Has ED made you realise just how insignificant we are?
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It makes my feeble brain hurt trying to comprehend it all.
Not just the sense of scale, but of time as well... And then you realise that time as we mortals understand it, has virtually no meaning on a universal scale! [wacky]
As for the question of god... I used to be somewhat of a militant atheist myself. Gorged myself on Hitchens and Dawkins etc. But I've mellowed somewhat as I've gotten older.
If belief in a god(s) brings you happiness, peace or meaning in life, then who am I to tell you otherwise? As long as you are not forcing your beliefs onto others, then have at it
Not just the sense of scale, but of time as well... And then you realise that time as we mortals understand it, has virtually no meaning on a universal scale! [wacky]
As for the question of god... I used to be somewhat of a militant atheist myself. Gorged myself on Hitchens and Dawkins etc. But I've mellowed somewhat as I've gotten older.
If belief in a god(s) brings you happiness, peace or meaning in life, then who am I to tell you otherwise? As long as you are not forcing your beliefs onto others, then have at it
Imagine in the far, far future people laughing that we ONLY had the Milky Way to explore on our puny PC's whilst they are exploring the whole universe with their quantum super computers
Or, huddling round a fire listening to the elders tell stories of ancient men that tamed lightning to make carts and pictures that moved on their ownImagine in the far, far future people laughing that we ONLY had the Milky Way to explore on our puny PC's whilst they are exploring the whole universe with their quantum super computers
Sort of like if a tree falls in a forest but no one around to hear it.
Definitely believe we are not alone in the universe/multiverse
But do I believe that ftl travel will ever be possible not so much.
There is also the question not of life in general but sentient life is altogether different.
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It makes my feeble brain hurt trying to comprehend it all.
Not just the sense of scale, but of time as well... And then you realise that time as we mortals understand it, has virtually no meaning on a universal scale! [wacky]
As for the question of god... I used to be somewhat of a militant atheist myself. Gorged myself on Hitchens and Dawkins etc. But I've mellowed somewhat as I've gotten older.
If belief in a god(s) brings you happiness, peace or meaning in life, then who am I to tell you otherwise? As long as you are not forcing your beliefs onto others, then have at it
+1 rep.
I agree share the love in whatever form makes you happy.
Not necessarily. Klingons are a human creation, not something created by the universe on it's own, unlike humans who are a natural product of the universe.
Now, I'm not saying that there isn't a universe populated by Klingons, but I do think there are some limits to what can exist in an infinite multiverse
The entire universe is mind-blowing. Complex elements like copper and carbon can be created only inside an exploding supernova; it's the only place in the known universe with the required circumstances.
So the sun, the solar system, the Earth, everybody on it - every atom and molecule which makes us has already been through the entire life cycle of a star at least once.
The star exhausted its hydrogen fuel, it expanded to a size larger than Earth's orbit around Sol, its iron core collapsed and it exploded and the most violent explosion known in the universe, forming the very elements we're made of.
We span around, attracted by our own gravity, 98% of the matter collected and ignited under pressure to create our sun, the rest, planets. And here we are.
Watching Britain's Got Talent on a Saturday, thinking it's important that the dog doesn't win.
If belief in a god(s) brings you happiness, peace or meaning in life, then who am I to tell you otherwise? As long as you are not forcing your beliefs onto others, then have at it
100% This!
Also:
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boom....mind blown
"Hey, do you mind if I tell you a story? One you might not have heard. All the elements in your body were forged many, many millions of years ago in the heart of a far away star that exploded and died. That explosion scattered those elements across the desolations of deep space. After so, so many millions of years these elements came together to form new stars and new planets. And on and on it went. The elements came together and burst apart forming shoes and ships and sealing wax and cabbages and kings. Until, eventually, they came together to make you. You are unique in the universe. There is only one Merry Galel and there will never be another."
April 5th is actually my birthday, it will be a present allright, but i'll have to live through WW3 first.