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Old 11-04-2006, 12:41 PM
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I got this from milkandcookies.com... I think it's really intensely...cool (that's only word that I can think of at this point) You're gonna have to see it for yourself. Hmmm... I can also use the word "contemplative."

Disclaimer: It has to do with astronomy so leave thy paranoia at thine door.

http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/53235/
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Old 11-04-2006, 12:55 PM
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holy crap, that was awesome. thanks for sharin'
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Old 11-04-2006, 01:41 PM
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Didn't write this...I am Southern Baptist and honestly I know next to nothing about the vatican...must change password.
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Old 11-04-2006, 06:18 PM
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Yer shittin' me? Tell me that's just a rumor... Please.
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Old 11-04-2006, 06:34 PM
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Very cool.......the Vatican says the Hubble doesn't exist, that its all made up gov't propoganda...same as they tried to squash the story about the 3 million year old fossil of the child they found...

We'll miss you Pluto!

Have any articles about this?






The Vatican operates a telescope on one of the highest peaks in Arizona and it is utilized by a group of Jesuit priests/scientists, Father Jose Funes being one of them.

Funes, an astronomer and a Jesuit priest, is one of a dozen scientists, most of them Jesuits, associated with the Vatican Observatory Research Group that operate the Arizona telescope and engages in advanced astrophysics, cosmology and galactic and extragalactic research.

The Catholic Church engages in scientific research and these Jesuit scientists continue to show that the gap between science and religion can be bridged and that there need not be any conflict. These priests however have shared the view of many that creationism or ID has no place in a science classroom. Father Funes states:“When I teach at the University of Arizona, I tell students, I am a priest, a Jesuit, but my class is a science class ... and Science is about natural, not supernatural causes.”

Funes is mapping the formation and evolution of galaxies within 100 million light years of Earth. By the time the project is completed, he will have observed about 400 galaxies.

The telescope on Mt. Graham, a 10,700-foot peak, was inaugurated in September 1993. It was the first telescope in the world to use a mirror spun from a ceramic mold, a technique pioneered at the University of Arizona. A few yards away, the university has its own much larger double telescope with two giant mirrors that act like binoculars that can pull in images sharp enough to read a newspaper 5 miles away.




Cool video. :)
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Old 11-04-2006, 06:43 PM
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Thank you, Disease. Now, I think that I will be able to sleep better. If the Religious Right or other Fundamentalists said something that stupid (the Hubble was a lie) I could understand, however, it may come as a complete shock for some to know that the Catholic Church, despite it's intense use of dogmatic principles, tries to rely on reason and practicality when it can.

Keep in mind, though, these are for manipulative purposes only. It's just so they can say, "See, Spiral Galaxy 94634323B formation looks like Jesus, thus the universe proves that Christianity is the only truth," or something similar, when in fact they're looking at that galaxy upside down. If you look at it correctly, it really looks like Don King.
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[QUOTE=Haunted;502921]Thank you, Disease. QUOTE]

Despare. ;)

Human beings are manipulate by nature. In fact, the only reason we blame things for the horrible deeds people commit (music, videogames, religion, movies) is because we really odn't want to believe that some people are just evil. Well, some people are evil, it's that simple. I'm a Christian with no denomination and a political activist with no party... I guess I just exist and I'm sure there are others out there in those millions of other galaxies like me. Too bad we don't have a stargate.
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Humbling....

Too bad they had to put that Numa Numa thing in it, I pretty near turned it off.
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Thank you, Disease. QUOTE]

Despare. ;)

Human beings are manipulate by nature. In fact, the only reason we blame things for the horrible deeds people commit (music, videogames, religion, movies) is because we really odn't want to believe that some people are just evil. Well, some people are evil, it's that simple. I'm a Christian with no denomination and a political activist with no party... I guess I just exist and I'm sure there are others out there in those millions of other galaxies like me. Too bad we don't have a stargate.
Man, if we had a stargate, I'd go evil, but I can't tell you why, and neither can you, Rayne.:D
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Man, if we had a stargate, I'd go evil, but I can't tell you why, and neither can you, Rayne.:D
Heh...Don't worry...I won't mention him...Oops...Umm...I meant 'IT'...I won't mention IT...:D
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