Religion is much more personal than science could ever be. Why would you want to entangle the two? You do not prove religion, you simply believe in it.
Proving yourself is easy enough. And how would one do that? By believing in yourself right? That's called faith, all the same. No one can tell you to not believe in yourself... because 'they' can't comprehend what you can - your thoughts.
I'm not on any one side of this popular debate but I will state that science is as fundamentally unsolvable as the cause for religious faith. Science is never solid and will never complete. Simple arithmetic glimpses at this inevitability through math's foundational indefiniteness.
This the beauty of science; pursuing that seemingly unreachable theory of everything that's only waiting there to be discovered in order to truly stimulate the discoverers by telling them, ' this is only the tip of the iceberg people!' that they've solved.
As soon as we discover something more, the number of things that we can assume we don't know is doubled. As the biggest questions are answered, they only really bring about even more curiosities. The most timeless paradox of them all.
It's like fanning the flames of knowledge. Most scientists would love to think that there's way more to find in our universe than we could possibly fathom. Though the ultimate purpose of science should be left up for discussion.
I'm being more philosophical about the debate here and that's beside my usual self, but I just wanted to share my thoughts with everyone, if only briefly.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Cosmic
Original short story written by anynonymous:
" Far back in time, but shortly after God sealed off Eden, he created the 'seven deadly sins'; Greed, Gluttony, Pride, Sloth, Lust, Wrath, and Envy (the order doesn't matter; they came into existence at the same time) were all born as the seven ultimate faces of sin. God knew that they would sow the seeds of malice and discontent across the already stained world, but he also knew that if mankind were to ever achieve true virtue, there must be a polar opposite for us to strive against. Thus, God rained down these seven upon the world, each soul that came into existence being more predisposed to two or three of these seven. However, some dis-course occured so much that even God did not forsee it.
Each generation there are seven souls who are born aware of all of the sins, not even over time, but all seven of the deadly sins originally. These seven souls take on the persona of the sin which they enjoy the most, and thus become the incarnations of the seven sins. Scattered across the globe, the seven sins walk freely among us.
The legends say that these seven know each other instantly by sight, though they may never have met before. If they meet one of their kind, they are instantly flooded with the memories of their past incarnations and of their true identities as sins. If all seven should ever come together at once it is said that time itself will stop and they will have to make a choice; they can either continue to wander the Earth for another ten-thousand years in different incarnations, or they can sacrifice themselves and let mankind achieve true peace and prosperity."
My commentary and reflection:
We can take this story as a metaphor for securing or destroying our existence as an already, some-what, advanced civilization.
Over time we've shortened the proverbial wire between us, communication and transportation no longer being an issue of much time. The world is exponentially growing smaller and smaller around us. We would hardly call it a burden, but theologically, this is exactly what the seven sins incur... unity. We become one, and we make the logical decision, "sacrifice" our Earthliness and expand to the cosmos, or continue to wander here as ingrates to eventually become a destroyed, then, ultimately forgotten solule of the vast cmosic array.
" Far back in time, but shortly after God sealed off Eden, he created the 'seven deadly sins'; Greed, Gluttony, Pride, Sloth, Lust, Wrath, and Envy (the order doesn't matter; they came into existence at the same time) were all born as the seven ultimate faces of sin. God knew that they would sow the seeds of malice and discontent across the already stained world, but he also knew that if mankind were to ever achieve true virtue, there must be a polar opposite for us to strive against. Thus, God rained down these seven upon the world, each soul that came into existence being more predisposed to two or three of these seven. However, some dis-course occured so much that even God did not forsee it.
Each generation there are seven souls who are born aware of all of the sins, not even over time, but all seven of the deadly sins originally. These seven souls take on the persona of the sin which they enjoy the most, and thus become the incarnations of the seven sins. Scattered across the globe, the seven sins walk freely among us.
The legends say that these seven know each other instantly by sight, though they may never have met before. If they meet one of their kind, they are instantly flooded with the memories of their past incarnations and of their true identities as sins. If all seven should ever come together at once it is said that time itself will stop and they will have to make a choice; they can either continue to wander the Earth for another ten-thousand years in different incarnations, or they can sacrifice themselves and let mankind achieve true peace and prosperity."
My commentary and reflection:
We can take this story as a metaphor for securing or destroying our existence as an already, some-what, advanced civilization.
Over time we've shortened the proverbial wire between us, communication and transportation no longer being an issue of much time. The world is exponentially growing smaller and smaller around us. We would hardly call it a burden, but theologically, this is exactly what the seven sins incur... unity. We become one, and we make the logical decision, "sacrifice" our Earthliness and expand to the cosmos, or continue to wander here as ingrates to eventually become a destroyed, then, ultimately forgotten solule of the vast cmosic array.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Evolution x
Nature's competition to see which of its creations can adapt the fastest, survive in its climate best, go on to gain awarness and build its own niche.
It's been exciting.
