the universe is not expanding and slowing down (and the earth is not flat either)

that's right, all of your textbooks are wrong... the universe is not simultaneously expanding and decelerating... the universe is actually expanding and accelerating... ashes to ashes, dust to dust, we are all made up of star stuff... is that what the writers of the most confusing and self-contradictory (or is that auto-contradictory?... we'll let the linguists debate and decide) book in the known history of human writings?... perhaps, but that is sad... to be so advanced in knowledge awareness consciousness and all that jazz that you lose the ability to simplify truths in language that a child can understand?... some gods you are... or were... maybe you were just passing through and didn't take us or your message as seriously as we'd like to think you did... is that what contact was suggesting?... well, hubble me this... if we are the center of the universe, then... why?...

do you think galaxies are gorgeous?... or is that just clever alliteration?... did anyone ever ask newton, sure, you can discover gravity, but can you really explain it?... yeah sure, tell it to the galaxies...

it is my hope that someday you'll all understand... dan fogelberg's too...

narf :)