[stuartcr]

I agree with your analogy. When you think about the amount of time that is involved with a third generation star, you begin to realise that we are speaking about time periods that are virtually incomprehensible to humans. If God truly is the creator of all, then we can begin to realise just how tiny a part in all this, we have.

[CobaltBlue]

>>we are speaking about time periods that are virtually incomprehensible to humans<<

Yes, just thinking about it gives me a headache, and makes me feel very small. Same thing for John McPhee's books about geology, which really give a sense of the immensity of geological time.

But when I look at the pictures on Astronomy Picture of the Day, I don't feel small at all, just a childlike sense of wonder.