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high concentrations of it makes nearly anything in its presence catch fire.
The Bible attributes the same property to the abrahamic god. Maybe someone confused oxygen with a deity?
I saw an article a while back talking about how Yahweh was originally a volcano god. A lot of interesting comparisons- like pillar of fire, lightning, dark clouds…
I read an article that hypothesized that the pillar of fire was actually the eruption of the Mediterranean island Thera, the same one that destroyed the Minoan civilization.
Maybe but it seems unlikely that people 2000+ years ago would have a way to refine pure oxygen.
I don't think oxygen makes stuff auto-combust. It's very flammable and might corrode stuff, but still needs a flame.
Increased presence of oxygen does lower the auto ignition temperature, for some substances to room temperature, so, yes and no I guess.
Right on. I know that I don't know much chemistry.