Carter Emmart demos a 3D atlas of the universe

http://www.ted.com For the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists and programmers to build a complete 3D visualization of our known universe. He demos this stunning tour and explains how it's being shared with facilities around the world.

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[DemokritosAbdera]

Carl Sagan would be glad to see those images.

[anormalno]

Please redo it in HD

[84MarieClaire]

cool!!!

[TheRationalizer]

@Suckbutton

>You're getting confused

Please don't talk down to me as if I am an idiot, I am not.

I didn't talk about worshipping Mary, I mentioned her alleged ascension - that is a belief in Catholocism. The "Christian" belief is that Jesus rose from the dead.

So, please try answering my question. Are you agreeing that there is no corroborative EVIDENCE that those people in the cemetery came back to life?

[Suckbutton]

@TheRationalizer You're getting confused--Mary worship, like many other things, is a creation of the man-made Catholic religion--those things are nowhere in the Bible and are not Christian.

Secondly, and let's make sure we know the difference between evidence and proof--no one says there is proof: Jesus' body was missing, historians agree. This is not proof, but evidence. Since I don't have much space here, check this out:

christianity . net . au / questions / other-than-the-bible

[TheRationalizer]

@Suckbutton

There are splinter beliefs off the core of Christianity (Mary's ascension to heaven) but the core of Christianity is the BELIEF that Jesus performed miracles and rose from the dead.

So, are you confirming there is NO evidence that all those people in the cemetery came back to life?

[Suckbutton]

@TheRationalizer First, you repeat the same point that I made--that Christianity is a *belief*, and not a religion. Catholicism is a religion, because it adds man-made rites and rituals to the teachings of Christ which are nowhere in the Bible.

As for evidence, reread my post: I never said there is evidence for everything--hardly! But non-Christian archaeologists and historians have verified much of the Bible's content. All? Hell, no. But don't pretend the whole thing is fairy tale...

[TheRationalizer]

@Suckbutton

Christianity is a belief system and yet not everything that is "believed" is a rite or a ritual, for example believing that Jesus walked on water is neither a rite or a ritual.

>Proved correct

Ah, so we have evidence that when Jesus died all the pious people in the local cemetery came back to life and visited their relatives?

[Suckbutton]

@TheRationalizer You don't understand what religion is. Religions are man-made systems of rites and rituals, e.g. Catholicism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Islam, etc. Religion is not belief, it is ritual. One can be religious about brushing his teeth 3 times a day.

A major portion of the Bible is historical documentation. Noah lived. Everything that can be proved or historically corroborated about the Bible has been, to date. Unlike Catholicism, Christianity is not a religion, it is a belief.

[tiestoboi]

Science & Education will save our planet from ignorance, while religitards sit in their brainwashing cult centers telepathically talking to their imaginary friends. Waiting for their mythical Armageddon & Apocalypse that will never come, unless they bring it upon themselves. Seeking out answers, and grasping a greater understanding of our Universe, is far more gratifying and rewarding than simply letting a primitive book of fairy tales do the thinking for us and just claiming that "gawd did it."