Thoughts

When one seeks answers to the fundamental human neurosis, there is a progression.

At first there are ideas based on superstitions from the need to survive.

These were developed by each group with its own language.

Next the idea of “proximal cause” leads to a system of Gods and Mythologies.

At the same time the knowledge of self-mortality raises the question of “what happens next?”

Which, through symmetry, raises the question, “where was I before?”

These lead to Theology.

Theology developed within disparate groups around the earth.

Contact between groups lead to conflict:

 - between different theologies.

 - between theology and a-theology.

[Remember neither atheism nor a theism can be negated. They are equally invalid positions — scientifically.]

Natural Philosophy or what is commonly known as Science is the next step.

It resolves the questions that lead to theological conflict.

In order to take the step to scientific understanding, you have to completely walk away from theology.

There is a totally new explanation of who, what, where, and why we are here. 

[Not to be forgotten, when is “time” and that’s a totally different can of worms. But fun!]

All of the current answers are in Cosmology.

You might say, “that’s just a new religion” and I’d say, “You’re right!”

Your religion is your explanation for your personal existence and experiences.

Why am I here? Where did I come from? What happens when I die? What is my purpose?

How you answer these questions is your religion.

Arguing over religion is nothing more than a grade school playground fight over who has the best invisible friend.

Science demonstrates this.

But here’s the thing —

The collection of knowledge that has been put together over the last 400 years is staggering.

Imagine a ball.

What is inside the ball is what we know.

What is outside the ball is what we don’t know — and we don’t know what it is, or where it is, or when it is, or why it is.

The surface of the ball is all the questions for which we know enough to ask the question but don’t know enough to answer it.

The stuff outside the ball but not touching the surface are the questions we don’t even have enough knowledge to ask.

If you put more knowledge inside the ball, the surface expands and then you have more questions than you started with.

This is true at the cutting edge of absolutely every scientific domain.

The more we learn, the less we know.

Remember all the things we don’t know about what is outside of the ball?

I didn’t mention “Who”.

So there is still room for God.

But a different God.

And the fun part is that it doesn’t matter what you call your God.

Just recognize that we know that we will never know - because it is outside what we know.

And fighting over thoughts . . . well, what can I say?

-- Don Q Hoti
April 25, 2017