(May 5, 2010 at 5:20 am)tackattack Wrote: If humans evolve through cognitive social and natural selection and we carry that out through the existence of humanity, where does that lead? Is it feasible for one day, if the world becomes slowly unlivable by todays means (O2 , fresh water, food intake), that a humans could evolve past the need for a physical body? Could they transcend their physical selves into a semi-tangible transcendant form? Once in that form would it not be easier to experiment/ control the forces of the universe (gravity, energy, radiation, time). If the species transcended to a point where it was one collective amount of sentient energy, with control over the forces of nature would we not attept to create life ourselves on a planet, if only for experimentation? With all this being plausible, why is God so implausible aren't they basically the same thing?Have to admit that I haven't read this whole long thread, and am jumping in.
The idea of humans becoming a collective energy based life form through evolution is very very unlikely, but a hell of a lot more plausible and realistic than a god. A god is not the same thing as a natural process. If it was, it would be called 'nature' instead of 'god'. If you call it 'god', everyone will think you are talking about an invisible, magical, everything-creator who wants humans to do certain things we wouldn't normally do, like reassure it telepathically how much you love it (gods don't have very good self esteem, especially the xtian one who keeps declaring everything he makes 'good' and then fucking it up so bad he had to keep destroying it).
