To present another perspective on the "we are one with the universe" trope, here's astrophysicist and science popularizer Neil Tyson, who is not a "reverend" so far as I can tell. Watch on youtube: http://youtu.be/XLvh64sMrWY According to Tyson, because of the Big Bang and the consequent commonalities among all matter, we and the rest of the universe are all from the  Continue Reading …