On Thursday, February 6, 2014 6:45:21 PM UTC, Chris L Peterson wrote:

Faith is at the root of nearly everything wrong in the world. Faith is

an intellectual defect of the highest order. And telling somebody they

are wrong (as Christians are) is not an insult. If they choose to take

it as such, tough. I don't care. They're wrong about that, too.

I often wonder what happens when you encounter works of inspiration which requires that the observer and listener becomes likewise inspired -

"Middle English enspire, from Old French inspirer, from Latin inspirare 'breathe or blow into,' from in- 'into' + spirare 'breathe.' The word was originally used of a divine or supernatural being, in the sense 'impart a truth or idea to someone.'"

"Nicodemus said to Jesus, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 5 Jesus answered, "Amen,amen I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Astronomy is very much like that,you sense the grandeur behind the celestial arena and ideas come out of nowhere and present themselves to the imagination where they are shaped and become signposts for other ideas and a never ending symphony between the individual and the Universal.