A Post on the Earth, in Full Size.

Hey :) Might as well put up another blog entry to attract attention, and plus, this has been on my mind recently.

I was browsing the photos from the "atheist" Facebook group and I found this one picture that struck me. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4137932&op=1&o=all&view=all&subj=2210222015&aid=-1&oid=2210222015&id=545844953

Most of the photos there are satire (which isn't bad but it's kinda closed). This one picture, though, stands out as having a heavy weight behind it. Read the words of Carl Sagan on that picture. That tiny spec suspended in a sunbeam (as he put it) has sustained (for the most part) all of humanity throughout its time. That earth is in orbit around a minor yellow dwarf star. That yellow dwarf star is so tiny compared to other stars it ain't even funny. Galaxies are made up of hundreds of millions of stars. Estimates put the amount of galaxies in the known universe at 100 billion.

Christians seem to think the whole universe revolves around us. If you can say that with a straight face looking at this picture, that the whole universe was made for us, then I recommend a psychiatric ward. It is bullshit to think that we are special for any reason other than that chance has favoured the development of sentience on this tiny rock we call home.

It's small. It's fragile. Take care of it. Take a moment to forget your grouch against your neighbor or your religious presuppositions and have a look here: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/ . ;)