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Postby Slater » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:40 am

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"And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good."

"Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is."

"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?"

"Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!"

"All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body."
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Postby Saint Kevin » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:53 am

Thanks for that. That's really neat. Where'd you get that anyhow?
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Postby Slater » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:02 am

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Postby Warrior4Christ » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:57 am

Wow...
Everywhere like such as, and MOES.

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Postby bigsleepj » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:19 am

Looking at such a vast universe will turn us into nihilists...

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Postby Yahshua » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:20 am

Hm Interesting.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:48 am

Then when you think of the size of the Milky Way and compare that to the number of galaxies that surround us and then to the number of possible galaxies in the entire universe,we're really just a small bit of dirt on the beach of life.
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Postby Phil Hartman » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:59 pm

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Postby Sakura15 » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:36 pm

Daaang...thats incredible..O.O
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Postby Hitokiri » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:43 pm

I have always had the desire to have aliens come invade our world. And nothing like ET but I have a dreadul fascination of something out of War of the Worlds.

I want aliens!!!!!

Anyways, that's hard to imagine something that huge could be out there.[/color]
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Postby Tenshi no Ai » Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:17 pm

We aren't even specs in the universe, we are like the 0.0000000000000000000000000000000001 specs of the universe :/

...and it looks like that Red Giant of an Antares should explode soon in a Supernovaish fashion...

Amazing stuff that be...
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Postby Technomancer » Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:22 pm

Your display reminded me about some remarks made by the late Dr. Carl Sagan regarding a photo taken by Voyager I from the edge of our solar system:

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives. The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings, thousands of confident religions, ideologies and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam.


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Postby Steeltemplar » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:12 pm

To this pale blue dot in the cosmos, God bestowed life to beings that He created in His likeness. Then, in His unending mercy and love, He incarnated Himself amongst His creations upon that same pale blue dot as the Christ, the Son of God. Truly, the significance of this world far outweighs its mere physical size. Such is the glory of God in making great what He chooses.
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Postby SnoringFrog » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:30 pm

And with the intricacy of everything on this planet, which is so minute, as the diagram showed, there are still those who think it to be a mistake. That baffles me.
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Postby Linksquest » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:35 pm

WHOA! That was a really cool progression in size comparisons! Thanks for sharing!
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Postby Rachel » Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:47 pm

That's really cool!
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Postby Syreth » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:19 pm

You know what's awesome? The same God that made Antares is my Father in heaven who loves me! And you too! XD
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Postby SorasOathkeeper » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:25 pm

That is so awesome.
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Postby Slater » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:42 pm

What I find interesting is that the same people who supplied me with this picture claim that this is proof that God doesn't exist.

I lol.
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Postby Icarus » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:57 pm

mitsuki lover wrote:Then when you think of the size of the Milky Way and compare that to the number of galaxies that surround us and then to the number of possible galaxies in the entire universe,we're really just a small bit of dirt on the beach of life.


"Brilliant deduction, Watson, but someone stole our tent."

It is humbling to think that with the vastness of it all, God loves us.

The Sagan quote reminds me of the end of MIB2.
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Postby Neko Niisan » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:01 am

Well that was humbling... 0_0

I should probably insert some really deep comment here about the seemingly insignificance of human life in the vastness of space yet still God in heaven cares for us... but its been done.

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Postby Technomancer » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:03 am

Slater wrote:What I find interesting is that the same people who supplied me with this picture claim that this is proof that God doesn't exist.

I lol.


It does however, force us to reconsider our place in the cosmos. Occupying as we do, such a small part in space and time, we are but a small part in creation. Medievel notions of the universe as a sort of small stage play, centred on us, and for our sole benefit. Recognizing that this isn't so is humbling, (to once again quote Sagan) makes us seem very small, even as it makes God very big indeed.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:06 pm

There's a line in Thornton Wilder's play Our Town where one of the characters is addressing a letter and she starts with the local town and then goes on and on until she ends up with either the Milky Way or the Universe.
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