Ever since the first multi-celled organisms evolved out of our planet's primordial soups it's been a eco-survival race for supremecy.
A few billion years pass and you have us sitting comfortably in front of our computers. We're proverbial lottery winners in an ancient game of luck and adaptive skill. We've grown a lot past our primitive ancestors, higher and higher our brain capacities would increase throughout time, allowing us to invent. Fixing instead of throwing away, improving instead of moving on. We'd learn to stand tall an erect as we became better hunter/gatherers and we learned to communicate with eachother to form stable social systems.
Our evolutionary changes are heritable, continual, and become exponentially better... It's a very good system. We pass that which functions beneficially unto our children over millions of years and they adapt with their new abilities and features. As these new forms exist, the same deciding force which gave them their way of life will re-evaluate and adjust it as needed.
This subject is pretty touchy to discuss so confidently, but realize the word "evolution" has both a meaning in theory and fact. For this article sake, let's assume Darwin was right.
What will we as humans become next? It's been around 2 million years since our modern Homo genus first appeared in Southeastern Africa. Evolved from early primates, we finally reached our proverbial evolutionary mountain top once our ancestors came to our significant genus. After that it was all downhill.
Fast forward a couple million years - past our species' ever expanding brain and improving observational skills - and we reach our current form. Glorious us, eight fingers (+ two thumbs), long fertility, logical, extremely adaptable, innovative, curious, we rule.
Futurists, biologists, scientists and intellectuals from every field have all pondered at the question. How will we adapt to this new world? This world filled with extravagant technology and domesticated labor? It certainly is an interesting thought.
Some say we'll become big glops of goo, a result of our exponential lazyness due to rapidly progressing 'ergo-tech'. Some say we'll eventually educe a radical change ourselves. Two of evolution's major determining factors are interesting: it's either something that will substantially increase our reproduction rate to survive as a species, or something necessary added to our bodies in order to survive in the particular group's climate. Others speculate that we'll make good for a macromutation, a huge leap in a species' evolution to a highly advanced level in a relatively short time span.
Our technology might not want to wait around long enough for evolution to take us into the next, most efficient form. In-fact, the most probable scenario is one where we let technology speed up the process.
It's been exciting.
Ever since the first multi-celled organisms evolved out of our planet's primordial soups it's been a eco-survival race for supremecy.
A few billion years pass and you have us sitting comfortably in front of our computers. We're proverbial lottery winners in an ancient game of luck and adaptive skill. We've grown a lot past our primitive ancestors, higher and higher our brain capacities would increase throughout time, allowing us to invent. Fixing instead of throwing away, improving instead of moving on. We'd learn to stand tall an erect as we became better hunter/gatherers and we learned to communicate with eachother to form stable social systems.
Our evolutionary changes are heritable, continual, and become exponentially better... It's a very good system. We pass that which functions beneficially unto our children over millions of years and they adapt with their new abilities and features. As these new forms exist, the same deciding force which gave them their way of life will re-evaluate and adjust it as needed.
This subject is pretty touchy to discuss so confidently, but realize the word "evolution" has both a meaning in theory and fact. For this article sake, let's assume Darwin was right.
What will we as humans become next? It's been around 2 million years since our modern Homo genus first appeared in Southeastern Africa. Evolved from early primates, we finally reached our proverbial evolutionary mountain top once our ancestors came to our significant genus. After that it was all downhill.
Fast forward a couple million years - past our species' ever expanding brain and improving observational skills - and we reach our current form. Glorious us, eight fingers (+ two thumbs), long fertility, logical, extremely adaptable, innovative, curious, we rule.
Futurists, biologists, scientists and intellectuals from every field have all pondered at the question. How will we adapt to this new world? This world filled with extravagant technology and domesticated labor? It certainly is an interesting thought.
Some say we'll become big glops of goo, a result of our exponential lazyness due to rapidly progressing 'ergo-tech'. Some say we'll eventually educe a radical change ourselves. Two of evolution's major determining factors are interesting: it's either something that will substantially increase our reproduction rate to survive as a species, or something necessary added to our bodies in order to survive in the particular group's climate. Others speculate that we'll make good for a macromutation, a huge leap in a species' evolution to a highly advanced level in a relatively short time span.
Our technology might not want to wait around long enough for evolution to take us into the next, most efficient form. In-fact, the most probable scenario is one where we let technology speed up the process.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The Catalyst:
What will it take to finally change people?
Will it be when we get rid of false idols?
Will it come with the return of Jesus?
Can it be when we contact an Alien race?
Can it be whenever we are almost decimated by nuclear war?
Could it be genocide?
Could it be a single person?
Whatever comes first
Will it be when we get rid of false idols?
Will it come with the return of Jesus?
Can it be when we contact an Alien race?
Can it be whenever we are almost decimated by nuclear war?
Could it be genocide?
Could it be a single person?
