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Started by Palehorse, January 03, 2012, 12:51:07 PM

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The Troll

#885
July 06, 2015, 04:46:34 PM
Quote from: Henry Hawk on July 06, 2015, 01:40:03 PM
I kind of know what you mean.....I guess more so, it makes me realize how incredible GOD is. That our human minds can never fully grasp the power this place we call "space" really is. 

That is what blows my mind away when we see such pictures and what we have managed to learn.....incredible!

  What blows my mind is how anyone can believe the stupid stuff about this invisible sky guy.   :wacko: :dizzy2:   :wacko:

Bo D

#886
July 06, 2015, 04:57:46 PM
Quote from: The Troll on July 06, 2015, 04:46:34 PM
  What blows my mind is how anyone can believe the stupid stuff about this invisible sky guy.   :wacko: :dizzy2:   :wacko:

I posted this back in March of 2012.

Quote from: Bo D on March 29, 2012, 12:35:29 PM
I keep hoping that there would be at least one subject we could discuss without the animosity.

I keep hoping.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."  Carl Sagan

Purplelady1040

#887
July 06, 2015, 05:00:59 PM
Quote from: Bo D on July 06, 2015, 04:57:46 PM
I posted this back in March of 2012.

I keep hoping.
Bo, it is like my father says,wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which one gets filled first! Lol

Bo D

#888
July 06, 2015, 05:02:39 PM
Quote from: Purplelady1040 on July 06, 2015, 05:00:59 PM
Bo, it is like my father says,wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which one gets filled first! Lol

Yep! But I keep hoping anyway knowing that I'll get a handful of crap.  :biggrin:
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."  Carl Sagan

libby

#889
July 06, 2015, 05:06:01 PM
Quote from: Bo D on July 06, 2015, 12:14:32 PM
If this doesn't blow you away, then you're dead.







It also affected me profoundly because it made me think about a book I've been reading a few lines at a time:  The Cosmic Code, by physicist Hans Pagels. It begins with a brief history of astronomy leading to physics to current beliefs about quantum physics. I understood what came next  :spooked: but had not made the connection, so

I got up and did some laundry. 

All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Palehorse

#890
July 06, 2015, 05:26:21 PM
Quote from: Bo D on July 06, 2015, 12:14:32 PM
If this doesn't blow you away, then you're dead.





It does indeed blow me away; and also explains just why it is we don't see our departed loved ones very often after they cross over. Who the heck wants to come back to this place when you can spend time in places like that?  :big grin:

I'll be disappointed if I cannot visit these kinds of places once I expire. . . But if I can, well. . . you'll know where to find me!  :yes:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Y

#891
July 06, 2015, 05:31:02 PM
Quote from: Bo D on July 06, 2015, 04:57:46 PM
I posted this back in March of 2012.

I keep hoping.

I suspect it depends on your personal definition of animosity.

I prolly would have made a similar point concerning Hank bringing gawd into the conversation.   :wink:

:biggrin:
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Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

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In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

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Palehorse

#892
July 06, 2015, 05:37:52 PM
Quote from: libby on July 06, 2015, 05:06:01 PM

It also affected me profoundly because it made me think about a book I've been reading a few lines at a time:  The Cosmic Code, by physicist Hans Pagels. It begins with a brief history of astronomy leading to physics to current beliefs about quantum physics. I understood what came next  :spooked: but had not made the connection, so

I got up and did some laundry.

:food24: :rotfl: :rotfl:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Locutus

#893
July 11, 2015, 03:19:06 PM
Pluto (right) and its largest moon Charon as taken by the New Horizons spacecraft.  As an interesting aside to this picture, I was actually in central Florida and watched the launch of this spacecraft from Merritt Island way back on January 19, 2006. 

One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Locutus

#894
July 11, 2015, 03:21:34 PM
Here's a YouTube video of the launch that day.  I was just to the south of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Merritt Island watching this.

https://www.youtube.com/v/KNJNaIoa5Hk

One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

libby

#895
July 12, 2015, 04:09:59 PM
Quote from: Locutus on July 11, 2015, 03:19:06 PM
Pluto (right) and its largest moon Charon as taken by the New Horizons spacecraft.  As an interesting aside to this picture, I was actually in central Florida and watched the launch of this spacecraft from Merritt Island way back on January 19, 2006. 


How exciting for you now to follow up.  :thumbsup:  For a while I actually thought the mission failed because of a story the Washington Post ran on Saturday about how contact was lost  and they hadn't a clue what was going on. Thanks a lot for posting the real story.  And that picture! It's awesome! :happy:
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Locutus

#896
July 29, 2015, 10:44:41 PM
Quote from: AbbyTC on July 29, 2015, 10:36:28 PM
On Friday we all get to experience a blue moon, which happens once every three years.  At the same time, the Delta Aquarid meteor shower occurs.  I've read that it will be hard to see it because of the blue moon, but it will last into August, overlapping the Persieds meteor shower on August 11 and 12.  Hope you're a night owl-best viewing time is around 2 am!

^^  AbbyTC posted that on another thread so I thought I would bring it over here for all who may be inclined to check it out. 
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

AbbyTC

#897
July 29, 2015, 11:13:19 PM
Quote from: Locutus on July 29, 2015, 10:44:41 PM
^^  AbbyTC posted that on another thread so I thought I would bring it over here for all who may be inclined to check it out.

Thanks, Locutus.  Still trying to find my way around here!
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become something beautiful.

Purplelady1040

#898
July 30, 2015, 08:33:36 AM
Quote from: Locutus on July 29, 2015, 10:44:41 PM
^^  AbbyTC posted that on another thread so I thought I would bring it over here for all who may be inclined to check it out.
I would love to see it but I am not a night owl!! Lol

Bo D

#899
July 30, 2015, 10:13:29 AM
Quote from: AbbyTC on July 29, 2015, 11:13:19 PM
Thanks, Locutus.  Still trying to find my way around here!

Good luck with that! As you have seen we are all over the place here!  :biggrin:
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."  Carl Sagan
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