Originally Posted by Gus
... what we need now is a good story to help extricate ourselves from this mess?


Mess?...what mess?...Hinduism considers it all an illusion (Maya) as does Buddhism.

Nothing more than a dreamy temporary thought bubble of God , that can make a dream seem
so very real (to humans) but isn't.

If your own dreams can seem so vividly real at times, imagine what a supreme being(ultimate Brahman)
can dream up!.. grin
dream characters called humans even having dreams of their own...hows that for ya...

Originally Posted by Gus
there might have been competing colonies of humans placed down here on the earth,
from different extraterrestrial colonization attempts....


Urth could be an inter-galactic penal colony....or inter-galactic quarantine station
its not like we can escape or really go anywhere is it?
felons can like to stay in prison cause it can be easier than the outside world,[ or in our case universe].
or urth could be some nerd aliens 'ant farm'

-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.