[Leslie]

I feel like I'm bringing a wet noodle to a gun fight somehow.

But.

For me, watching an hour or more of what the Hubble telescope sees, does wonders for my peace of mind.
I know where I came from, and I know where I will be some day.
It just isn't some place called heaven or hell.

I watched Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode "The Backbone of Night" and I know why man insists on pursuing religion.
I can understand why some need their religion.
But I see it for what it is.

And it doesn't matter if I don't know how old or big the universe is. Or exactly what moment life was created on earth, or specifically how.

It is enough, that I know why religion is here.
And it is enough to know, I will not be able to stop looking, just because of what is written in one of the many books claiming to know.

Some day the person I am, will die. That much I know.
What happens next, it isn't written in any religion's books of teachings.