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Originally posted by Captain_Sense
There is nothing wrong with setting higher expectations and goals for ourselves. I agree with the gentleman in the video. Some may wish to remain foolish believing in an imaginary God and his imaginary cast of characters, while some TAKE ACTION to be as high a being as we can possibly become. Some folks choose to be dumb as Cave-Men or Apes and take an ancient book of fairy tales (Bible) as total truth and live their live believing in hating and remaining dumb blind faith zombies. I'd rather NOT be such a pathetic human, and prefer the "onward, and upwards" direction.
Originally posted by Your_Number_One_Fan
What scares me most is if this dream is achieved in my lifetime who knows the havoc they may wreak upon us. They won't need us all cramming up their planet.
Originally posted by Your_Number_One_Fan
They are reaping the benefits from the blood and sweat of the middle and lower classes. Every transaction I do there's a service charge, a tax, a contract. The lie cheat and steal and yet we put up with it.
Captain_Sense is quite right you know. Some people choose to seek a God, some seek to become a God. If you want to submit yourself to an potentially non-existent God and live your life by a book filled with lies...be-my-guest. Forgive me if I offend, but I don't need a God to tell me how to live my life and be a good person. I have enough people in this world trying to tell me how I can and can't live my life. I'm sorry, but God is for the weak minded and desperate. I wont be bound by anyone's rules...and I wont be held back by anyone claiming it's blasphemy to attempt to become a God...God does really seem to have a problem with anyone questioning him, or challenging him, doesn't he/she/it? It's inevitable for any intelligent species to eventually reach a God like status...and it's inevitable for any being with an immortal soul to literally become a God. Our species will move forward, stay behind if you so choose, but your God will not stop us. I think your reactionary reply says it all, Captain_Sense wasn't trying to show any sort of superiority, and his/her post is completely logical and makes total sense to me, and I'm pretty sure it made sense to you as well, but it didn't sit well with you. You say ignorance isn't bliss? So, we must always look up to God and never attempt to advance ourselves using technology, such that we become more like God, and defy our natural selves which were created by God? Give me a break...
Originally posted by IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Originally posted by Captain_Sense
There is nothing wrong with setting higher expectations and goals for ourselves. I agree with the gentleman in the video. Some may wish to remain foolish believing in an imaginary God and his imaginary cast of characters, while some TAKE ACTION to be as high a being as we can possibly become. Some folks choose to be dumb as Cave-Men or Apes and take an ancient book of fairy tales (Bible) as total truth and live their live believing in hating and remaining dumb blind faith zombies. I'd rather NOT be such a pathetic human, and prefer the "onward, and upwards" direction.
Hey wow thanks for so staunchly showing your superiority over everyone else. Can't wait till you become a god over all of us subhuman scum.
[edit on 24-4-2010 by IgnoranceIsntBlisss]
Originally posted by CHA0S
Captain_Sense is quite right you know. Some people choose to seek a God, some seek to become a God. If you want to submit yourself to an potentially non-existent God and live your life by a book filled with lies...be-my-guest.
I think your reactionary reply says it all, Captain_Sense wasn't trying to show any sort of superiority, and his/her post is completely logical and makes total sense to me,
Originally posted by Captain_Sense
There is nothing wrong with setting higher expectations and goals for ourselves. I agree with the gentleman in the video.
Some may wish to remain foolish believing in an imaginary God and his imaginary cast of characters, while some TAKE ACTION to be as high a being as we can possibly become. Some folks choose to be dumb as Cave-Men or Apes and take an ancient book of fairy tales (Bible) as total truth and live their life believing in hate and remaining dumb blind faith zombies. I'd rather NOT be such a pathetic human, and prefer the "onward, and upwards" direction.
[edit on 24-4-2010 by Captain_Sense]
Originally posted by elusive1
You say longevity technology, but nature has always provided the technologies for longevity. Someone with a simple garden and pantry could live plenty long on plants and insects.
[edit on 25-4-2010 by elusive1]
Originally posted by RestingInPieces
I agree 100%. I'm tired of the self-loathing scum who consider themselves and our species as a virus (only after they watched the matrix, lol) who is destroying our "mother" earth. What a horrible emotional driven analogy.
Originally posted by elusive1
You say longevity technology, but nature has always provided the technologies for longevity. Someone with a simple garden and pantry could live plenty long on plants and insects.
Originally posted by IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Originally posted by RestingInPieces
I agree 100%. I'm tired of the self-loathing scum who consider themselves and our species as a virus (only after they watched the matrix, lol) who is destroying our "mother" earth. What a horrible emotional driven analogy.
Hey, you shouldn't have. You said the exact word "scum" that I was only paraphrasing him saying.
And now we're jumping into comparing religious nuts with radical environmentalists...
The thing is, all of the human self-loathing guilt-mongering is socially engineered memes perpetrated by the elist technocrat overpopulation alarmists that control industry, governments and media.
Hmmm...I'm not sure...maybe it's the fact the tile of this thread is "We're going to become gods..if you don't like it we'll have warfare". This whole thing is about becoming a God-like species via technological means...of course God and religion is deeply entwined with this topic.
Is he now? What does anything said herein have to do with "God", or religion?
Yes, exactly, but my point is, even if there is a God(s)...there's no reason we can't attempt to becomes Gods, or God-like...I'm sure if there was a God, it wouldn't give a rats a$$ if we attempted to become Gods...why is it so exclusive anyway? Most religious people wouldn't even dare attempt match their God in anyway what so ever...and that's a real tight leash I'm not willing to put around my neck...
Others though are free thinking individuals and are of no religious denominations and still believe there is a god. So it just really depends on what you think "God" is.
I believe we can greatly advance ourselves with the help of technology and time (evolution)...and that will lead us to obtain skills and knowledge some might liken to a God. I don't think we will be "God-like"...just highly advanced...simple...
The very fact that you believe people can actively seek out to be a God just proves that your are influenced by the same god that major religions worship.
Originally posted by CHA0S
Hmmm...I'm not sure...maybe it's the fact the tile of this thread is "We're going to become gods..if you don't like it we'll have warfare". This whole thing is about becoming a God-like species via technological means...of course God and religion is deeply entwined with this topic.
I'm sure if there was a God, it wouldn't give a rats a$$ if we attempted to become Gods...why is it so exclusive anyway?