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Posted: 11/11/08 at 4:53am
At this point, I really have to wonder.
Here we are, the ‘sentient’ species, and we can’t seem to move past our fears and need for ‘magical’ answers. Our knowledge grows exponentially, and yet our awareness seems less inclined to be motivated by this very knowledge!
WHY, with all we know scientifically, are we still being propelled by our mythological constructs? I certainly understand the desire to know the answers to ‘why’ or ‘how’ – it seems to be the common link amongst us all. And, it explains the rise of ‘religions’, and the hold it has had on many.
BUT, at what point does this become insanity? Honestly, how can we as a species continue to look at what we ourselves have discovered and not have it be the basis for our forward movement?
It took the Catholics four hundred years to grudgingly acknowledge that Galileo was right. Four HUNDRED years! Is that the time schedule we’re going to adhere to? I know that acceleration has picked up steam, but TIME’S A WASTIN’!!!
I bring this up because I have thought for quite some time that this ‘gay’ issue would be the one to ‘tip the scales’. Here we have a clear and concise example of science providing a perspective that flies completely in the face of ‘religious’ ideology. FINE! Let the debates rage. At what point do we, as a GROUP, acknowledge that which IS, as opposed to ‘that which we are told it should be’?
Ultimately, I’m just tired - tired of having to live my very physical existence as something that has to be ‘defended’. I’m too old – I just want to live out the rest of my life without the pain.
I won’t insult those who are true fans by calling myself a ‘Trekker’, but I do wish that Roddenberry’s philosophies had gained a more populist footing. A future devoid of the parameters we seem to have so ardently embraced. THAT’S something I could get behind!
Here we are, the ‘sentient’ species, and we can’t seem to move past our fears and need for ‘magical’ answers. Our knowledge grows exponentially, and yet our awareness seems less inclined to be motivated by this very knowledge!
WHY, with all we know scientifically, are we still being propelled by our mythological constructs? I certainly understand the desire to know the answers to ‘why’ or ‘how’ – it seems to be the common link amongst us all. And, it explains the rise of ‘religions’, and the hold it has had on many.
BUT, at what point does this become insanity? Honestly, how can we as a species continue to look at what we ourselves have discovered and not have it be the basis for our forward movement?
It took the Catholics four hundred years to grudgingly acknowledge that Galileo was right. Four HUNDRED years! Is that the time schedule we’re going to adhere to? I know that acceleration has picked up steam, but TIME’S A WASTIN’!!!
I bring this up because I have thought for quite some time that this ‘gay’ issue would be the one to ‘tip the scales’. Here we have a clear and concise example of science providing a perspective that flies completely in the face of ‘religious’ ideology. FINE! Let the debates rage. At what point do we, as a GROUP, acknowledge that which IS, as opposed to ‘that which we are told it should be’?
Ultimately, I’m just tired - tired of having to live my very physical existence as something that has to be ‘defended’. I’m too old – I just want to live out the rest of my life without the pain.
I won’t insult those who are true fans by calling myself a ‘Trekker’, but I do wish that Roddenberry’s philosophies had gained a more populist footing. A future devoid of the parameters we seem to have so ardently embraced. THAT’S something I could get behind!
