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I don't think it's depressing at all. Quite the contrary. What an impressive motivation this is, if we as a species would only learn from it.

Try thousands of years of wars fought on the basis of religion. Religion does some good things for people but this holier than thou complex will get you nowhere. I know athiests who are fine moral people and Christians who condescend(much like you have) to others. Morality comes from within. Don't kill, steal, lie, etc... these things can easily be agreed upon by people who have no religion just like those who can. Humans have the incredible ability to THINK FOR THEMESELVES. it's great.

Carl Sagan's message and his genuine sincerity are timeless. Beautiful video.Thank you.

I miss Carl.

Im an athiest and I´v never drunk alchohol or taken drugs or cheated on a woman or hurt any innocent person. People shouldnt need religion to tell them the difference between right and wrong, it should be imbeded in you.I know religous people who behave terribly, it doesnt seem to have as much affect as its suppose to.

Trust me, the world would be alot worst than it is without people beiliving in God. Christians arnt drinking beer and getting in a car and killing someone

Its quite depressing to think that anything I do,no matter how much dedication or persistance I have,will ever matter on the grand scheme of the universe. I could be the president of the whole world,I could cure every disease,but it wouldnt matter,because the human species will one day cease to exist and when I die I probably wont be remembered for anything, and I will be forgotten forever.

Agreed.

God grief...this makes you emotional in a teary sense - the words in combination with the images and music.

Sorry...wrong Attenborough....I meant brother Sir David Attenborough of "Life on Earth" fame.

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Carl Sagan. The best man who lived in 20th century.

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This is the only planet we have. Unless we change soon, we can't build a global civilization, let alone an interstellar one. Please, listen to Carl Sagan and heed his words.

Just think how beautiful it would be to see a universe with no God or alien life forms. That would mean that the entire Cosmos is ours! I don't think that mankind will actualy destroy itself. In fact, even if a nuclear war happened today, there would still be tiny pockets of humanity on every corner of the planet (such as doctors, teachers, scientists, ect.) that would still be able to rebuild society. it would only put us a few hundred years behind. evolution is over...mankind is the future.

I agree with most of what you commented here but what do you mean by "denying the survival of the fittest"?

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We miss you Carl Sagan, we need more people like you!

You can say you believe in God all you want, but don't expect everyone to believe in a god without evidence proving its existence. The fact that humans exist is not proof that a god exists....

tears came to my eyes.

Should I be afraid to say I believe in God since some atheists would scorn me for what I believe? No. We'll be fine (humankind). We are here for a reason, we have a purpose here, and everything will fall into place.

I don't want to sound mean but the other video is better. By posting specific pictures in this one you kinda ruined the feeling.

Free will doesn't exist. Carl Sagan is VERY WELL aware that a human-centered universe is for the religious and insecure. We are not the latest species on Earth, but we are the only with culture, which does set us a paradigm apart from the rest - but that doesn't mean that we have the right to disrespect them.

If anything, you're doing nature a disservice in denying the survival of the fittest.

Dear YouTub friends:The Bible or any other books is not my sidekick.I'm not Bible blind.I've free will to make up my mind per what I have learned from various sources.Also there's no proof human beings were not the last species planted on Earth.I am sure Dr.Sagan was aware of men's meaningless role in the Universe and human beings are just rubbish.He must have been both disappointed and discouraged.(PEOPLE PLEASE STOP KILLING ANIMALS!STOP EATING MEAT!STOP WEARING FUR/LEATHERThankyouAdemar)

Amazing. I'm studying astronomy, astrobiology and planetary science because of this man.

Carl Sagan was an astronomer who became somewhat famous when he worked with NASA to land the viking probe on Mars. He further became known for helping to create (and host) the scientific mini-series called "Cosmos". He died in 1996. I highly recommend learning more about him. There is a wealth of information online including many videos here on youtube. The poster of this video XXXSDESDEXXX has several.