Z-one thanks for your reply.
I don't mind deGrasse Tyson at all. I'm in concert with his fact that we are made from stars. The idea that the universe is in us is breathtaking when you first hear it. The only issue I have is that it makes no sense of specifically human life to say that we are part of a universal scheme, when that universal scheme is utterly purposeless. The universe is definitely beautiful and worth considering more and more the more images and ideas we can get of it. However, it's just too inhuman out there to really think there's anything 'about us' in the sense of life and death, or in a socially or politically relevant sense. The universe doesn't tell you which way to vote, but it could convvince you never to act, becuase life is zero-sum. I hope this makes some kind of sense. I do get wobbly-kneed at the video, but for the subjectivity of human life what is there on offer?
I appreciate you love your family! I'm just pretty disgusted at the 'so what' atheism that people hold in the main, and I think that came across. Interesting that the first replies fit the stereotype I was painting quite perfectly!
I don't mind deGrasse Tyson at all. I'm in concert with his fact that we are made from stars. The idea that the universe is in us is breathtaking when you first hear it. The only issue I have is that it makes no sense of specifically human life to say that we are part of a universal scheme, when that universal scheme is utterly purposeless. The universe is definitely beautiful and worth considering more and more the more images and ideas we can get of it. However, it's just too inhuman out there to really think there's anything 'about us' in the sense of life and death, or in a socially or politically relevant sense. The universe doesn't tell you which way to vote, but it could convvince you never to act, becuase life is zero-sum. I hope this makes some kind of sense. I do get wobbly-kneed at the video, but for the subjectivity of human life what is there on offer?
I appreciate you love your family! I'm just pretty disgusted at the 'so what' atheism that people hold in the main, and I think that came across. Interesting that the first replies fit the stereotype I was painting quite perfectly!
