If Stephen Hawking Is Right Then What Is The Difference? I Think You Already Know.
All the students where sitting at attention (an unlikely scenario), as the teacher explained the evolution and extinction of our solar system. It is a scene that must be common in class rooms today, but I was watching a scene from the movie “Where the Wild Things Are.” The fumbling teacher did nothing to reassure the students. In fact the more he explained that the Sun would exhaust its fuel, expand and destroy Earth, or at least life on Earth, the more the student engaged in disbelieving amazement and non-comprehension.
It wasn’t until later in the movie that Max confronted the Wild Things with the bad news. The reaction was denial and ridicule. That was the craziest thing that anybody could ever think of. And off they went to continue with their normal Wild Thing activities.
That the end of world is at hand is the topic of popular folk lore for as long as I can remember. In the 1970’s “The Late Great Planet Earth” with its apocalyptic predictions consumed many. More recently the Mayan prediction of the end of the world in 2012 is the topic of many tabloids and websites.
But we have been on the Eve of Destruction since Nostradamus and Jesus, even before.
Growing up in California I new nothing of these things. I always assumed that all these good things would last forever and be in inexhaustible supply. I got my first taste of world mortality during the Cold War and those famous nuclear war drills where everyone would drop, get under the desk and hold your knees. I’m sure my feelings were similar to Max’s in his class room experience.
But now science, not science fiction, religion, urban legend or even popular movies, informs us that our beautiful planet will not endure forever.
It is not my intention to scare you… quite the opposite! I want to use this information to push us to understand our divine purpose in life in the face of such a cataclysmic event. But I do want to underscore that the threat is real. Consider this highly controversial comment by world famous physicist Stephen Hawking. You know him from seeing him in his wheel chair in numerous media appearance and from his books. He states:
“I don’t think the human race will survive the next thousand years…”
It is his belief that the extinction of the Sun destroying the earth is the least of our worries.
I want to say more about why this is important in my next blog. Well… it seems obvious doesn’t it? But here in lies a major clue about our divine purpose in life.
Until next time… Here is your spiritual exercise for today. What would you do if you knew that you only had a limited time to live? How would it change your attitude and thinking or would it? Who would you want to talk with?
I love you – Bryan Martin
It wasn’t until later in the movie that Max confronted the Wild Things with the bad news. The reaction was denial and ridicule. That was the craziest thing that anybody could ever think of. And off they went to continue with their normal Wild Thing activities.
That the end of world is at hand is the topic of popular folk lore for as long as I can remember. In the 1970’s “The Late Great Planet Earth” with its apocalyptic predictions consumed many. More recently the Mayan prediction of the end of the world in 2012 is the topic of many tabloids and websites.
But we have been on the Eve of Destruction since Nostradamus and Jesus, even before.
Growing up in California I new nothing of these things. I always assumed that all these good things would last forever and be in inexhaustible supply. I got my first taste of world mortality during the Cold War and those famous nuclear war drills where everyone would drop, get under the desk and hold your knees. I’m sure my feelings were similar to Max’s in his class room experience.
But now science, not science fiction, religion, urban legend or even popular movies, informs us that our beautiful planet will not endure forever.
It is not my intention to scare you… quite the opposite! I want to use this information to push us to understand our divine purpose in life in the face of such a cataclysmic event. But I do want to underscore that the threat is real. Consider this highly controversial comment by world famous physicist Stephen Hawking. You know him from seeing him in his wheel chair in numerous media appearance and from his books. He states:
“I don’t think the human race will survive the next thousand years…”
It is his belief that the extinction of the Sun destroying the earth is the least of our worries.
I want to say more about why this is important in my next blog. Well… it seems obvious doesn’t it? But here in lies a major clue about our divine purpose in life.
Until next time… Here is your spiritual exercise for today. What would you do if you knew that you only had a limited time to live? How would it change your attitude and thinking or would it? Who would you want to talk with?
I love you – Bryan Martin
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