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I see a religiously scientific future

I can see children, from a young age, being taken to gardens and explained to the complexities of plant reproduction, the beauty of each plant cell, the way in which plants gather the sunlight. I can see people, rather than praying to bronze-age idols or violent cult-heads, finding peace within themselves in the stars of the sky, knowing every atom in our body was once within one. I can see a future where the two greatest virtues are empathy and rationality. I can see people loving one another knowing we're interconnected with every element of our being and through our place in the cosmos. I can see a peaceful and intellectual future of happiness and knowledge. Scientific learning becomes the basis for a new human religion. A religion that allows us to be at peace with ourselves, one another, and the world.

I'm also proud of my new rolling abilities. I'm a real boy!

Avatar camabar
02-06-10 20:01
If you say so.
Good job on the rolling!

And yeah. . . eh, I don't think the feeling between the one you are describing and the one I feel with God are different. I feel exactly the same when I'm *aware* of nature and when I pray. Same thing to me.

Cool thoughts!
Avatar rawtuna
02-06-10 21:03
HuperSero
Thanks!
Avatar a1rose
02-06-10 21:07
Adrienne
I really like this. Agreed.
Avatar spencer
02-07-10 20:50
Be the change.
I agreed with everything until you described it as a religion. Religion, to me, means something with ritual and devotional observances (thanks, Dictionary.com). Religion carries with it the connotation of a prescribed moral code. Religion to me encompasses faith, which seems highly contrary to the aim of science.

Why did you make that choice? Why does it have to be a religion?
Avatar rawtuna
02-07-10 21:57
HuperSero
I guess I just defined religion differently. I see it more as a World-view which directly influences our actions (not all world-views do.)

I didn't really "make a choice." It was just an idea.
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