Nothing Is Permanent
The weather is cooling and Luky's attitude is improving tremendously. I must say, though, that this mood change comes at a cost. He starts thinking and philosophizing a great deal more when his brain cools.
One of Luky's favorite topics of late has to do with evolution. Since we live in the South there's always opportunity for debate over the origin of life and species. Many of our neighbors are still - nearly 150 years after Darwin and others published their evidence for natural selection - trying to manufacture room for God to have a role. Luky says that if God is there, then He has a role, whether men can find room for Him or not.
But Luky has a far grander concept. He talks about evolution in the context of the universe at large. He speaks to me of the evolution of galaxies, solar and planetary systems, as well as the life that may inhabit the innumerable worlds of the cosmos.
However, the specific topic he was talking about this morning is, he says, a simple extrapolation from the Theory of Evolution . . . that the existence of anything - including all life on Earth - is temporary and inconsequential, if not accidental.
I should not have been surprised that his primary subject of illustration was the Moon! Being the Lupine creature he is, he often refers to the Moon - see, for example, his post, "Full Moons Astrowolves" from September 20, 2005 - and keeps the subject and celestial body dear to his heart.
Oddly, he is not excited that the Moon has the unique distinction of being the ONLY other celestial body upon which humans have set foot - "so far," as I am quick to interject. Luky is convinced that a Wolf should have been trained for that mission, outfitted with the necessary modifications of spacesuit, liquified Milk Bones for easy ingestion, etc., and permitted to set paw on the Moon's surface at least coincidental with Neil Armstrong. It's a little known fact of Wolf culture that Armstrong is both revered and loathed by Wolves - revered for the significance of his actually walking on that most heavenly of all celestial orbs, and loathed because his famous quote refers ONLY to men . . . "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind"
(see link to "Favorite Moon Human" under his Luky's sidebar Philosophical links) . . . and clearly omitting the species that has paid that satellite tireless tribute.
Luky wants to join The Moon Society (http://www.moonsociety.org/). I'm all for it, but I know he will expect me to retrieve all his email newsletters, society news and so on.
The real bottom line for him seems to be that the Moon is moving away. While, barring catastrophic events, Neil's footprints will remain clear and distinct for millions of years, it will continue to get harder and harder to see them. The Moon is moving away from Earth about two and a quarter inches every year! Luky hates that - not just because nothing is really permanent, but because . . . well, hey, without the Moon where would we - Wolves or humans - be!?!?!?
One of Luky's favorite topics of late has to do with evolution. Since we live in the South there's always opportunity for debate over the origin of life and species. Many of our neighbors are still - nearly 150 years after Darwin and others published their evidence for natural selection - trying to manufacture room for God to have a role. Luky says that if God is there, then He has a role, whether men can find room for Him or not.
But Luky has a far grander concept. He talks about evolution in the context of the universe at large. He speaks to me of the evolution of galaxies, solar and planetary systems, as well as the life that may inhabit the innumerable worlds of the cosmos.
However, the specific topic he was talking about this morning is, he says, a simple extrapolation from the Theory of Evolution . . . that the existence of anything - including all life on Earth - is temporary and inconsequential, if not accidental.
I should not have been surprised that his primary subject of illustration was the Moon! Being the Lupine creature he is, he often refers to the Moon - see, for example, his post, "Full Moons Astrowolves" from September 20, 2005 - and keeps the subject and celestial body dear to his heart.
Oddly, he is not excited that the Moon has the unique distinction of being the ONLY other celestial body upon which humans have set foot - "so far," as I am quick to interject. Luky is convinced that a Wolf should have been trained for that mission, outfitted with the necessary modifications of spacesuit, liquified Milk Bones for easy ingestion, etc., and permitted to set paw on the Moon's surface at least coincidental with Neil Armstrong. It's a little known fact of Wolf culture that Armstrong is both revered and loathed by Wolves - revered for the significance of his actually walking on that most heavenly of all celestial orbs, and loathed because his famous quote refers ONLY to men . . . "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind"
(see link to "Favorite Moon Human" under his Luky's sidebar Philosophical links) . . . and clearly omitting the species that has paid that satellite tireless tribute.
Luky wants to join The Moon Society (http://www.moonsociety.org/). I'm all for it, but I know he will expect me to retrieve all his email newsletters, society news and so on.
The real bottom line for him seems to be that the Moon is moving away. While, barring catastrophic events, Neil's footprints will remain clear and distinct for millions of years, it will continue to get harder and harder to see them. The Moon is moving away from Earth about two and a quarter inches every year! Luky hates that - not just because nothing is really permanent, but because . . . well, hey, without the Moon where would we - Wolves or humans - be!?!?!?
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