[extropy-chat] Atheism in Decline

[Rik van Riel]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, kevinfreels.com wrote:

> Religion changes over time. Which religion would be the easiest to 
> change to something more transhumanistic?

Why choose ?   Judaism, christianity and islam believe
we are god's children, created in god's image.  The
bhuddists believe we can all transcend and the hindus
believe we can transcend after many lifetimes.

To the jews, christians and muslim people out there, I'd
say that if we are god's children, we should grow up
before the toys we create are too dangerous for children.
We need to do what we can to grow up (as a species) and
approach godhood.

>From a pagan and extropian point of view, I would like
to add that life is sacred.  Life is a higher expression
of matter, one that creates order out of chaos and spreads
order around the universe.  Intelligence, awareness and
self-awareness are further steps up, adding even more
order to matter.  I don't know what the next step will be
after self-awareness, but we'll find out when we (as a
species) grow up.

Did I forget to include any religion ? 

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Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan