Friday, December 21, 2007
Life's Meaning
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Which brings us to the question of whether there can be a viable religion based on current reality. It seems to me that such a 'religion' would be the most desirable religion in the modern era of Science and Technology (beer gone - time to eat at 2314L - done at 2342).
Good question. I don't know. Acid might provide the basis for such a modern religion. Clearly, however, such a modern religion would not be based on ancient ideas, including the idea of 'eternal life.' Eternal Life is a cargo cult idea. Modern religion would involve science as substrate. Furthermore, modern religion would be open to new ideas in the form of scientific proceeses. For example, 'modern religion' would welcome experiments in consciousness involving various drugs like LSD. The old gods and the old rules would be abandoned in favor of no old rules, leaving only possible new rules.
The most valuable aspect of a modern scientific point of view would be the implicit rejection of the concept of 'personal immortality.' We would each understand that we were 'temporary' and that our little lives had the most meaning when we contributed to the sum total of scientific understanding before we perished from The Earth.
I guess... 0024. Nighty-night.
Which brings us to the question of whether there can be a viable religion based on current reality. It seems to me that such a 'religion' would be the most desirable religion in the modern era of Science and Technology (beer gone - time to eat at 2314L - done at 2342).
Good question. I don't know. Acid might provide the basis for such a modern religion. Clearly, however, such a modern religion would not be based on ancient ideas, including the idea of 'eternal life.' Eternal Life is a cargo cult idea. Modern religion would involve science as substrate. Furthermore, modern religion would be open to new ideas in the form of scientific proceeses. For example, 'modern religion' would welcome experiments in consciousness involving various drugs like LSD. The old gods and the old rules would be abandoned in favor of no old rules, leaving only possible new rules.
The most valuable aspect of a modern scientific point of view would be the implicit rejection of the concept of 'personal immortality.' We would each understand that we were 'temporary' and that our little lives had the most meaning when we contributed to the sum total of scientific understanding before we perished from The Earth.
I guess... 0024. Nighty-night.
