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Let me begin by saying that I do believe that Christianity is true. I believe there a solid arguments that (thus far hold up even against vigorous argumentation) plus the argument from personal experience and being privy to such supernatural effects. Religion will end with a whimper not with a bang.
A view of the future: However, during the next 100+ years will be a watershed socially and technologically. Brain-mapping, unlocking further and further the mysteries of aging, programs that you can "download" into your brain involving such topics as calculus, Intro to Quantum Mechanics, and History of Feudalism. Cloning, genetic engineering, population and environmental/weather manipulation, unlimited resources, knowledge, growth and expansion. The integration of man and machine. The pluralistic interconnectedness of society as we learn there is no black and white between cultures, only shades of gray. As individuals come to learn it is more fun and pleasurable to toy around with designer-drugs and party than it is too sit in a church service. That the fight for your particular religion pales in comparison to the fact that Humans are becoming God-Like.
The reality that economics is splitting the gap even wider between the rich and the poor, how the rich will have such technologies that make the average individual significantly more knoweldgable than the greatest minds today and sincerely more healthy. Death will become less of an issue as humans lives hundreds of years old with that number increasing everyday. Crime is significantly lowered or ceases to exist as we can predict crimes before they happen and or properly rehabilitate individuals with cerebral reprogramming. We become pluralistic all views are welcomed and understood, dogma becomes silly in the face of your own moral and intellectual woes. Empathy, than nonchalance than back to enjoying the best things in life. The proletariat perhaps will hang on to their religion, but it will be marginalized, and ultimately dropped due to desire to conform and put bread in their mouth. We will be able to manipulate the Earth and its souroundings, either communism or feudalism will occour due to the plentiful resources available either being accessible to all or in abundance thus no need to scavange for crumbs, or feudalistic with the wealthiest percentile living significantly above their means. Better tasting food, alcohol, side-affect free drugs that fill you with elation, sexually boundless society will make all forget about their desire to self-lacerate their humanistic desires in order to be closer to the creator, we WILL BE the creator as we strip off the garment of human frailty and join or destiny amongst the stars and spread our seeds throughout the galaxy.....
I see this as a perdiction of what is to come, and no dogma or apologetic can trump the advancement of humanities destiny to be Kings of our own creation
RE: A vision of the future and the death of religion
January 28, 2015 at 11:29 pm
(January 28, 2015 at 11:19 pm)Eager Mind Wrote:
Let me begin by saying that I do believe that Christianity is true. I believe there a solid arguments that (thus far hold up even against vigorous argumentation) plus the argument from personal experience and being privy to such supernatural effects. Religion will end with a whimper not with a bang.
A view of the future: However, during the next 100+ years will be a watershed socially and technologically.
Brain-mapping, unlocking further and further the mysteries of aging, programs that you can "download" into your brain involving such topics as calculus, Intro to Quantum Mechanics, and History of Feudalism. Cloning, genetic engineering, population and environmental/weather manipulation, unlimited resources, knowledge, growth and expansion. The integration of man and machine. The pluralistic interconnectedness of society as we learn there is no black and white between cultures, only shades of gray. As individuals come to learn it is more fun and pleasurable to toy around with designer-drugs and party than it is too sit in a church service. That the fight for your particular religion pales in comparison to the fact that Humans are becoming God-Like.
The reality that economics is splitting the gap even wider between the rich and the poor, how the rich will have such technologies that make the average individual significantly more knoweldgable than the greatest minds today and sincerely more healthy. Death will become less of an issue as humans lives hundreds of years old with that number increasing everyday. Crime is significantly lowered or ceases to exist as we can predict crimes before they happen and or properly rehabilitate individuals with cerebral reprogramming. We become pluralistic all views are welcomed and understood, dogma becomes silly in the face of your own moral and intellectual woes. Empathy, than nonchalance than back to enjoying the best things in life. The proletariat perhaps will hang on to their religion, but it will be marginalized, and ultimately dropped due to desire to conform and put bread in their mouth. We will be able to manipulate the Earth and its souroundings, either communism or feudalism will occour due to the plentiful resources available either being accessible to all or in abundance thus no need to scavange for crumbs, or feudalistic with the wealthiest percentile living significantly above their means. Better tasting food, alcohol, side-affect free drugs that fill you with elation, sexually boundless society will make all forget about their desire to self-lacerate their humanistic desires in order to be closer to the creator, we WILL BE the creator as we strip off the garment of human frailty and join or destiny amongst the stars and spread our seeds throughout the galaxy.....
