Hey You! Think You Are So Big?

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

I tend to think about all the stars and galaxies when thinking about God and just knowing He is beyond even all of it! It really is mind blowing. Even a glance at the stars at night remind me of the immense love God has for each one of us. It can be overwhelming.

[Selah]

[quote name='aalpha1989' date='06 May 2010 - 04:22 AM' timestamp='1273130543' post='2105768']
No science is as awesome as astronomy. Just sayin'.
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Amen.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Era Might' date='06 May 2010 - 06:13 AM' timestamp='1273144435' post='2105785']
"We hail you Mary, for in your virginal womb you held the one whom the heavens themselves cannot contain."
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Sancta et immaculata virginitas, quibus te laudibus efferam, nescio: Quia, quem caeli capere non poterant, tuo gremio contulisti.

[Old_Joe]

just be careful of the Medusa Cascade!

[Jesus_lol]

maxillianus brought an issue to my attention. at the very bottom of the first picture, in small type, there is a website listed that will present links to adult/pornographic content. it doesnt show any on the homepage, but if you click a link that says "pornographic" or "Adult", you will see exactly what it says. so dont do that.


carry on.

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='Resurrexi' date='06 May 2010 - 07:36 PM' timestamp='1273192605' post='2106068']
Sancta et immaculata virginitas, quibus te laudibus efferam, nescio: Quia, quem caeli capere non poterant, tuo gremio contulisti.
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Shoot---I was just about to post the same thing, but you beat me to it! [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif[/img]

[jeffpugh]

Excellent thread. I get mixed feelings about this science because it all seems like... void to me, and there are so many immeasurable things, and unimaginably huge formations. Like that start that is the biggest we've seen so far... the one that makes our sun look like a pixel. Though, I find the eye a telling addition to the end of it all, because, no matter how many frugalpullilions of atomic fusions go on at once in that immeasurable star, our human eyes--eyes with a motivation and purpose--are here to admire these things. We may go on about how tiny we are, but not all tiny things search for these big things.

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='06 May 2010 - 03:10 AM' timestamp='1273129826' post='2105765']
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVjF_7ensg[/media]
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Lawl. So distant. Do we really need to find an identical self in other multiverses? lawl.

[Hilde]

[img]http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s14/HildeMari/53433.gif[/img]

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='08 May 2010 - 01:37 AM' timestamp='1273297054' post='2106768']
So distant. Do we really need to find an identical self in other multiverses? lawl.[/quote]
For the most part I enjoy theoretical cosmology as I enjoy science fiction. I hope the impression was not given that I actually believe that the universe is infinite and ergodic, or that there is, in fact, an [i]identical you[/i] approximately 10^10^29 meters away. We should tinychat about cosmology some time. Although I must warn you, I do have some pretty bizarre opinions about the nature of reality. But, at least they are just that, opinions. I always take myself with a grain of salt.

[quote name='Hilde' date='08 May 2010 - 01:46 AM' timestamp='1273297578' post='2106777']
[img]http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s14/HildeMari/53433.gif[/img][/quote]
win

[sacredheartandbloodofjesus]

Alleluia! How majestic and glorious is our God!! This thread is bringing glory to God.

[Innocent]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='08 May 2010 - 12:07 PM' timestamp='1273297054' post='2106768']
Though, I find the eye a telling addition to the end of it all, because, no matter how many frugalpullilions of atomic fusions go on at once in that immeasurable star, our human eyes--eyes with a motivation and purpose--are here to admire these things. We may go on about how tiny we are, but not all tiny things search for these big things.
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That reminds me of Prof. Peter Kreeft's article on Immanuel Kant:
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Yet this abstract professor, writing in abstract style about abstract questions, is, I believe, the primary source of the idea that today imperils faith (and thus souls) more than any other; the idea that truth is subjective.

The simple citizens of his native Konigsburg, Germany, where he lived and wrote in the latter half of the 18th century, understood this better than professional scholars, for they nicknamed Kant “The Destroyer” and named their dogs after him.

He was a good-tempered, sweet and pious man, so punctual that his neighbors set their clocks by his daily walk. The basic intention of his philosophy was noble: to restore human dignity amidst a skeptical world worshiping science.

This intent becomes clear through a single anecdote. Kant was attending a lecture by a materialistic astronomer on the topic of man's place in the universe. The astronomer concluded his lecture with: “So you see that astronomically speaking, man is utterly insignificant.” Kant replied: “Professor, you forgot the most important thing, man is the astronomer.”[/quote][url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/civilization/cc0011.html"]SOURCE[/url]

[aalpha1989]

[quote name='Innocent' date='08 May 2010 - 02:33 AM' timestamp='1273300421' post='2106810']
That reminds me of Prof. Peter Kreeft's article on Immanuel Kant:
[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/civilization/cc0011.html"]SOURCE[/url]
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I feel like this is off topic... but that article really bothers me. Kant was not a subjectivist nor did he advocate subjectivist readings of his categorical imperative. He loudly condemned his "followers" who taught subjectivism based on the categorical imperative. As for the quotation he uses from Kant, it does not support subjectivism.

[Innocent]

This reply is probably off-topic too. Sorry about that...

[quote name='aalpha1989' date='08 May 2010 - 01:06 PM' timestamp='1273300603' post='2106814']
As for the quotation he uses from Kant, it does not support subjectivism.
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I didn't think that the author used that particular quote from Kant to illustrate his subjectivism.

I understood that Prof. Peter Kreeft was using that quotation to illustrate that "The basic intention of his philosophy was noble: to restore human dignity amidst a skeptical world worshiping science," as he says in the previous paragraph.

[aalpha1989]

[quote name='Innocent' date='08 May 2010 - 03:04 AM' timestamp='1273302246' post='2106840']
This reply is probably off-topic too. Sorry about that...





I didn't think that the author used that particular quote from Kant to illustrate his subjectivism.

I understood that Prof. Peter Kreeft was using that quotation to illustrate that "The basic intention of his philosophy was noble: to restore human dignity amidst a skeptical world worshiping science," as he says in the previous paragraph.
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Ah, you're right. Sorry about that. I read that article a long time ago when I first read Kant, and I barely skimmed it before shooting off that post. Pray for me and my ignorance.

[jeffpugh]

[quote name='Innocent' date='08 May 2010 - 02:33 AM' timestamp='1273300421' post='2106810']
That reminds me of Prof. Peter Kreeft's article on Immanuel Kant:
[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/civilization/cc0011.html"]SOURCE[/url]
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Ah, yes. I recall reading that article. Good to know that the stuff I read is processed and conveyed once in a while.

Edited May 8, 2010 by Sacred Music Man