[extropy-chat] Christianity (Was Transhumanism: Social Equality and Politics)

[Robert J. Bradbury]

Zero -- thanks for the links though I may not have time to
review them all.  I thought the PBS program was good in that
it compressed a lot of information that people should know
into a short amount of time.  I wish it were required viewing
for most high school students.

I want to be clear about something -- I do *not* object
to Christian, Jewish or Muslim (or other major religious
groups) codes of conduct.  I think they may have provided
rules that allowed people in tribes or clans to behave
reasonably and prosper (i.e. be extropic).

Where I have a problem is with the concept(s) that these
perspectives are (a) accurate; and (b) cast in bronze.

The concepts were always being manipulated (studies
the history of the popes to the emperors in China
ought to demonstrate that).

And more importantly -- from an extropian/transhumanistic
perspective we cannot allow the concepts to be cast in bronze.

If Ray is right and the rate of change is only going to
increase (which is correct as far as I can judge) then
if humanity is to survive (in an evolved form) we are
going to have to significantly increase our rate of adaptation.

Hanging onto 1300 or 2000 or 4000 year old perspectives
is *not* going to work.  Taking the best of those perspectives
and seeking to evolve them (rationally) in light of our
increased and increasing knowledge might.

Robert