(August 28, 2016 at 9:24 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Yes, if you can accept that others with different god claims can be as good as you, then you need to consider the claim itself is not the source of human behavior. Humans do not like the prospect of being finite. Evolution's goal with all life is reproduction. Humans simply mistake their own good fortune as being from a fictional source. They also suffer from ignoring that the rivals they defeat in their success, also want that same success.My God claim (idea) is good because it gives accurate predictions of universal phenomenon. It has nothing to say about my or anyone else's "goodness". People are as good as they act and they act better some days than others.
Point being we are all the same species, and no matter what myths or gods or superstitions our species concocts, it is temporary and an act of futility in cosmic time. In 5 billion years our species will be long extinct when our sun runs out of fuel and collapses or explodes and fries our planet. The universe will continue with no record of us or the myths we concoct as a species. But, that does not mean we cant extend our finite ride right now, we can. I simply say that we cannot afford to put old myth as our top priority as a species when we have pollution, famine and climate change threatening all sides.
The universe "made us". Is there any reason to doubt it could make a self aware bipedal species elsewhere in the universe?
You could say the same about science.
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
