"I see no God up here..." Yuri Gagarin - 1961

heresyourhardware · 1 year

From Wikipedia, apparently it is a misquote and originally came from Kruschev:

"After the flight, some sources claimed that Gagarin, during his space flight, had made the comment, "I don't see any God up here." However, no such words appear in the verbatim record of Gagarin's conversations with Earth-based stations during the spaceflight.[17] In a 2006 interview a close friend of Gagarin, Colonel Valentin Petrov, stated that Gagarin never said such words, and that the phrase originated from Nikita Khrushchev's speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU, where the anti-religious propaganda was discussed." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin

MarmaladeMatt · 1 year

Now that we know this is a mis-quote, can someone take the white lettering out of this otherwise badass picture so it can become my background?

yorlik · 1 year

(a) fake, and (b) it's not like he'd be free to express an opinion that differed with the party orthodoxy.

The Soviets achieved some incredible technical accomplishments, but don't forget that they were an evil totalitarian state, and if you look into their views about evolution, you'll see that they were exactly the same kind of anti-science fruitcakes that Fundamentalist Creationists are: they opposed Darwinism because it went against their philosophy. The facts and evidence were irrelevant.

Sa1to · 1 year

this isn't /r/atheism

goodduck · 1 year

nothing profound about soviet propaganda

MaxChaplin · 1 year

Hipster Gagarin has been to space way before you.

ortucis · 1 year

voice in the distance "LOOK TO THE LEFT!"

Gagarin looks to the left

voice in the distance "THE OTHER LEFT!"

yoda17 · 1 year

Nineteen-fucking-sixty-one, incredible. These days we use awesome technology to keep updated on all of our friends toilet statusses...

mrgibblechip · 1 year

pretty sure it's a misquote but still good.

bishopazrael · 1 year

where do i find the background image?

taylorloy · 1 year

My version:

Letter to the first poet on Mars

Do not say “red”.
Avoid mention of Ares.
In fact, don’t wax classical
at all.
Keep it simple.
Don’t drink the water.
There isn’t any.
Say there is.
Exaggerate the prospects
for terraforming.
Tell us the weather is nice.
Or, that it will be.
Wish we were there.
Tell us so.
Invent a new word
for red.
Write it.
Make a circle.
Better yet
construct a sphere.
Create a word for gravity
and place it at the center. 
Empty the sky of stars.
Give us a proper beginning.
Write: “I’ve reached the summit
of Olympus Mons,”
and, “from this sacred height,
I can see beyond Tharsis
a world without gods
who deal in war.”

reply · 1 year

Reddit hates God.

kadargo · 1 year

I'm shocked that such a statement would come from a man at the heart of the Soviet aerospace complex.One must remember to put history in context and that the Soviets essentially replaced allegiance to God through the vehicle of religion with an allegiance to the ideology of communism.

ProbablyObnoxious · 1 year

1920x1200 http://i.imgur.com/Pz2lA.jpg

bobbybarista · 1 year

What's always amazed me is that this man was only 5'2"

Electrorocket · 1 year

"Oh my god! It's full of stars!"

UnSG · 1 year

This image is misleading to what Gagarin actually believed.

[deleted] · 1 year

The Soviets were atheists, and that was a comment from Nikita Khuschev not Gagarin. The communists nation had some serious anti-christian propaganda.

stradivari310 · 1 year

I want this without the quote.

sniggity · 1 year

Funny, that's all I see when I look at space. I see the almighty power it took to create it. Now, I feel there is some sort of higher power, but not a man in a white robe with a flowing beard and big hands. But if that's what he looks like, then cool.

keithburgun · 1 year

Wait... do some people think that this quote has any significance whatsoever?

Jalh · 1 year

He never said such a thing. And as a matter of fact, Gagarin was not the first man in space.

Cracked Article

CominHome · 1 year

Hey I have this design as a tattoo.

Kyrias · 1 year

"The Earth is blue and there is no god."

One of my favourite quotes from MGS4, but that's pretty much as far as it goes.

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