"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
-Carl Sagan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdVucvo-kDU
2006-11-28 08:58:54 · 16 answers · asked by Salt Flakes 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's all I want. I want them to try to really understand it. I wish they would stop lying to me. They say they are worshipping the one true god. And that if I don't repent for my sins I will spend eternity in hell. I am more honost and more kind than all the christians I know. But that idiot jesus will save their souls. Where is the freakin' sense?
Just stop lying, you've got no reason for being so sure of any kind of afterlife.
2006-11-28 09:10:45 · answer #1 · answered by Hateful Atheist 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I love Sagan. He demonstrated that you can appreciate the beauty of the universe through scientific fact - truth is beauty, after all. You don't need religion to comfort you when you realise that the wonders of the world are even more fantastic without it. Some people see snow and flowers and need to believe that a Creator made them... I see snow and flowers and think how amazing science can be. It IS far better to grasp the universe as it really is, because delusion merely clouds the true beauty in it.
2006-11-28 17:05:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've grasped a few delusional universes, but it's not as nice as the tiniest mote of reality.
Pain comes through resistance to what is. No matter how complete the delusion, truth always reveals itself.
2006-11-28 17:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by Bran McMuffin 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why is it better? What did he know? He was a blind materialist. He was as deluded as they come. His religion was science. If you are fundamentalist about that, and admit of no possibility of a higher consciousness whatsoever, you are really lost (in my opinion). Also I am not a bible thumper I just think that you have to have a more expansive view of the universe than pure materialism.
2006-11-28 17:02:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
But Salty ..... how exactly *IS* the universe? What is delusion to one may be truth to another, and vice versa.
Where is absolute truth to be found?
2006-11-28 17:13:54 · answer #5 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-11-28 17:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is impossible to grasp the universe as it is. We can not comprehend it. It is something our of our reach.
2006-11-28 17:07:54 · answer #7 · answered by Red-dog-luke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this statement is right. Sagan would of been wise to follow his own advice.
2006-11-28 17:05:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This would have been awesome if you had not quoted sagen.
people might have grown though banter and agrument but now all god fearing guys will atttack you directly on hear.
you margnalized your question with his quote
but for the record i agree with it .
2006-11-28 17:04:23 · answer #9 · answered by illogicalbeats 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carl Sagan is dead. So is the atheism he believed in.
2006-11-28 17:10:36 · answer #10 · answered by WHITE TRASH ARMENIAN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