tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668975416705527222.post1525764755916810184..comments2023-11-02T00:40:10.381-07:00Comments on The Rainmaker: Who am I and why am I here?Louis Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10782963650887438349noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668975416705527222.post-76270162254089711292008-09-02T07:24:00.000-07:002008-09-02T07:24:00.000-07:00There is a responsibility that comes with intellig...There is a responsibility that comes with intelligence to manage the environment and protect those species who share the environment with us in order to maintain a balance that existed before we were here. <BR/><BR/>Our particular species has taken our intelligence as a sign of Devine gift. The Bible starts with a sure sign of our arrogance and self promotion “…and God created man in his image”, please, this is highly unlikely given what we know about the variable conditions on the many planets that can/may harbor life.<BR/><BR/>Further, our intelligence has caused a fear of death. We cannot be the supreme rulers of Earth and accept the fact that like all other living things here, we enjoy a particular lifespan. So we invented religions and gods who would somehow help us explain those things we could not explain, chief of which is life and death.<BR/><BR/>At this point in time, we are all lucky to have our particular moments in the sun. As a species we have advanced rapidly in our understanding of life, the physics of the universe, and the environment in which we live. At this point we should recognize the immensity of the neighborhood in which we live “our” Milky Way, and the incomprehensible frontier that lies beyond.<BR/><BR/>To think for even a moment that some being or some force has a plan for each of us is, in my opinion, simply an extension of the first failed premise that God created us in his image. This man feels that there is simply a social and moral responsibility we each have to better the ground on which we walked and to try to better those around us. Beyond that there is little each of us can do, unless by sheer luck of time and position, to effect much more than that. Simply put, we are merely sentient animals on this planet, and to elevate ourselves to the level of least fear, we have invented a self worth beyond reason. The best we can do is lead constructive lives and try to leave our home better than we found it. When that job is done, we are simply over…but not quite, we do still provide a modicum of fertilizer for something else.<BR/><BR/>There is no Devine purpose, there is no heaven or hell, there are no consequences beyond what we do and the responsibility we take as a result. We answer to ourselves and to the environment that contains us….and that’s just all there is, when the game is over, it is simply over. Why is that so hard to reconcile?<BR/><BR/>We have feared those things which we can’t explain since we were able to think. We have invented a series of super beings who know the answers…man has invented god over and over and over again in an effort to outrun the unknown…but death is the answer we can not know, and thus it gets the supreme spotlight. If we took our fear of death out of the divinity equation, we would not be left with much to worship.<BR/><BR/>Let it all go. Accept that we are simply here for a moment and then gone. Do the best you can to cause more good than harm, and be at peace with that.<BR/><BR/>And that is my opinion, and I’m sticking to it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com