How foolish are the masses if we think that humans are the most intelligent beings in the cosmos? Based on the way we have treated one another since the evolution of man, this is clearly not the case.
How ridiculous must we be as a species, if we believe we have 'dominion' over all the other creatures that make up our global and cosmological ecosystem. These preposterous religious suppositions are based on a 2000-year-old book written by primitive men who thought the Earth was flat; who thought our planet was the very center of the universe, when it's not even the center of its own planetary (solar) system; nor is it the center of its own galaxy.
The image to right was taken by the Hubble telescope. It is a picture of Andromeda, the closest galaxy to the Milky Way. Andromeda and the Milky Way galaxies are only two of trillions of galaxies in the observable universe (the visible or observable universe is what we have been able to study telescopically and is less that 5 percent of the cosmos).
In Greek mythology, Andromeda is known as "the Chained Lady," and was the daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia, from the kingdom of Aethiopia. The allegorical legend states that Andromeda was "chained to a rock to be eaten by Cetus the Sea Monster."
Located north of the celestial equator, Andromeda Galaxy is approximately 14,696,575,500,000,000,000 (14.6 quintillion) miles away from planet Earth. The distance can be calculated by multiplying a light-year - approximately 5,878,630,000,000 miles - by the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy: 2,500,000 multiplied by 5,878,630,000,000 = 1.4696575E+19 or 14,696,575,500,000,000,000 miles.
For those of you who want to protect the absurd fallicy that humans are the only thinking beings in the universe, and that we have a 'special place' in the cosmos, look at the image again.
"Believers" who want to keep the religious myth alive, cling to the excuse, "scientist have not found life outside of our solar system." That's because it's too far away.
Consider the fact that if we could travel at the speed of light - 186,000 miles per second - it would take about 2.2 million earth years to reach our closest galactic neighbors. Therefore, the aforementioned cherry-picking, 'God of the Gaps', biblical apologist argument that "we've not found life," does not hold water.
We are made of the same elements that stars are made of, "we are made of star stuff," as the late astrophysicist Carl Sagan put it.
The human body is comprised of the same elements: carbon, helium, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen.
The stars, planets, galaxies, and the universe are billions of years old. It is a biological and geological fact that the three main cycles in any ecosystem are water, carbon, and nitrogen. If these three main ingredients, that are vital to the makeup of the cosmos, have regenerated for billions of years, what does this say about the human species ability to transition through various forms of energy, especially since it is a part of the very same ecosystem?
In our purest state we are energy. Energy moves into form (birth), through form (life), and out of form (physical death), and the cycle is repeated, similar to the cycles of water, carbon, and nitrogen. Over 90% of the human body is comprised of the aforementioned elements. The same water you shower with has been around for billions of years. If these elements have existed for eons, then, so have you.
The image to the right shows some of our planets' greatest philanthropic agitators, who have transitioned from this life:
Mandela, King, Gandhi, Bojaxhiu, Einstein, John and Robert Kennedy.
Religious fundamentalist would indomitably suggest that their energy resides in a heavenly or hellish dimension, depending on their secular ecclesiastical beliefs.
If the primary purpose of incarnating into being, is to learn and evolve, then science, mathematics, and the laws of the universe clearly indicate that energy does not remain stagnant. It perpetually flows through electricity, through the transference of heat, and throughout the universal ecosystem.
Do you ever wonder about the energy, the soul, the spirit (whatever you care to label it) of those benevolent beings who made the world a much better place to live?
It's a rhetorical question, feel free to answer if you'd like. If you do, please spare me the apocryphal stories about "sitting on the right hand of God," because such a scenario would create a serious case of ennui that would certainly not be beneficial to the eternal maturation of the soul.
The image to right was taken by the Hubble telescope. It is a picture of Andromeda, the closest galaxy to the Milky Way. Andromeda and the Milky Way galaxies are only two of trillions of galaxies in the observable universe (the visible or observable universe is what we have been able to study telescopically and is less that 5 percent of the cosmos).
