tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post2351455475893052557..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: It is the Oxygen, stupid! Oxygen?Sriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-35413719426320571222013-08-02T11:18:01.894-07:002013-08-02T11:18:01.894-07:00Ok, the collapse might be a wishful thinking ;)
T...Ok, the collapse might be a wishful thinking ;)<br /><br />The concept of god aside, the religious narratives are told with earth and humans as unique among god's creations. When we reach a day that we detect life, that too intelligent life, somewhere else, then the narratives will have to be re-written.<br /><br />The reason I say it is wishful thinking on my part is this: like other human systems that have shown an ability to adapt (or die, like Latin and Sanskrit did!) religions have consistently adapted to modern understanding of the universe. Thus, a Copernican assertion that the earth is not by any chance THE center of this universe, while it did piss off the religious structure, eventually was adopted as true and the theology was redefined. Darwin's observations again were "earth-shattering" not only about earth and life, but also about how such a random occurence is possible elsewhere in this vast universe. Except a few nutcases arguing this, religions have found a way to talk evolution and "god's creations" at the same time.<br /><br />It should bring down religions like a house of cards is based on a scientific approach that when the evidence disproves the narrative then the narrative has to be discarded. But, it is a wishful thinking because faith is not based on reason, and faith is simply faith. So, yes, I suspect that religious narratives won't easily go away--they will simply morph.<br /><br />Or worse--new religious narratives can come up that make them seem no different from science fiction. Like Scientology ;)Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-88572465084591182252013-08-02T08:17:54.682-07:002013-08-02T08:17:54.682-07:00Oh yes, the probability that life exists elsewhere...Oh yes, the probability that life exists elsewhere is definitely high. Probably in many places in many different and wonderful forms.<br /><br />But why should that make religious narratives collapse like a house of cards ??Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-35984045186785762942013-08-01T21:53:21.936-07:002013-08-01T21:53:21.936-07:00Yep, but I suspect that larger the ego, the less t...Yep, but I suspect that larger the ego, the less they think about the cosmos ;)<br /><br />BTW, the uber-religious also need to think about the cosmos ... because, it will then force them to think about life existing somewhere else also in this universe. because ... if there is life elsewhere in this universe, then the religious narratives will mostly collapse like a house of cards ... the odds are very, very low that our small little cosmic dust, earth, is the only place where life exists in this vast universe with, as carl sagan often said. billions and billions of stars!<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ex__M-OwSA<br />Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-79681975861281033402013-08-01T17:39:07.373-07:002013-08-01T17:39:07.373-07:00Deep breath ! As Sudha says, you really can blog a...Deep breath ! As Sudha says, you really can blog about anything.<br /><br />There is nothing like the contemplation of the cosmos to make us realise the utter insignificance of our existence. Even the most egoist of humans would do well to think about the universe.Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.com