Whatever comes first
The United States follows old statues fitted unto the country by men fleeting in the times of post-revolt. These man written commandments, so preciously held in the eye of the waivering and exploiting politican and business man, are indespensible to the great United American cause. I still cringe at the site of someone quoting from the Bill of Rights, with all its glorious vernacular. "Every man woman and frog has the right to bear arms!" " The thirteen respectable statehoods are entitles so seperate and charited regulations, above this, while all can not suffer, freedom and choice is bearing in with the right of state authority to conduct searches beyond a affirmative siezured postulant" Yes, says you. Last time I checked this was the 21st century, not
the 1700's.
So why do we follow this dis-coarse in a post-modern world?
I'd point at Democracy, but then that would get me labeled as a Marxist, simply because all these old and dead cannons never degraded as they should have with the times. People don't want to dig into new ways of life, they're all too profit worthy. It's choice, people chose to rather wilt away than commit themselves to a solution. It's a damn parade, the constituation is held so high, that we could call it a myth, it's a celebrated tradition, celebrated by lackeys of an institution needing something to be proud of.
tbc
the 1700's.
So why do we follow this dis-coarse in a post-modern world?
I'd point at Democracy, but then that would get me labeled as a Marxist, simply because all these old and dead cannons never degraded as they should have with the times. People don't want to dig into new ways of life, they're all too profit worthy. It's choice, people chose to rather wilt away than commit themselves to a solution. It's a damn parade, the constituation is held so high, that we could call it a myth, it's a celebrated tradition, celebrated by lackeys of an institution needing something to be proud of.
tbc
Trendbots
Socially, over the years, and mainly in your teens, you learn to love what you like simply because it is yours. There are always times in young people's lives when they feel someone else should dig into their interests, when they should know that they themselves can never persuade them to.
This brings up the subject of 'trends' or what I like to call, " culture sub-connected concious tides."
Any breathing, pondering, person has at least once thought of, " Why do I(they) like; this tie, this shirt, this blog?"
The answer's simple my guy, people never think for themselves. Society has structured a perfect bio-pathic matrix of nillconcious minds. Inlie's the natural coarse of popular thought and ideas, the vehicles of a modern and torn sociopolitical tradition .
I keep thinking, " Wait, this music isn't bad, is it really of a bad quality there are many varaiables blah bvlh
Has it really been like this since the begining of civilazation?
Did the Sumerians choose their frocks based off of the way it matches with their fucking ipods? I think not, but of course this isn't a fitting comparison.
This brings up the subject of 'trends' or what I like to call, " culture sub-connected concious tides."
Any breathing, pondering, person has at least once thought of, " Why do I(they) like; this tie, this shirt, this blog?"
The answer's simple my guy, people never think for themselves. Society has structured a perfect bio-pathic matrix of nillconcious minds. Inlie's the natural coarse of popular thought and ideas, the vehicles of a modern and torn sociopolitical tradition .
I keep thinking, " Wait, this music isn't bad, is it really of a bad quality there are many varaiables blah bvlh
Has it really been like this since the begining of civilazation?
Did the Sumerians choose their frocks based off of the way it matches with their fucking ipods? I think not, but of course this isn't a fitting comparison.
Bubble gum shoes
Pop music is music's form of what I call, 'recreational listening.'
The people who listen to the most popular, adrenaline inducing music see it as only that, fun, entertainment. Yes, music is meant to be entertaining, but others take it farther. So there really is nothing wrong with liking basically pre-manufactured music, designed to carry an image, take your money, prescribe false idols, but it is wrong of course. Was music really meant to come about the industrial ages in this way? Not only music is a victim of overemphasis through pop culture. Every solule of civilized life is meant to sell in anyway possible. I take bad music as a victim of capitalism.
There's also those people who, no matter what the person's about, how they carry themselves, what the meaning is, know what good music is. The artists who depict their souls with beautiful harmonies and melodies are the ones truely creating music. The groups of people, who manage together to feed off of eachother's ideas and actually pursue descrepancies and new soundscapes are the ones that truely affect music. Music is an intangible organism fluxed by growth, and the neccesity to progress
The people who listen to the most popular, adrenaline inducing music see it as only that, fun, entertainment. Yes, music is meant to be entertaining, but others take it farther. So there really is nothing wrong with liking basically pre-manufactured music, designed to carry an image, take your money, prescribe false idols, but it is wrong of course. Was music really meant to come about the industrial ages in this way? Not only music is a victim of overemphasis through pop culture. Every solule of civilized life is meant to sell in anyway possible. I take bad music as a victim of capitalism.
There's also those people who, no matter what the person's about, how they carry themselves, what the meaning is, know what good music is. The artists who depict their souls with beautiful harmonies and melodies are the ones truely creating music. The groups of people, who manage together to feed off of eachother's ideas and actually pursue descrepancies and new soundscapes are the ones that truely affect music. Music is an intangible organism fluxed by growth, and the neccesity to progress
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