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Also see '''[[It's All Related]]'''... '''[[Integral Ecology]]''', '''[[Laudato Si]]''', '''[[Pope Francis on the Environment]]'''  
Also see '''[[It's All Related]]'''... '''[[Integral Ecology]]''', '''[[Laudato Si]]''', '''[[Pope Francis on the Environment]]''', '''[[Stardust Origins]]'''  


''Creation Spirituality considers itself a “green” theology, emphasizing a holy relationship between humanity and nature. Accordingly, the sacredness of nature is considered a sacrament, and creation is considered an expression of God...''
''Creation Spirituality considers itself a “green” theology, emphasizing a holy relationship between humanity and nature. Accordingly, the sacredness of nature is considered a sacrament, and creation is considered an expression of God...''
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Reference with a Whisper to us from Carl  
 
[[File:Hubble crab nebula.jpg]]
 
[https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Hubble_crab_nebula.jpg Creation, Seeding the Universe]
 
Photo by Hubble / NASA
 
 
 
With a Whisper to Us from Carl  


'''The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God'''
'''The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God'''
By Carl Sagan


* https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0143112627/
* https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0143112627/




Introduction: (from Ann Druyan, the wife of  Carl Sagan, and his collaborator including on famed TV series "Cosmos".
About the 'View of the Search for God', from Ann Druyan, wife of  Carl Sagan, and his collaborator including on the famed TV series "Cosmos":
 


''Carl wanted us to see ourselves not as the failed clay of a disappointed Creator but as starstuff, made of atoms forged in the fiery hearts of distant stars. To him we were “starstuff pondering the stars; organized assemblages of 10 billion billion billion atoms considering the evolution of atoms; tracing the long journey by which, here at least, consciousness arose.” For him science was, in part, a kind of “informed worship.” No single step in the pursuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.''
''Carl wanted us to see ourselves not as the failed clay of a disappointed Creator but as starstuff, made of atoms forged in the fiery hearts of distant stars. To him we were “starstuff pondering the stars; organized assemblages of 10 billion billion billion atoms considering the evolution of atoms; tracing the long journey by which, here at least, consciousness arose.” For him science was, in part, a kind of “informed worship.” No single step in the pursuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.''
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''By far the best way I know to engage the religious sensibility, the sense of awe, is to look up on a clear night. I believe that it is very difficult to know who we are until we understand where and when we are. I think everyone in every culture has felt a sense of awe and wonder looking at the sky. This is reflected throughout the world in both science and religion.''
''By far the best way I know to engage the religious sensibility, the sense of awe, is to look up on a clear night. I believe that it is very difficult to know who we are until we understand where and when we are. I think everyone in every culture has felt a sense of awe and wonder looking at the sky. This is reflected throughout the world in both science and religion.''


''Thomas Carlyle said that wonder is the basis of worship. And Albert Einstein said, “I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research.” So if both Carlyle and Einstein could agree on something, it has a modest possibility of even being right.''
''Thomas Carlyle said that wonder is the basis of worship. And Albert Einstein said, “I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research.” So if both Carlyle and Einstein could agree on something, it has a modest possibility of even being right...''
 
''A general problem with much of Western theology in my view is that the God portrayed is too small. It is a god of a tiny world and not a god of a galaxy, much less of a universe.''




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[[File:Dark sky by Jack Fusco.jpg]]
[[File:Dark sky by Jack Fusco.jpg]]


'''[[Stardust Origins]]'''
Our home galaxy, the Milky Way
 
Photo by Jack Fusco
 
 
 
[[File:Creation-of.jpg]]
 
 
 
Origins of Life
 
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Origins_of_Life
 
 
 
[[File:1.2-million-galaxies-map-slice.jpg]]
 
Starry Starry Sky / NASA-Hubble
 
Each dot in the picture above indicates the position of a galaxy




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Also see It's All Related... Integral Ecology, Laudato Si, Pope Francis on the Environment, Stardust Origins

Creation Spirituality considers itself a “green” theology, emphasizing a holy relationship between humanity and nature. Accordingly, the sacredness of nature is considered a sacrament, and creation is considered an expression of God...

Creation Spirituality is also strongly aligned with ecological and environmental movements of the late 20th century and embraces numerous spiritual traditions around the world, including Buddhism, Judaism, Sufism, and Native American spirituality, with a focus on "deep ecumenism".

-- Wikipedia


Hubble crab nebula.jpg

Creation, Seeding the Universe

Photo by Hubble / NASA


With a Whisper to Us from Carl

The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

By Carl Sagan


About the 'View of the Search for God', from Ann Druyan, wife of Carl Sagan, and his collaborator including on the famed TV series "Cosmos":

Carl wanted us to see ourselves not as the failed clay of a disappointed Creator but as starstuff, made of atoms forged in the fiery hearts of distant stars. To him we were “starstuff pondering the stars; organized assemblages of 10 billion billion billion atoms considering the evolution of atoms; tracing the long journey by which, here at least, consciousness arose.” For him science was, in part, a kind of “informed worship.” No single step in the pursuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.


Carl Sagan: The word “religion” comes from the Latin for “binding together,” to connect that which has been sundered apart. It’s a very interesting concept. And in this sense of seeking the deepest interrelations among things that superficially appear to be sundered, the objectives of religion and science, I believe, are identical or very nearly so. But the question has to do with the reliability of the truths claimed by the two fields and the methods of approach.

By far the best way I know to engage the religious sensibility, the sense of awe, is to look up on a clear night. I believe that it is very difficult to know who we are until we understand where and when we are. I think everyone in every culture has felt a sense of awe and wonder looking at the sky. This is reflected throughout the world in both science and religion.

Thomas Carlyle said that wonder is the basis of worship. And Albert Einstein said, “I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research.” So if both Carlyle and Einstein could agree on something, it has a modest possibility of even being right...

A general problem with much of Western theology in my view is that the God portrayed is too small. It is a god of a tiny world and not a god of a galaxy, much less of a universe.


Dark sky by Jack Fusco.jpg

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way

Photo by Jack Fusco


Creation-of.jpg


Origins of Life


1.2-million-galaxies-map-slice.jpg

Starry Starry Sky / NASA-Hubble

Each dot in the picture above indicates the position of a galaxy

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