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intjsegry
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Date: April 26, 2013 03:07PM
"The universe is huge and old and rare things happen all the time, including life.” – Lawrence Krauss.
What I love about this- (I posted the video earlier today) is that it explains why coincidences happen.
I always love reading about your experiences, thank you for taking the time to type them out.
I can't ever imagine being reconverted, I really can't, that, just, seems, insane.
I postulate that another factor in the desire to continue to believe despite incredible amounts of evidence to the contrary, or lack of direct evidence (god) is the hubris it allows one to maintain. If a god loves me, I must be important. IF I am just a person, and there is no god, I am less important. (talk about cog dis- commanded to be humble, but hubris about being so important this world was made just for us.... ridiculous) This, of course, is ridiculous, delusional, and unfortunate, wrong thinking.
I think it much more "spiritual" no, scratch that, i don't like that word, AWE INSPIRING and LIFE EDIFYING to know that I am stardust- I am linked to everything, I am nothing, but out of nothing I came and I have the ability to ponder how I came from nothing. That is life affirming.
"The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way they could get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today."- Lawrence Krauss