[extropy-chat] Transhumanism: Teilhard de Chardin - Truth or Dare

[Samantha Atkins]

Natasha wrote:
"Most transhumanists are spirited toward life and learning, but leave the
soul on the bottom of our shoes.  Indeed a sense of compassion and
understand is often veiled by a strong desire to push forward out of
humanity's womb, but it is deeply rooted in transhumanism nonetheless.  It
this enough in itself, or do we need to leave an open place for religious
views, or are they really a throw back to ingrained defaults?

I don't think we need it.  I think we need more love and understanding,
story-telling, poetry, imagination, laughter, fun and companionship, not
not religious mysticism?
"

I think we do need some things often seen in the best of relgion and 
mysticism.   We need a unified, uplifting and compelling vision and a deep 
ethics/morality in the way we deal with one another and acheive that vision.  
To date I have not seen anything along these lines as unitive or compelling 
as the best religion/mysticism has to offer.   It would surprise me if 
religious/mystical memes were entirely absent from such a unitive Vision.  I 
don't think the memes will be sufficiently viable without such.

- samantha