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37. Good point.

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Tue Apr 26, 2016, 05:17 PM

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We all start off as a flash of light - [View all] packman Apr 2016 OP

Sparks of the Divine Octafish Apr 2016 #1

I caught Jesus once but he pooped on me snooper2 Apr 2016 #2

New Insights on the Impact of Light --"From Atomic to Astronomical Scales" Octafish Apr 2016 #5

Divine? cleanhippie Apr 2016 #4

Who knows? Octafish Apr 2016 #6

Unless you're using your own definition of divine, then you mean 'God did it!' cleanhippie Apr 2016 #8

On the other hand, a terraformed Earth? FrodosPet Apr 2016 #38

It was the mice... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #74

You have your reasons for feeling that way. Octafish Apr 2016 #47

Feelings are a poor substitute for actually reading the study. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #52

Well, words have meanings, and divine means "God did it". cleanhippie Apr 2016 #68

Yeah, I read something about that in "Nature" last month... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2016 #43

How profound. Octafish Apr 2016 #44

Not nearly as profound as the "who knows, so probably God" hypothesis, I daresay. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2016 #77

what no one is allow to believe in god saturnsring Apr 2016 #16

Anyone can believe anything they want. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #21

Pretty pissweak god. The Mantis Shrimp causes more light when it punches the shit out of something. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #24

god is supposed to put on a show to impress you? saturnsring Apr 2016 #29

No. To do that, your god would have to exist. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #32

and you presume to know he doesnt saturnsring Apr 2016 #39

Only in the same sense I 'know' there isn't a teapot in orbit around Jupiter. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #41

Where is your God now, Moses? Bucky Apr 2016 #49

it is a chemical reaction. Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #22

or static discharge from all of the grinding Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #30

a possigle energy source... one that, some might claim, is limitless! Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #33

tenacious lill' buggers Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #34

a possigle energy source... one that, some might claim, is limitless! AlbertCat Apr 2016 #56

Sparks of the Divine AlbertCat Apr 2016 #46

Zinc? No, that would be Zyqxkph longship Apr 2016 #51

Only seconded by "Quiz" Oneironaut Apr 2016 #54

Life is divine! Oneironaut Apr 2016 #53

Divine is divine! AlbertCat Apr 2016 #57

We are all star stuff! cleanhippie Apr 2016 #3

Wow. What a lovely and inspiring realization. Hortensis Apr 2016 #7

It's not a miracle, it's a common occurrence that happens billions of times a year. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #9

Why would commonality mean it is not a miracle, CleanHippie? Hortensis Apr 2016 #12

It's not a miracle. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #18

^^this^^ Blue Dalek Apr 2016 #23

bless your heart n/t zazen Apr 2016 #27

That you only mean that as an insult says more about you than anything else. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #42

I actually don't mean it as an insult, which native Southerners understand. n/t zazen Apr 2016 #69

As a native southerner, I know exactly what it means. And it's pure condescension. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #73

You mean an insult native southerners INVENTED. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #75

bless your heart AlbertCat Apr 2016 #48

Word is that mine was a blinding flash of light malaise Apr 2016 #10

In your case I'm sure it was sky rockets in flight pinboy3niner Apr 2016 #70

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Apr 2016 #71

Not trying to be a buzzkill, but.... intrepidity Apr 2016 #11

But it's a miracle!!!!!! cleanhippie Apr 2016 #19

Tie goes to the Mantis Shrimp then. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #25

Thank you! SeattleVet Apr 2016 #31

+1 FLPanhandle Apr 2016 #36

Thank you for this... VOX Apr 2016 #60

No rational explanations allowed malaise Apr 2016 #64

Except, it isn't actually a rational explanation intrepidity Apr 2016 #65

+1,000 malaise Apr 2016 #66

I don't know 'bout no flash of light but my father said, at one time, I was but a gleam in his eye. Hoppy Apr 2016 #13

DUzy malaise Apr 2016 #72

We are stardust annabanana Apr 2016 #14

That's what happens when you begin as stardust. n/t jtuck004 Apr 2016 #15

Interesting, for sure! Faux pas Apr 2016 #17

Very interesting. highprincipleswork Apr 2016 #20

Can't wait to see this stupid misundestood shit show up in my facebook feed. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #26

No waiting required. FLPanhandle Apr 2016 #35

Good point. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #37

I especially enjoy that they are still posting that shit, without reading clarifying comments. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #40

Zealots are taking to this like...sperm to eggs? VOX Apr 2016 #61

Yep. Every third fuckwit talking about this on facebook is going on and on about how abortion AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #63

It reminds me of the big bang theory! Catkin Apr 2016 #28

What a fantastic piece of research. I just love this.... Hekate Apr 2016 #45

Yes I read all that stuff. Just like I read the study that led to the article. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #55

Thank you intrepidity Apr 2016 #59

And it took hours, not a 'flash'. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #62

reporting this to Moderators Bucky Apr 2016 #50

but no one sees it so - LiberalElite Apr 2016 #58

No, it doesn't happen AT ALL outside a lab test. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #76

ok... we start out as a LiberalElite Apr 2016 #78

Nothing. Proves nothing, except the relative fitness of the egg by way of correlation to previous AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #79

"We all start off as a flash of light" - FALSE!!! Please don't spread misinformation intrepidity Apr 2016 #67