Hope to Haiti

I don't know how many eyes glide across my blog, especially eyes that are attached to Internet money, but just in case, you may recall an LJer's effort to contribute to the relief of Haiti, helping to build a center for the children orphaned by the earthquake. The project has been going well, and now they are just shy of meeting their travel expenses, so Miss Next informs us. You can go here to learn more about the project as well as contribute using their ChipIn widget, which works with PayPal. Thank you!

Hope to Haiti

I don't know how many eyes glide across my blog, especially eyes that are attached to Internet money, but just in case, you may recall an LJer's effort to contribute to the relief of Haiti, helping to build a center for the children orphaned by the earthquake. The project has been going well, and now they are just shy of meeting their travel expenses, so Miss Next informs us. You can go here to learn more about the project as well as contribute using their ChipIn widget, which works with PayPal. Thank you!

Hawking Calls Heaven a Fairy Story

British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking says he rejects the idea of heaven or an afterlife, calling the belief a "fairy story" for people afraid of dying.

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"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark," he added.

-- Douglas Stanglin for USA Today

For my part, I wistfully entertain the idea of heaven not so much because I am afraid of death, but because I am afraid of never knowing true and full happiness. I feel deeply that we should be happy sometime, and I personally cannot see that kind of happiness in the world as we know it.

Oh, this life of mine has its satisfactions, but I don't think I've ever known true happiness, which might even be a fairytale in itself, save perhaps for new lovers, who I imagine might know such sweetness for a time.

Hawking Calls Heaven a Fairy Story

British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking says he rejects the idea of heaven or an afterlife, calling the belief a "fairy story" for people afraid of dying.

...

"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark," he added.

-- Douglas Stanglin for USA Today

For my part, I wistfully entertain the idea of heaven not so much because I am afraid of death, but because I am afraid of never knowing true and full happiness. I feel deeply that we should be happy sometime, and I personally cannot see that kind of happiness in the world as we know it.

Oh, this life of mine has its satisfactions, but I don't think I've ever known true happiness, which might even be a fairytale in itself, save perhaps for new lovers, who I imagine might know such sweetness for a time.

Video of the Day

Be afraid, be very afraid...

Video of the Day

Be afraid, be very afraid...