Enter the big cathedral in Köln. Look at the high ceiling. Look at the beautiful painted glass windows. Look at the statues, the huge organ. Everything here was designed to praise god. Everything here was designed to make you feel small in front of god. This is the way the church wanted it to be. This was their way to control the people. To make them feel small. To make them feel insignificant. All they are are small creatures in comparison to god. All they are are small people in comparison to the church leaders. And people accepted that. They did not know any other way.

I walked in this cathedral today. But instead of feeling small, I felt big. I looked around me, and saw all these beautiful works of art that people have created. The beautiful painted windows, the statues inside and out side. And I felt that the spirit of man is superb. It’s not god that created this amazing piece of art. It was man. Maybe god has created other wonderful things. Every time I walk through nature, the beauty of it amazes me. But nonetheless, when looking at the wonderful building I saw today, I believe in the spirit of man.

We might be small and insignificant when compared to the huge forces of the universe, but here in our small corner of the galaxy, we can do wonderful things.

I only wish we would stick to doing wonderful things….