More Twilight Zone stuff...
After another strange round of exceptionally vivid dreams revolving around death last night (the third!), I am directed to THIS strange and intriguing article.
The sender, an agnostic at best, suggested to me (despite their own skepticism) that this may be "the basis for a new and better religion."
I replied:
Fascinating article.
It begs a question though - especially in light of your comment regarding a "new
and better religion"
What benefit would we gain from KNOWING that there is a "global consciousness"
unless it were tied to some common sense of morality? For instance, the notion
that we are intimately connected seems to toss out the window the adage that
what we do in the privacy of our own home is nobody's business. E.g. if someone
want's to view and "interact" with child pornography, does that in some way
polute the "global consciousness"?
How will this new religion determine when something polutes or not? And by what
standard do we say that it is a "better" religion?
Frankly, I find the article very exciting. The Christian faith has long held the
concept of our connectedness. Nothing we do alone is ever truly done alone.
Ripples in the pond, et al
The other thing that strikes me, in the face of my death dreams, is that any religion that does not address death as an enemy is like falling off a cliff and denying the role of gravity in your demise.
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