“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, 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.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.“
I find this video far more moving then any religious text I have ever read.
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Cid wrote:
You flame religions and its followers without even considering their side of the story. You’re not much different from Hitler with his extermination of the jews
Gplex wrote:
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“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, 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.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.“
I find this video far more moving then any other religious text I have ever read.
Me too. I love this video. I’ve had it on my myspace for years lol.
Any other religious text.. wtf am I talking about...
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Cid wrote:
You flame religions and its followers without even considering their side of the story. You’re not much different from Hitler with his extermination of the jews
I find this video far more moving then any other religious text I have ever read.
I have to say, I think I agree with you on this one.
What?!?! lol...
Uncyc wrote:
Cool story bro.
I do not find it cool. I think it open my eyes just a little more why we should not be trying to kill each other, but working together to insure the survival of life.
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Cid wrote:
You flame religions and its followers without even considering their side of the story. You’re not much different from Hitler with his extermination of the jews
I do not find it cool. I think it open my eyes just a little more why we should not be trying to kill each other, but working together to insure the survival of life.
I haven’t watched the video yet, but lol @ your response.
When I think of the universe I think of us, as humans, as unified, instead of in conflict like we are, because we look like specks (hell, smaller) to what’s beyond our atmosphere.
Gplex wrote:
I do not find it cool. I think it open my eyes just a little more why we should not be trying to kill each other, but working together to insure the survival of life.
Just for reference, the just got you with a 4chan meme. Shouldn’t take it seriously; instead, ignore obvious troll so he can fail.
When I think of the universe I think of us, as humans, as unified, instead of in conflict like we are, because we look like specks (hell, smaller) to what’s beyond our atmosphere.
Gplex wrote:
I do not find it cool. I think it open my eyes just a little more why we should not be trying to kill each other, but working together to insure the survival of life.
Just for reference, the just got you with a 4chan meme. Shouldn’t take it seriously; instead, ignore obvious troll so he can fail.
I like playing with trolls that try to hide the fact that they are trolling..
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Cid wrote:
You flame religions and its followers without even considering their side of the story. You’re not much different from Hitler with his extermination of the jews
I find this video far more moving then any other religious text I have ever read.
I have to say, I think I agree with you on this one.
What?!?! lol...
Uncyc wrote:
Cool story bro.
I do not find it cool. I think it open my eyes just a little more why we should not be trying to kill each other, but working together to insure the survival of life.
I just wanted a post.Sorry.
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When I think of the universe I think of us, as humans, as unified, instead of in conflict like we are, because we look like specks (hell, smaller) to what’s beyond our atmosphere.
Gplex wrote:
I do not find it cool. I think it open my eyes just a little more why we should not be trying to kill each other, but working together to insure the survival of life.
Just for reference, the just got you with a 4chan meme. Shouldn’t take it seriously; instead, ignore obvious troll so he can fail.
I wasn’t trying to troll,I was getting posts.
Last edited 02 Sep 2009 04:42 pm by TheSaneRevelation
