xplund (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

He believed all of creation was an accident. What is God if not a creator?

WilliamH1cks (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't see how he could be an athiest. He talks about a possible creator often in his books and programs. He just doesn't believe it is the same god that our religions try to push on us. He believed it must be something greater. I agree.

EyeOfAquarius (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"For we are the local embodiment of a cosmos grown to self-awareness; grouped assemblages of 10,000,000,000,000 atoms contemplating the atom, starstuff pondering the stars, tracing that long path by which here at least, matter grew to consciousness. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to the species, not just to the planet, but to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring." Like Einstein, Mr. Sagan wasn't an atheist, nor religious person either. He was scientific pantheist.

ryansuperbee (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have to be real scientific data, not mere anecdote. As with the face on Mars and alien abductions, better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. "Carl Sagan" There are lot's more qoutes like this where he slams religion, anybody with half a brain knows the bible is crap! Oh and by the way, you believe in a talking snake! Any books you find today with talking snakes in it are fairytale

ryansuperbee (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Samstyres, You should not say things like that about Carl Sagan, he was not in any shape or form a religious person. The fact that you're saying he "believed in "jesus" and god, would've been an insult to him. If you read his qoutes (and don't read them like you would the bible! His qoutes are very cut and dry, And don't need to be interpreted or twisted in any way.) I know that's what you guys do. His wife told the press when he died, "he did not want to believe, he wanted to know"

comnaticha (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

As i speak there are hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the globe attending church camps and workshops thinking what their doing is the very purpose of their lives.One look at this video will hopefully broaden their prespectives.I recommend EVERYBODY who watches this to send it to everyone they know,if possible.

oLonginuso (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Sagan's idea of god isn't what you think. It's einstien's concept of 'god', not a supernatural being who intervenes in our world, but what he means is the mystery of the unknown. This is the scientific 'god', it's merely a poetic way of saying the beauty of the unknown. Science can't tell us everything now, but it sure shows that creationism is bs, and that pretty much destroys the foundation of christianity.

sixteenfire (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

there are a lot there is one in particular though its PALE BLUE DOT another good one is Demon Haunted World Science as a Candle in the Dark

falconfitty (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I dont see where Carl threw religion or science into this. I believe he split the boundaries. I hapen to lean toward science, but Carl told the story as it was as we know it. He is saying that we have to be good to prosper. He is not slaying any religion nor pushing any science. He is telling us what we have to do as human beings to prosper. Be good folks!

samstyres (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

for those of you saying that carl sagan was an athiest, that's not nesicarily true. he was a scientist, and he put science before religion. he still believed in God(creator) and jesus(saviour). maybe anyone whose telling us to "shut the fuck up" should open his/her mind to the fact that science can't tell us everything. science is simply saying that one theory makes more sense than another. concrete for the most part, but still dissprovable.