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Gryphen, stars are not people. We cannot feel a connection to them like we would with God.
Well that may be, but you know Gods are not actually people either, and at least when it comes to stars there is actual proof of their existence.
That is certainly more than I can say about other possible heavenly occupants.
And by the way, what do you think first inspired the idea of a heavenly god?
The vast beauty which inspired ancient man, is the beauty we are still witness to today. The only difference is that now we know what it is from which we receive such inspiration.
Genesis 2:7 (Whole Chapter)
ReplyDeleteAnd the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul
Does this mean Bristol will be a STAR?
ReplyDeleteHa, I clicked on the link (heavenly god, to read that info). I also saw a Sarah Palin ad: should she run in 2012.
ReplyDeleteOut of curiosity, I also clicked on the ad to see their marketing questions.
I loved at the bottom (I didn't fill out their form, email or name or give them anything), yet:
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Thank You Gift.
As our way of saying thank you for voting in our poll
you'll receive an urgent alert:
How to Survive the Collapse of Civilization!
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Ahem, I think the best way to survive and not collapse civilization would be for Sarah to not run in 2012 (or 2016, etc).
PS ... Gryphen, what a lovely post for Sunday morning.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the quote. Goes back to the way I'd think as a younger kid. Though the nuns weren't amused by my thinking.
:)
Totally OT, but the Pirro Palin interview is hilarious! I actually was able to watch it. Yes, it contains vicious lies about our President's record, but also "revilled" Palin's extreme ignorance about everything! She didn't watch the beginning of the Forum (so didn't know the rules) because she's "busy" (isn't her job to watch and comment?). She doesn't know the meaning of the words "vet" and "microcosm." She doesn't know that Santorum is raising campaign money by selling vests for $100 (she hopes she can bid on one and the money will go to a charity like girls' athletics). Yikes! Busy busy busy.
ReplyDelete....billions and billions and billions... of stars...
ReplyDeleteRemember the TV series, The Cosmos written and hosted by Carl Sagan? He said, I think, "We are star stuff." Stuff or dust, we are wonderful things. :)
Great post, G.
Speechless.
ReplyDeleteG., imagine for a moment a God so powerful, and thoughtful, that he created all this for a purpose.
ReplyDeleteIf random chaotic disorganized forces created stars, what "thing" without a purpose could result in our world with precise recipes that control the forces of nature? Where do the boundaries end of the universe end? Does the universe go on forever and ever and ever? What lies behind it?
Is it a void of black nothingness? Just gases and elements and chemicals and random reactions without a beginning and an end? Who's in charge of all that. Did one tiny dot of lifeforce begin out of black endless nothingness? Where did that tiny dot of lifeforce come from?
Just many questions that make me realize I am thankful that there's a Creator and thankful too that I can relax and know someone has it it His hands.
That is a simply gorgeous thought. I so appreciate your posts on religion, faith, the thought of God, etc. I just listened to some dude talking about how he and 140 other "Christian conservative leaders" voted to support Rick Santorum as the Republican candidate because they think this country needs more religion. Or some such bunk like that.
ReplyDeleteAnd then I clicked on your post, read the caption with the picture, took a big breath and realized that perhaps there is hope for us.
Please, please, please keep on with these posts. You are helping me to stay sane.
Namaste.
Beautiful post, Gryphen. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAnd information we have today could very well change by tomorrow. That is how uncertain the planet is to us mere humans. Is is best to keep an open mind. God for those who truly believe is meant as a guiding light to personal greatness. That isn't to be mocked. Many great thinkers were God-fearing folk. Many of our founders were.
ReplyDeleteJust choose not to mock people in general and you've already made the world better.
Gryphen, you have got to see this. It is outstanding and funny as hell.
ReplyDeleteColbert Super PAC Releases Romney Attack Ad In South Carolina
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/15/colbert-super-pac-release_n_1207318.html
Evangelicals believe man is made out of ¨dust of the ground.¨ How sad. We are literally made of star stuff.
ReplyDeleteAlso, too, about a quarter of the static you hear on the radio and see on a TV is caused by the residual background radiation from the Big Bang. We can literally hear echoes from the Big Bang on our radios.
If you turn a television to a channel with no station, you will see this static and given the level of intelligence of most TV programs, this static is about the only thing worth watching.
