“You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, all the things that matter for evolution) weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in stars. So forget Jesus. Stars died so you can live.”

Cyrus also added the word “Beautiful” to her tweet.

A teen pop idol, calling high school yearbook-level existential detritus on her Twitter account that mentions the words forget Jesus “beautiful” is not good sometimes in America. So, some of her followers chimed in, many offering predictable replies that questioned her faith, and whether or not her fame has caused her to backslide. Here are a few more surrounding Cyrus’ new science:

In response to the controversy, Cyrus’ handlers Cyrus posted a quote from Einstein:

Trace Cyrus, half-brother of Miley, posted this on his Twitter, soon after Miley posted the controversial picture in question:

And there you have it.