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Tonyzonit - the insects would have to become sentient to be that naive
I've mentioned in the past that one of my life's milestone changes in belief perspective was the moment that I peered through the high powered telescope at our country's national observatory. If one can maintain the notion of mankind being the center of the universe and subsequently the focal point of creation after such an experience, I commend them for their resolve. For most others however, actually seeing the vastness with dimensions, distances and numbers that are beyond our ability to comprehend, and if this observation has been made devoid of religious bias, what other conclusion can possibly be reached other than; we are insignificant to the universe, important only to ourselves as a species?
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gomedome
on March 10, 2007 at 1:47 PM
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And with typical human egotism, the creator was really interested in us
and in our little ant-like lives, scrabbling around millennia after millennia and decaying into dust, to be replaced by virtual clones of ourselves with little or no change in the theme of self-importance. Get this - we are no better than the insects. If anyone is shocked by that, then who or what created the insects, and why - was it a mistake by the divine creator? Or is it unpalatable to rank ourselves alongside the other myriad divine creations? Maybe there is an insect bible transmitted in oral form that condemns us as big, evil tyrants doomed to fry in hell while they fly up to their deserved paradise. But somehow, i doubt they'd be that naive.
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Antonionioni
on March 10, 2007 at 1:32 PM
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