to put the whole thing a bit more succiently, we don't know from whence we came, we don't know where we are, and most certainly, we don't know where we are going next?
Next??????
What makes you think there is any "next"?
i have spoken at length with two Rabbi's that are highly regarded and well trained seminarians. they do not believe in a "next" at all. they think that part is all Greek as far as they are concerned.
I would heartily agree with the good Rabbi's.
Eternity, Heaven, and Hell were invented by the priesthood as the carrot and the stick which kept the coffers overflowing.
And then there is this
Originally Posted by Gus
seriously, science evolves or descends from religion, doesn't it?
Religion was invented to control and extort from the peasants. Government evolved from religion.
Science came about in a natural manner as man strove to understand and manipulate his environment so that he and his tribe might be warmer, better fed, better defended, and well, to put it simply, more wealthy!
once upon a time somebody said that in theory, theory and practice are the same. but, in practice, they are not.
