Never Ending Life
July 4th, 2008
I was just watching some video from the Hubblecast, and while watching the videos, I stared thinking about what I want to say, what I want to study, and express how I see life - and choose to live.
I, when I really think about it, am a strong evolution supporter. I hate it when people ask me, “So, you think everything was an accident then?” It’s strange how people understand the theory of evolution as a series of accidents, because, really, there are no accidents, that everything happens with reason. That, really, nothing is random, just reasonable change.
I also find it discouraging to debate evolution, especially with people who think someone or something created everything. I can, usually, only debate with people that have an understanding beyond our world, even our galaxies. I’m so hugely interested in astronomy for this reason, just because it’s so immense, and, admittedly, gives me relief and peace of mind, in a way.
The changing parts of our known Universe, are so threaded that it’s very possible we are the first occurrence of our kind (human-like). That we may very possibly be the seed, a milestone, or change, by which future generations of specie (human like), will look to for the answer to, “where do we come from?” Many will try and think, “So, we’re just an accident?” I would very much discourage this. We have a reason for being here, things before us had a need to change, and we’re here as a facilitate for that change. Just as we created God, who seems to facilitate our need to quickly answer, the big question of, “where do we come from?”
It’s also interesting how astronomy opens my mind up to the idea that everything is alive, because everything changes and evolves. Galaxies, stars, planets, (ideas) - they’re all all groups of things. That, sometimes, gives us assurance that there must be others like us, but what have we done but duplicated ourselves - different races, colors, athletes and scientists. I kind of like the idea of everything being alive, because I think a real error to answering the question of “where did we come from,” comes from the notion that if something doesn’t function like us, it’s not alive. But, have we not done exactly as everything we know has?
Change is alive, and everything changes.
I think, even if we are the very seed for human specie, that even, in the far future, future specie will continue to look deeper for the answer, “where did they come from?” They may never get rid of the idea of God, because, even we can’t grasp that we’ve already answered that question, because, we’re answering it.
I’ve always thought of life as a verb, and that in all definitions, verb most clearly represents life. In answering our questions we answer them, but we will never have the answer. Give me the answer to anything, and I will give you more questions…
“Where did we come from? And, what will come from our kind?” Truly, never ending life.
I hope, as we change, more of us can discover there are answers, within the question.

Yeah, I remember when we were kids and we went out with Eugene and saw the sky with the telescope. Me n’ my bro saw Saturn with our own eyes! It was cool, we’ve both been interested in astronomy since. Kudo’s to post, and agree 100%. =)
Private Second Class, Robin Portwood,
1rst MEB, 88th BSB, Bravo Company. Fort Polk.
Thanks Rob :D