Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: February 1, 2025, 2:57 pm
Atheist Forums › Community › Atheism v
The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
FebruaryOfReason Offline
Super cuddly reformed bastard
**
Religious Views: Pray for me. And I'll think for you.
Posts: 342
Threads: 14
Joined: February 5, 2016
Reputation: 9
#1
The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
March 4, 2016 at 6:49 pm
Please post your celebrations of reality here.
We don't have long. Let's not waste it.

Quote:"We're nothing,
and nothing will help us
Maybe we're lying,
then you better not stay"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYjBQKIOb-w

There is a story in "The Gulag Archipelago" of a group of academics who had analysed their daily Gulag rations. They understood that their calorie intake was not sufficient to sustain them, given the amount of physical work they were expected to do.

They knew they were going to die very soon. So they formed a lecture club, so that they could learn as much as possible before they died.

Every night, an academic would deliver a lecture to their fellows on their specialist subject. They carried on lecturing, and every night the audience got smaller and smaller.


What magnificent humanity.
I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty.
Find
Reply
Angrboda Offline
Bringer Of Grief
*****
Religious Views: Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.
Posts: 30173
Threads: 116
Joined: February 22, 2011
Reputation: 158
#2
RE: The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
March 4, 2016 at 7:06 pm
GTG.
[Image: extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg]
Find
Reply
FebruaryOfReason Offline
Super cuddly reformed bastard
**
Religious Views: Pray for me. And I'll think for you.
Posts: 342
Threads: 14
Joined: February 5, 2016
Reputation: 9
#3
RE: The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
March 5, 2016 at 6:02 am (This post was last modified: March 5, 2016 at 6:10 am by FebruaryOfReason.)
Here's some examples to get you started

Brian Eno, Ascent (An ending)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alo3KFRfLvE

Detail of Mandlebrot set

[Image: mandelviewer5.png]

Richard Feynman's explanation of diffraction:

http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_30.html

Miranda Kerr.

[Image: Miranda-Kerr-Wallpaper-4-1024x768.jpg]
I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty.
Find
Reply
FebruaryOfReason Offline
Super cuddly reformed bastard
**
Religious Views: Pray for me. And I'll think for you.
Posts: 342
Threads: 14
Joined: February 5, 2016
Reputation: 9
#4
RE: The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
March 5, 2016 at 8:03 am (This post was last modified: March 5, 2016 at 8:24 am by FebruaryOfReason.)
The Millau Viaduct
[Image: millau-viaduct-bridge-france_63026_990x742.jpg]

Lamborghini Aventador
[Image: black-lamborghini-aventador-wallpaper-wallpaper-6.jpg]
I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty.
Find
Reply
FebruaryOfReason Offline
Super cuddly reformed bastard
**
Religious Views: Pray for me. And I'll think for you.
Posts: 342
Threads: 14
Joined: February 5, 2016
Reputation: 9
#5
RE: The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
March 5, 2016 at 11:56 am (This post was last modified: March 5, 2016 at 12:08 pm by FebruaryOfReason.)
Crab nebula
[Image: CrabNebula.jpg]

Peter Kay - Phoenix Nights - The Auditions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5EA2g3nZWo

Lionel Messi - Best Goals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603JM1adqRA
I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty.
Find
Reply
Alex K Offline
Ich fühle Luft von anderem Planeten
*****
Religious Views: Theism is not plausible
Posts: 18510
Threads: 129
Joined: January 19, 2014
Reputation: 90
#6
RE: The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
March 5, 2016 at 5:11 pm
https://youtu.be/YqXZtGyFyDo
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

Find
Reply
Ivan Denisovich Offline
Comrade Cat.
***
Religious Views: Atheist
Posts: 555
Threads: 2
Joined: January 28, 2016
Reputation: 17
#7
RE: The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
March 6, 2016 at 3:48 am
Vivaldi - Spring performed by Itzhak Perlman with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.





Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

Sandro Botticelli - The Birth of Venus [Image: gChnR4RIukYO0X1ZtVOTXtdPrlBazckOydjkUyfE...s_Tc=s1200]
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.

Mikhail Bakunin.
Find
Reply
FebruaryOfReason Offline
Super cuddly reformed bastard
**
Religious Views: Pray for me. And I'll think for you.
Posts: 342
Threads: 14
Joined: February 5, 2016
Reputation: 9
#8
RE: The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
March 6, 2016 at 5:41 am (This post was last modified: March 6, 2016 at 5:45 am by FebruaryOfReason.)
(March 5, 2016 at 5:11 pm)Alex K Wrote: https://youtu.be/YqXZtGyFyDo

You can never have enough Bach. Bach is simply awesome.
(March 6, 2016 at 3:48 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

I've read this too. Never experienced a narrative before that was at once so apparently chaotic but so fundamentally coherent.
No wonder Stalin recognised himself in the devil and all his Socialist "miracles"
I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty.
Find
Reply
FebruaryOfReason Offline
Super cuddly reformed bastard
**
Religious Views: Pray for me. And I'll think for you.
Posts: 342
Threads: 14
Joined: February 5, 2016
Reputation: 9
#9
RE: The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
March 18, 2016 at 6:53 pm (This post was last modified: March 18, 2016 at 7:03 pm by FebruaryOfReason.)
People are awesome (don't worry about the clickbait - this is a genuinely brilliant movie of human beings being awesome)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXr_R9wLU-E

AC / DC Donnington - Thunderstruck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSxfDJ7eayw
I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty. I must not be nasty.
Find
Reply
LadyForCamus Offline
Retired Staff
*****
Religious Views: Atheist
Posts: 9915
Threads: 53
Joined: November 27, 2015
Reputation: 92
#10
RE: The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality
March 20, 2016 at 3:54 pm
This one chokes me up a bit every time I see it.

http://youtu.be/7ItmwtLCDVY
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Atheism v
The flame between two darknesses: A celebration of reality

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  If you had to pick between people who pimp prostitutes vs religious people Woah0 22 2764 August 28, 2022 at 5:51 pm
Last Post: Rev. Rye
  Two Myths I Wish Atheists Would Stop Buying Into Rhondazvous 26 5608 June 7, 2018 at 8:21 pm
Last Post: chimp3
  An atheists guide to reality StatCrux 143 53390 April 23, 2018 at 5:50 pm
Last Post: Edwardo Piet
  Announced disproof of Reality strengthens the atheism cosmology 11 2900 December 31, 2017 at 11:05 pm
Last Post: Losty
  Two scenarios that may/may not happen. RayOfLight 85 20392 November 2, 2017 at 8:46 pm
Last Post: Crossless2.0
  Study finds link between brain damage and fundamentalism drfuzzy 13 4842 May 16, 2017 at 3:46 am
Last Post: Little lunch
  Atheism the unscientific belief (part one, two, and three) Little Rik 3049 476148 April 11, 2016 at 8:38 am
Last Post: Little Rik
  Two Catagories? - not sexy this post. Goosebump 9 2209 December 24, 2015 at 8:23 pm
Last Post: Silver
  Life's meaning when you are an atheist - reality, struggle, etc. bussta33 11 4996 December 11, 2015 at 7:21 pm
Last Post: Edwardo Piet
  correlation between intelligence and atheism Sappho 22 4545 December 10, 2015 at 4:03 pm
Last Post: Vincent



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)