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<P><STRONG>This brings up the bigger issue of whether or not we've entered or are starting to enter a post- futurist interregnum wherein the necessary fiction of religion becomes a default glue holding what we optimistically call 'civilization' together. you think?</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Didn't Naisbitt give it a name like "high tech, high touch"?</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Older people have every reason to turn to religion-- what do they have to lose? </STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>I turned to religion because the time when (if *luck* prevails) I'll be suspended at Alcor draws closer. Spent a month volunteering at Alcor last year and would gaze at the dewars, imagining being inside. Only thing disturbing was the laboratory odors, the "smells of death" I was thinking.</STRONG></P>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><BR><EM>. <BR>[...]The Roman Catholic Church shows not much of a will to change some basic <BR>things. Like: celibacy (consider the biological consequences), using cold <BR>and uncomfortable churches, very strict dogma etc. Even though 80% is a high <BR>number, in Europe internet usage is circa 20% greater than in the USA <BR>(considering the number of access points per capita I suppose). So I suppose <BR>the church might suffer greatly if they keep on like this (as people have <BR>access to more and more information). Take into consideration the Middle <BR>Ages as well. The Church continues to expand (like our school might also <BR>become Catholic), might they not slow down progress once again? Or what will <BR>be the future of religion anyways? I'm interested in material on the topic, <BR>mainly connected to the Catholic Church. If they must change, then how? And <BR>how
is Christianity compatible with most of the future models presented <BR>here? I just can't imagine a posthuman believing in God... Can you?<BR><BR>(To avoid misunderstanding I must say I value faith as faith is a great <BR>guide to a Homo Sapiens in hardships)<BR><BR>Thomas <BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>extropy-chat mailing list<BR></EM><A href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" ymailto="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org"><EM>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</EM></A><BR><A href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat" target=_blank><EM>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</EM></A><BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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