This cosmic static is comprised of photons of energy that are still cooling 15 billion years after the Big Bang.
The stars didn't "die"--they were reborn in us. "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
ReplyDeleteBecause we are made of star stuff, we are eternal.
Another beautiful post, Gryphen.
The Kepler Mission is discovering all sorts of wonderful things, like planets lucky enough to have two suns.
ReplyDeleteWe now believe there are more planets in the universe than stars.
There is a 100% probability that life is out there.
dust of the ground is star dust
ReplyDeleteHere is the video for the larger context of the comment:
ReplyDelete'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo
And a personal favorite:
Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU
I can only see the product of peoples minds. I can not see the mind.
ReplyDeleteI can only feel pain or its footprint on a chart, I can not see pain.
I believe:
There is much we can not see. That is why Science and God do not conflict but both exist. They are not opposing, they will indeed prove each other.
However, people who are ignorant of the things science has opened up to us are ignorant of God's wonders.
Mary @ 8:42 - Beautifully said; I agree.
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I don't believe "God" has any need to provide "evidence" of His existence, and whether or not someone else believes "God" exists doesn't affect my beliefs at all.
I believe that "God" adores Gryphen and the amusing irony of "atheist" Gryphen writing blog entries that create conversations about "God"...
;)
This fits nicely with my theory that we share the space between our molecules.
ReplyDeleteCreationism, or "intelligent design" is based purely in faith, a religious belief system.
ReplyDeleteFaith means you do not rely on fact or reality..you just believe it, because you believe it to be so.
There is no reasoning in faith.
If you ask why...there is only one answer is ..because, just because.
Just like children reply when they do not know the answer.
There is a right protected by the constitution, to believe what ever you wish.
There is also the separation of church and state in the constitution to prevent religious interference in government, that includes publicly funded schools.
There are multitudes of "religions" and belief systems and NONE of them have any place in a public school, much less a science class.
Some First Nations believe that Raven freed humans from a clam shell....how would you like to stack that up against evolution?
If you are to consider belief systems compared to evolution, that fits within the criteria.....as do many, many others.
Perhaps there's a religion that believes 1 + 1 = 7, how would you like that in a mathematics classroom?
This is exactly why "the founders" fled Europe.
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Missouri GOP Introduces ~~Second~~ Creationism Bill In State Legislature.
Republicans are trying to bring creationism theories into the classroom by giving students and teachers the power to deny evolution with creationism. If a student or teacher takes issue with evolution on religious grounds, they can introduce Biblical pseudo-science as “evidence.” It’s a fancy way of saying that schools aren’t required to teach creationism, but school officials can’t stop students and teachers from bringing it up either.
A science classroom simply cannot function in a scientific manner if teachers and students are challenging real science with pseudo-science on a daily basis. It would be chaotic and confusing and would keep students from focusing. The Christian Right wants to replace science with their own belief system.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/15/missouri-gop-introduces-second-creationism-bill-in-state-legislature/
Mary said...
ReplyDeleteI can only see the product of peoples minds. I can not see the mind.
I can only feel pain or its footprint on a chart, I can not see pain.
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That's because you are not a neurologist or a neurosurgeon, you haven't studied the science and you don't have a CT scanner...good grief!
It's almost sad to read views from otherwise intelligent people whose eagerness to debunk what is un-debunkable (which is not to argue for faith thereof) leads them to argue views which contradict their own premises.
ReplyDeleteIf we're going to accept the conservation of matter and energy theory, all of the matter and energy today was present at the "Big Bang" (not to be confused with the presumably absurd "Big Dude"). Nothing is created in stars, pre-existing matter and energy is transformed.
Ironically, Mr. Krauss is one of the leading advocates of dark matter/energy- a view which states, in crude form, most of the "stuff" in the universe cannot be perceived, but is necessary to keep the universe expanding.
How sad the centuries of penance, occasioned by the Vatican's poor handling of reawakened interest in the natural world, endured by western civilization. What a waste.
We are stardust,
ReplyDeleteWe are golden,
We are billion year-old carbon
And we got to get ourselves
back to the garden
-- Joni Mitchell
I love these Science and Philosophy posts!
ReplyDeleteWhat I like the most is there's always a bible verse or two in the comments, usually with the word "lord" in capitals, you know, for EMPHASIS.
Starborne...
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