"Most religions are virtual games superimposed on the reality of life. Do this, and there’s a penalty. Do that, and you get extra points. There is nothing in reality that corresponds to these rules. But you have millions of people playing these virtual reality games. So what is the difference between a religion and a virtual reality game?"

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/the-post-human-world/517206/?utm_source=feed

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"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 thing, a musician." � Miles

"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

dude basically was expounding on the core tenets of Buddhist philosophy when he talked about the advent of biotechnology (albeit ironically) ushering us into the REAL realization that there is no "true self."

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The ULTIMATE negation of everything.

The space between despair and orgasm is hard to fill ~ Maron

The things a religion requires you to do are designed to actually benefit you and the community.

There is a reason why this or that is good or bad... it is because of the sometimes unforeseen consequences.

You seem to have a problem with stoning homosexuals... I do too.

That does not take away from the fact that a religion's intent is to provide a guideline for a better self, family and community.

If it is interpreted or not implemented correctly then thats another issue entirely.

unless "hyperbolic" has a new definition.

Furthermore, the intention of religion as
presented to specific groups is very arguable.
Even if we look beyond slavery to Christianity
as presented by the Romans, the intent was
control of the Jewish population through the
introduction of a peaceful and docile messiah
as to prevent any uprising.
Now when we look at slavery, we see that wasn't
the first time religion was used to control
and subjugate.

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I don't disagree that religion is meant to help provide a better image for humans to emulate but then you must ask yourself when mankind was of one speech (according to the Bible) and thus much closer to one religion why did god(s) find it necessary to confuse it if godlike is the model were to be focused on?


uh oh Huston

sus

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"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 thing, a musician." � Miles

"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

at least not to the scale of religion

I think that's bullshit. When you live by the right rules, you lead a better more fulfilling life in my personal opinion.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

Thats what Im saying ... Extremism aside.. religion does actually make for a better community in the way that at least people expect to be treated a certain way.

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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."

That should be expected from everone never forced.

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"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 thing, a musician." � Miles

"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

I think rules evolve and might be different for different people, but if you live by the basic golden rule "treat others how you want to be treated". How can you go wrong in life living by that?


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

also very few people do it.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

following the rule "treat others how you want to be treated"?


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

Sexual harassment on the job... everyone doesn't
joke like you do.
An extrovert walking up chattering away to an introvert
who's sitting alone... or an introvert giving their
extrovert partner space when they're upset.

None of those situations work out well, because the
person doesn't want what you'd want in the same situation.

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I don't think you can quite call sexual harassment just a case of someone treating someone the way they would want to be treated.

No one wants UNWANTED sexual advances.

Same with the extroverted example. Even an extrovert should understand when anybody just doesn't want to be bothered.

Even still. The extroverted/introverted examples aren't really moral questions.



>Sexual harassment on the job... everyone doesn't
>joke like you do.
>An extrovert walking up chattering away to an introvert
>who's sitting alone... or an introvert giving their
>extrovert partner space when they're upset.
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>None of those situations work out well, because the
>person doesn't want what you'd want in the same situation.
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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=13127772&mesg_id=13127772&page=#13128170

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"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

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Wake up, Pray! Go to work, Pray! Go home, Pray! Love, Pray! Eat, Pray! Live, Pray!

but in reality life seems to be more like VR than religion. Religion seems more like what conditions the VR user can alter or implement for their experience in the system.

religion just defines life for people. So I was saying in that context religion would be more like an "OS" or "story mode settings" and life in general would be the actual system. But either way the argument is that systems (life or religion) require designers.