Assuming we don't collapse the ecosystem in our lifetimes (I'm not ruling out that possibility), it's a great time to be alive. We've developed aircraft, automobiles/motorcycles, and computers with highspeed internet. We've begun to solve most major medical issues that plagued (literally!) our immediate ancestors. We've figured out where we are in the cosmos and developed a solid scientific explanation of how we got here. Our knowledge is growing exponentially, so fast that it's hard to keep up with even a fraction of it.
Yes, I do sometimes rue the fact that we don't get to explore the universe in ships of some sort (I like that phrase, "the laws of physics are not known for their laid-back nature", Iroscato!), usually when musing on Sagan's passage about how the religious Dark Ages set our civilization back by 1000 years, but then I go start up the Road King, and all is well.
Yes, I do sometimes rue the fact that we don't get to explore the universe in ships of some sort (I like that phrase, "the laws of physics are not known for their laid-back nature", Iroscato!), usually when musing on Sagan's passage about how the religious Dark Ages set our civilization back by 1000 years, but then I go start up the Road King, and all is well.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
