End of the World

http//:www.cep.ucsb.edu/primer.html
This does not seem to work. To find the work cited search Cosmides and Tooby “Primer of Evolutionary Psychology.”

World War III, socio-economic collapse, and the desperate attempt at trying to preserve modern technological infrastructure at great costs to the natural environment.

Will religion or science save us? No, they’re both the biggest problem and orchestrator of all this. World would be better off without each.

There is no total end of the world until things reach nuclear to any great extent.

That’s funny considering technological innovation is ultimately itself nihilistic.

The ultimate wit of the universe is IT’ s saving grace.

The universe or cosmos is a big place and human beings are rather unimportant.

Ierrellus … naming conventions create mental blocks and/or myopia.

Nested in the frame of my above comment I would say … “Another Age of Transition”

Mach,
The universe has allowed the creation of beings that can opine on the nature of the universe–a mirror glimpse maybe. But that creation is a big deal.
As of yet, we have not fully explored the possibility that genetic determinism, which produces all organisms, can explain for us the characteristics of our minds. There may be hope for us yet.

There seems to be a move toward mindfulness in the Western world. PBS ran a special on how this type of here and now awareness meditation is being used even by the police to combat the mental clutter that plagues us all. Maybe it is time for another infusion of Eastern wisdom into Western mentality.

A species that keeps on being unable to understand each other will never have the ability to understand something as complicated as the rest of the cosmos.

And yet there is something about mirroring . reflection . which overcomes lack of understsnding

Ierrellus … bidirectional infusions have been in high gear for the past century … the momentum seems to be accelerating.

Ego is the constraining factor … the “not invented here syndrome” and the “my dick is bigger than yours syndrome”.

The universe/cosmos marches forward despite human ego.

Gnostic Gospel of Thomas … the word “gospel” as in “good news” … number 70

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Such as what exactly?

The end of the world won’t happen, Jesus will hop on down from the sky riding on a flying dinosaur where the rapture will save everybody. Don’t you see, there is nothing to fear after all.

Your sarcasm is based on a severely limited view of who or what Jesus is.

Tom,
I’ve enjoyed reading The Book of Thomas. Your quote is especially pertinent to our discussion. The source of our redemption is inside.

Absolutely!

… and it seems patience while holding on to tensions is the most significant challenge.

Just read this article … Ron articulates the above comment …
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I know that religious passivity in waiting for some fictional eternal heaven after death does nothing in changing or altering the world now in our present. People in power love the religious passive meek because they easily rollover on command in prayer.

Turning the other cheek and begging like slaves in passivity the perverse religious form of apathy, inaction, or indifference it is no wonder why those in power make sure there is a church on every street corner.

The world cries out for revolution but the religious fold their arms in passive inaction looking towards the sky pronouncing that God will one day return saving them where there is no reason to do anything whatsoever. I know this has always been a slavish mentality I could never embrace.

ZS … you’re a real charmer … at least for those who understand your posts. :slight_smile:

ZS and Ierrellus

Just heard and later read another saying from the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas … number 113.

Seems to dovetail nicely with ZS’s post here as well as some thoughts I shared in another OP today:

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thoughts expressed in another OP

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What is attributed to the historical Jesus may or may not be true … the fact that “something” was in the air 2,000 years ago and this same “something” remains in the air today is undeniably true.

Of course … ZS will say this “something” is known to all as pollution. :smiley: