofmind78 (talk) 07:50, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

I oppose this. the current one is more concise. What do you think people will think when they see "Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun"? Unless they're dumb the only thing you can possibly think about is distance. Nothing wrong with the current version. 750h+ 09:49, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Perfectly good first sentence in the Lead as it is. David notMD (talk) 01:27, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Mars Formation Date

", however, according to the Christian beliefs, it was created on the fourth Day of Creation.." was added today after the statement on how long ago Mars formed, with the edit being for 'other worldviews'.

While I have no intention here of debating whether or not other worldviews should be part of an article, it's inclusion here is out of place especially as other references to events over time are also listed. Also, this particular 'worldview' is very specific and thus is obviously not there to express 'other worldviews', only that particular one. 141.246.2.80 (talk) 18:56, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Agreed - I would vote to remove. Not to discredit Christianity or its beliefs, but this is a scientific article which discusses the most widely-held beliefs, like the backed belief that Mars formed along with the other planets in the Sun's protoplanetary disc. OverzealousAutocorrect (talk) 19:33, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Until further notice, I'm going to remove that; I think I'm justified in doing so. OverzealousAutocorrect (talk) 19:34, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Mars is about 4.5 billion years old. There's no rational basis to doubt this. "Christian beliefs" or any other religious ideas have no place in a non-fictional article about a real planet. The provacateur who made that shameful edit knows better, but pretends otherwise. Beliefs are not facts. One can have one's own belief system, one's own opinion, but not one's own facts. One may as well claim that Mars is actually the Roman god of war. The tooth fairy, the Easter bunny, Santa Claus, the flat earth, the pre-Coperican geocentric cosmology, and Genesis are all stories for children. There's no room for them in an adult world. Bcgirton (talk) 21:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

While I do agree that it was out of place in that particular section, I think it could be better suited to the "Mars in Culture" section of the article. It could maybe be a paragraph talking about the Judeo-Christian perspective, or just a sentence added to the end of the first paragraph StandMixer (talk) 21:37, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Does not belong in the in culture section either. David notMD (talk) 01:26, 15 May 2024 (UTC)