Look
at this picture. You can see clouds and above them, the moon. Then
above that, you can see Jupiter. It may be hard to see, but this picture
represents pretty much my entire religious beliefs. First, the
reason you can see this picture in the first place is because of the
color film it was taken with. The silver halide are incredibly
light-sensitive. Then for the light (which passes through the
glass lens). The light is made in a star, from Hydrogen fusion. It
takes hundreds of thousands of years just to leave the star, then
minutes to reach the Earth, Moon and Jupiter. The reason we can see
those is because they reflect the light. And then there's the
atmospheric diffraction that causes us to see the different colors of
light in the sunset. Then you have the atmosphere, composed of Oxygen,
Nitrogen, and Carbon Dioxide, and throw in a bit of water to create the
clouds and the other stuff. And then, why is the moon there?
Gravity and motion, physics, chemistry, biology. The whole universe is a
system of balances and imbalances, spinning into the future. And then
what is the future? What is time? What is space-time? What is this existence and what is this universe?
That question is my religion. I look at the world around me and I am
amazed by all the things that I see. I am amazed that silver halide
crystals react to light, I am amazed that plants go through
photosynthesis, I am amazed that Jupiter and our star are both giant
balls of gas, I am amazed that rocks fall when you throw them in the
air, I am amazed that I myself have the power to ponder these things.
This universe is full of amazing things......................... ...............................And so many more amazing things waiting to be discovered. That is my religion. |