Showing posts with label evolution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evolution. Show all posts
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
The Rose
The Rosette Nebula
NGC 2237 is a "long stem rose"
a stellar nursery 5000 light years away
with a central core of young hot stars
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
The Magisterium
The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary are a Congregation of religious brothers and sisters dedicated to a two-fold Crusade: the propagation and defense of Catholic dogma — especially extra ecclesiam nulla salus — and the conversion of America to the one, true Church.
OUTSIDE THE CHURCH THERE IS NO SALVATION
"Outside the Church there is no salvation" is a doctrine of the Catholic Faith that was taught By Jesus Christ to His Apostles, preached by the Fathers, defined by popes and councils and piously believed by the faithful in every age of the Church. Here is how the Popes defined it:
"There is but one universal Church of the faithful, outside which no one at all is saved." (Pope Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council, 1215.)
"We declare, say, define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff." (Pope Boniface VIII, the Bull Unam Sanctam, 1302.)
"The most Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that none of those existing outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics, can have a share in life eternal; but that they will go into the eternal fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless before death they are joined with Her; and that so important is the unity of this ecclesiastical body that only those remaining within this unity can profit by the sacraments of the Church unto salvation, and they alone can receive an eternal recompense for their fasts, their almsgivings, their other works of Christian piety and the duties of a Christian soldier. No one, let his almsgiving be as great as it may, no one, even if he pour out his blood for the Name of Christ, can be saved, unless he remain within the bosom and the unity of the Catholic Church." (Pope Eugene IV, the Bull Cantate Domino, 1441.)
[excerpt from catholicism.org]
Price of this salvation? "Religious submission of intellect and will."
(Sounds exactly like a cult to me.........really creepy)
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Time Machine
The Hubble Space Telescope is a Time Machine
It can see billions of years into the past
The Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
61 Million light-years away
Eta Carinae Nebula NGC 3372
8 Thousand light-years away
Messier 81 NGC 3031
12 Million light-years away
The Cat's Eye Nebula NGC 6543
3.3 Thousand light-years away
The Eagle Nebula NGC 6611
7 Thousand light-years away
The Helix Nebula NGC 7293
7 Hundred light-years away
Young Stars in Magellanic Cloud NGC 346
210 Thousand light-years away
The Red Supergiant Star Monocerotis V838
20 Thousand light-years away
The Crab Nebula NGC 1952
6.5 Thousand light-years away
Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image
13 Billion light-years away
Click and enlarge this image
and see an estimated 10,000 galaxies
as they looked 13 billion years ago
Friday, May 1, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Look in the mirror
The unexamined life
is not worth living
(Socrates said this at his trial for heresy)
Friday, March 20, 2009
You've all been wondering
Okay,
you've all been wondering...
so here's the answer...
...God created evolution...
everybody happy now?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Martin
Injustice anywhere.....
is a threat to justice everywhere.
.....Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.....
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Sunday, October 19, 2008
V for Vendetta
Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate.
This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified.
However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified.
However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
The Way of Peace
Though God may be Love......God is Truth above all.......even the atheists.......who have pretended to disbelieve in God......have believed in Truth.......Mahatma Gandhi.
Today's world requires us to accept the oneness of humanity. Within the context of our new interdependence, self-interest clearly lies in considering the interest of others. Many of the world's problems and conflicts arise because we have lost sight of the basic humanity that binds us all together as a human family.
Nearly all of us receive our first lessons in peaceful living from our mothers, because the need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence. Peaceful living is about trusting those on whom we depend and caring for those who depend on us.
I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the principal source of success in life. The key is to develop inner peace.
When you recognize that all beings are equal and like yourself in both their desire for happiness and their right to obtain it, you automatically feel empathy and closeness for them. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude towards others does not change even if they behave negatively.
I believe that we must consciously develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. We must learn to work not just for our own individual self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind. Universal responsibility is the best foundation both for our personal happiness and for world peace, the equitable use of our natural resources, and, through a concern for future generations, the proper care for the environment.
.......Excerpt from a speech by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.......
The Art of Peace begins with you.......it is medicine for a sick world.......foster peace in your own life.......then apply the Art to all that you encounter.......Morihei Ueshiba.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act......it is a permanent attitude.......Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Today's world requires us to accept the oneness of humanity. Within the context of our new interdependence, self-interest clearly lies in considering the interest of others. Many of the world's problems and conflicts arise because we have lost sight of the basic humanity that binds us all together as a human family.
Nearly all of us receive our first lessons in peaceful living from our mothers, because the need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence. Peaceful living is about trusting those on whom we depend and caring for those who depend on us.
I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the principal source of success in life. The key is to develop inner peace.
When you recognize that all beings are equal and like yourself in both their desire for happiness and their right to obtain it, you automatically feel empathy and closeness for them. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude towards others does not change even if they behave negatively.
I believe that we must consciously develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. We must learn to work not just for our own individual self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind. Universal responsibility is the best foundation both for our personal happiness and for world peace, the equitable use of our natural resources, and, through a concern for future generations, the proper care for the environment.
.......Excerpt from a speech by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.......
The Art of Peace begins with you.......it is medicine for a sick world.......foster peace in your own life.......then apply the Art to all that you encounter.......Morihei Ueshiba.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act......it is a permanent attitude.......Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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