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originally posted by: Sovan
if it were just a show of thanks to India for the Shiva statue (why donate a religious idol to a scientific cause, though?) it would be one thing
The statue is a gift from India, celebrating CERN's long association with India which started in the 1960's and continues strongly today. In the Hindu religion, this form of the dancing Lord Shiva is known as the Nataraj and symbolises Shakti, or life force. As a plaque alongside the statue explains, the belief is that Lord Shiva danced the Universe into existence, motivates it, and will eventually extinguish it. Carl Sagan drew the metaphor between the cosmic dance of the Nataraj and the modern study of the 'cosmic dance' of subatomic particles.
originally posted by: Sovan
but to also showcase 'Angels and Demons' Vatican/Illuminati/Dark Matter Holocaust novel/movie on its homepage transposing the AD logo which references both science and religion is very arrogant of such a huge scientific experiment group (the largest science machine ever built, no?) and in my opinion, all in bluntly sacrilegious and invokrd negative energy/vibes rather than tread carefully around the public's various differing religious beliefs and gkobal safety concerns.
originally posted by: Sovan
oh and then there's the CERN logo itself.. why that blatant choice of imagery?
Symmetry is a dance-opera film, in which Cern scientist Lukas is thrown off balance, while working on the theory of everything and the smallest particle. Through Claron’s singing he rediscovers love, in an endless landscape. She takes him back to the moment before the big bang, when time didn’t exist; a love with no end..
^and yes omg why is the official CERN website flaunting 'angels & demons' religious symbolatry galore?
Home About CERN FAQ Video Antimatter Angels and Demons movie poster In Ron Howard's Angels & Demons Tom Hanks plays Harvard academic Robert Langdon, who discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood called the Illuminati - the most powerful underground organization in history. When Langdon finds evidence that the Illuminati have stolen antimatter from a secret laboratory at CERN, which they plan to use as a devastating weapon to destroy the Vatican, he and CERN scientist Vittoria Vetra begin a race against time to recover the antimatter and prevent catastrophe. But what is antimatter? Is is real? Is it dangerous? What is CERN?
And one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of our time needing Hollywood to plug it, is just weird... To me personally.