I see this as a perdiction(sic) of what is to come, and no dogma or apologetic can trump the advancement of humanities destiny to be Kings of our own creation
Sure, or we'll outsmart ourselves and wind up back in front of a campfire to keep the big predators away at night telling ourselves happy stories to keep spirits up and to keep the clerics fed. Religion has more staying power than technological civilization because it doesn't depend on a functioning infrastructure larger than a gullible population which can be quite small.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat?
RE: A vision of the future and the death of religion
January 28, 2015 at 11:32 pm
(January 28, 2015 at 11:19 pm)Eager Mind Wrote:
Let me begin by saying that I do believe that Christianity is true. I believe there a solid arguments that (thus far hold up even against vigorous argumentation) plus the argument from personal experience and being privy to such supernatural effects. Religion will end with a whimper not with a bang.
A view of the future: However, during the next 100+ years will be a watershed socially and technologically. Brain-mapping, unlocking further and further the mysteries of aging, programs that you can "download" into your brain involving such topics as calculus, Intro to Quantum Mechanics, and History of Feudalism. Cloning, genetic engineering, population and environmental/weather manipulation, unlimited resources, knowledge, growth and expansion. The integration of man and machine. The pluralistic interconnectedness of society as we learn there is no black and white between cultures, only shades of gray. As individuals come to learn it is more fun and pleasurable to toy around with designer-drugs and party than it is too sit in a church service. That the fight for your particular religion pales in comparison to the fact that Humans are becoming God-Like.
The reality that economics is splitting the gap even wider between the rich and the poor, how the rich will have such technologies that make the average individual significantly more knoweldgable than the greatest minds today and sincerely more healthy. Death will become less of an issue as humans lives hundreds of years old with that number increasing everyday. Crime is significantly lowered or ceases to exist as we can predict crimes before they happen and or properly rehabilitate individuals with cerebral reprogramming. We become pluralistic all views are welcomed and understood, dogma becomes silly in the face of your own moral and intellectual woes. Empathy, than nonchalance than back to enjoying the best things in life. The proletariat perhaps will hang on to their religion, but it will be marginalized, and ultimately dropped due to desire to conform and put bread in their mouth. We will be able to manipulate the Earth and its souroundings, either communism or feudalism will occour due to the plentiful resources available either being accessible to all or in abundance thus no need to scavange for crumbs, or feudalistic with the wealthiest percentile living significantly above their means. Better tasting food, alcohol, side-affect free drugs that fill you with elation, sexually boundless society will make all forget about their desire to self-lacerate their humanistic desires in order to be closer to the creator, we WILL BE the creator as we strip off the garment of human frailty and join or destiny amongst the stars and spread our seeds throughout the galaxy.....
I see this as a perdiction of what is to come, and no dogma or apologetic can trump the advancement of humanities destiny to be Kings of our own creation
RE: A vision of the future and the death of religion
January 28, 2015 at 11:34 pm
Except for the widening economic gap, all the OP's predictions sound like there will be a better world without religion. That is a weird stance for a Christian to take
RE: A vision of the future and the death of religion
January 28, 2015 at 11:37 pm
(January 28, 2015 at 11:34 pm)Nope Wrote: Except for the widening economic gap, all the OP's predictions sound like there will be a better world without religion. That is a weird stance for a Christian to take
Look at what a Christian did to Americas economy :cough: bush :cough: and the year 2006 was the was worst year ever.
RE: A vision of the future and the death of religion
January 28, 2015 at 11:40 pm (This post was last modified: January 28, 2015 at 11:41 pm by Nope.)
(January 28, 2015 at 11:37 pm)dyresand Wrote:
(January 28, 2015 at 11:34 pm)Nope Wrote: Except for the widening economic gap, all the OP's predictions sound like there will be a better world without religion. That is a weird stance for a Christian to take
Look at what a Christian did to Americas economy :cough: bush :cough: and the year 2006 was the was worst year ever.
Yeah but the Op seems to believe that mapping the brain, easing the discomfort of aging, reducing crime and exploring the galaxy are bad things.
Quote:The pluralistic interconnectedness of society as we learn there is no black and white between cultures, only shades of gray.
How fast can we get rid of religion so that we can start experiencing this utopia?
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