“It makes sense to worship the sun and the stars because we are their children.” – Carl Sagan Carl Sagan’s pithy pronouncements summarized his beliefs, his philosophy, his ethos. We are “star stuff,” he was fond of saying. Who or whatever created us, that from which or whom we originated demands, deserves our adoration and worship—in that he is correct. We have but two choices: we originated from nothing or a conscious being did the deed. For me, the logic of something from nothing is a leap too far. Without the a priori of the creative person, we are left with no other choice than “we came from nothing.” But logic, intuition, probability and inspiration all point to a creative intelligence, a supreme being. I assert that there is Someone out there. I agree with Paul, “Of Him…are all things.” We are not “star stuff” but God stuff.” We are, in some way, made up of whatever God is. I’m not saying we are God, but that we derive from out of Him; we are of His essence. Or as Paul again says, “ One God and Father of us all, who is over all and through all and in all.” “This is my Father’s world; I rest me in the thought Of rock and trees Of skies and seas, His hand these wonders wroght” --Maltbie Davenport Babcock Children of...