Exactly. 2009/9/13 pol.science kid <[email protected]>: > > well if they are going to be recycled then we dont have much to worry > about do we? ..... coz we'll still be 'there'.. in watever form > maybe... > > On Sep 13, 4:27 am, Simon Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: >> Stars. Getting sucked in and recycled. >> >> 2009/9/13 pol.science kid <[email protected]>: >> >> >> >> >> >> > "Our molecules drifting towards and beyond >> > this beautiful universe that we call home" where are they drifting >> > towards exactly?? >> >> > On Sep 11, 2:13 pm, sjewins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There are an amazing series of flaws that constitute the universe, >> >> from its appalling celestial waste to its meagre and slipshod powers >> >> of sustaining life. The uselessness of satellites, their sole function >> >> being to whirl incessantly around their parent bodies in aimless >> >> revolutions, does not speak of intelligent design. Neither does the >> >> incalculable stellar wastage caused by undirected forces -- damaged >> >> moons, smashed planets, burst stars due to overly-rapid rotation -- >> >> point to the possibility that there is a "Celestial Engineer" in >> >> charge. >> >> >> Earth's cosmic clock is ticking as our sun radiates away its energy >> >> into desert space (thereby losing its weight also), squandering >> >> 360,000 million tons of energy every day of which only 160 tons reach >> >> our planet, or less than one two-thousand-millionth part of the total >> >> radiation. The energy not wasted is greatly misdirected, with not >> >> enough to sustain life in our polar regions, and too much in the >> >> burning deserts of Mongolia and Africa. As the sun loses its weight at >> >> the rate of 4 million tons a second, so it correspondingly loses its >> >> gravitational hold on the earth. Slowly but steadily, our planet is >> >> drifting away from the sun and there is no escaping the inevitability >> >> of earth's destiny -- to become just another of the billions of >> >> lifeless globes carrying nothing but the frozen remains of what were >> >> once living beings. >> >> >> But oh how beautiful the universe is! Hubble's photographs show >> >> incredible random abstract beauty. In a universe that contains so much >> >> that is the same as that from which we arose it is absurd to think >> >> that we are alone. I think the universe is teeming with life. >> >> Intelligent like us, less so, and moreso. There are civilizations that >> >> have been around for 100 times as long as we and have undoubtedly >> >> discovered the secrets that we dream of. Have grown away from the >> >> monsters in childhood closets that are the gods. There are also surely >> >> those younger than us who are still inventing their gods to explain >> >> what they experience around them. >> >> >> We have one thing in common. We are all stardust. From stars we came >> >> and to stars we will return. Our molecules drifting towards and beyond >> >> this beautiful universe that we call home. Stare at the stars and see >> >> your past and your future.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > >
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