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Kinda makes you feel pointless and insignificant huh?
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Yep !
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Part II:
Pointless and insignificant to whom?
To my two-year old son?
Absolutely not! My wife and I are INFINITELY more significant to him (and he to us) than ANY inanimate nebula or galaxy 3 jillion LY away.
To my friends, coworkers, neighbors and fellow Americans?
Hardly! I matter MUCH more to them than some insignificant mass of hydrogen and helium in another galaxy that has NO concievable effect on their existance.
In fact, according to one theory of quantum mechanics, these amazing galaxies don't even exist until [b]WE[/b] observe them. They have no past, present or future UNTIL they are observed, and only at that instant their entire history is instantly created into existance by our observation.
So in these respects, I feel even MORE significant, to my family & friends AND to these awe-inspiring spectacles of creation, compared to which I have an even greater responsibility and thus greater significance in God's universe (or even in the "godless" universe of quantum mechanics).
Truthfully, I feel sorry for those who look upon the immenseness and beauty of creation and see only themselves shrinking into insignificance regardless of whether or not they believe in God.
For those who believe beholding a small piece of the brilliant splendor and beauty of an incomprehensible universe instills a feeling of pointlessness and insignificance I ask - pointless and insignificant to whom?