What significance does ancient philosophy have to offer other life forms in the universe?
Part II of II
The foundation has no solid substance to it because it does not go to the heart of the matter and answer the question,
‘Why are our actions so important to what lies beyond our universe that our actions can determine our eternal state of existence?’
Religious descriptions of behavior are just that – descriptions of behavior.
They have been very influential in our historical development and their influence and guiding principles are by no means irrelevant, but we have reached a point in our development when reason is taking its rightful place in our thoughts.
As such, it is rapidly approaching the time when religion needs to strengthen its foundation or find itself resting upon a crumbling structure.
Religion needs science – observation, the concrete, and religion needs philosophy – the tool capable of building the molds and forms within which the concrete can set.
These two – science and philosophy – provide the fundamental foundation for religions, which guides our behaviors as individuals and as a species.
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At this point, if we should encounter other life forms within the vast expanse of space, we would not be able to answer the most important question they may ask of us.
The question, ‘You and we are living things.
What does being alive mean to you?’
The answer to such a question will define for them how individuals of our species will interact with them.
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