tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866132102596655836.post737175472166865518..comments2023-08-21T01:20:49.199-07:00Comments on Meaning Without God: Why I Don't Believe - Ancient Wisdom, Schmancient WisdomJeffrey A. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03932419322314950738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866132102596655836.post-27664730473812496922010-10-11T15:25:41.747-07:002010-10-11T15:25:41.747-07:00One thing I find endlessly fascinating and somethi...One thing I find endlessly fascinating and something I'll be posting about later, is how civilizations mimic on a macro level, individual humans. It makes sense in that each sovereignty is an aggregation of millions of individuals, but it is quite striking how each nation state has both physical attributes approximating human functions and ethereal attributes approximating human functions.<br /><br />Our physical infrastructure is in many ways analogous to the cardio-vascular system of some meta-organism. Our information infrastructure is in many ways analogous to a neural network. And our cultural, historical, educational systems, our zeitgeist, if you will is what gives sovereignties their 'character.' Our institutional and cultural memories are what unite us as a people.<br /><br />And as civilizations grow, as they become more advanced technologically, economically, scientifically, culturally, they evolve from inefficient meta-organisms with limited understanding and a highly limited capability to share resources and information to amazingly complex entities capable of sharing information instantaneously and rapidly allocating resources.<br /><br />Our world is filled with growing civilizations and nearly all of them have evolved well past the stage of those who wrote all of our seminal religious texts. And just as the first writings of infants are precious and cute, they don't necessarily reflect the maturity and understandings of more mature beings. Which is why I think we as a civilization need to stop forever looking backwards for inspiration and moral guidance, and start honoring what we have achieved and forge our own moral destinies based on a more mature, egalitarian, peaceful world.<br /><br />And aww, thank you Andi!Jeffrey A. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932419322314950738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866132102596655836.post-35027956048840515852010-10-11T15:17:04.694-07:002010-10-11T15:17:04.694-07:00"Our civilization's very existence is a g..."Our civilization's very existence is a glorious song to the power of the better angels of human nature." Wow. I'm quoting you on that, and I look forward to reading more... thank god you are sharing this brilliance, Jeff!Andi Starrhttp://www.reverbnation.com/andistarrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866132102596655836.post-25233554384452591372010-10-11T13:55:00.718-07:002010-10-11T13:55:00.718-07:00love it! great analogy about civilization being l...love it! great analogy about civilization being like that of a growing person.felhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04916670673851911550noreply@blogger.com