And Atlas, nobody here is "shooting down" your right to make any claim you want. We simply reject the logic behind the claims you make. We are not treating you any differently than we would a Christian or Jew or even Hindu or Buddhist.
Our species is much older than any human written or even oral religion. Evolution is far older too. Cockroaches and bacteria outnumber humans and have been around a lot longer and are far more successful at breeding and survival than humans. A blade of grass does not pray to a grass god, and the dinosaurs didn't build houses of worship around a T-rex god. The water bear is one of the oldest microscopic life on the planet that has survived all 5 mass extinction events in our planet's 4 billion year old history. In evolution humans have only been here in our current form for 150,000 to 200,000 years. And as a species we would be far less likely to survive a meteor like what killed the dinosaurs and the water bear and cockroaches would be far more likely to survive such an event.
That harsh truth isn't comforting to many no, but it is the truth. Humans are NOT special to the planet or the universe. That does not mean we can't find good here and now, we can, and we can when we want to as a species look for ways to improve life and extend life, but life still is ultimately finite.
Our species is much older than any human written or even oral religion. Evolution is far older too. Cockroaches and bacteria outnumber humans and have been around a lot longer and are far more successful at breeding and survival than humans. A blade of grass does not pray to a grass god, and the dinosaurs didn't build houses of worship around a T-rex god. The water bear is one of the oldest microscopic life on the planet that has survived all 5 mass extinction events in our planet's 4 billion year old history. In evolution humans have only been here in our current form for 150,000 to 200,000 years. And as a species we would be far less likely to survive a meteor like what killed the dinosaurs and the water bear and cockroaches would be far more likely to survive such an event.
That harsh truth isn't comforting to many no, but it is the truth. Humans are NOT special to the planet or the universe. That does not mean we can't find good here and now, we can, and we can when we want to as a species look for ways to improve life and extend life, but life still is ultimately finite.
