What significance does ontology have to other life forms in the universe?
Part II of II
...The only way we can reverse the behavior patterns we have taken in the past regarding our abusive actions toward different ideas, races, religions, creeds, etc., is to start looking at the individual in terms of his or her essence or what we define as the soul, what we define as life.
This is crucial not only to us but to all environments and life forms we will encounter in the heavens.
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If other life forms are out in the heavens and if they are watching or listening to us (our radio and TV waves travel away from the earth), they must be very concerned.
They have much to be concerned about. Our history channels, our news broadcasts are not very encouraging.
We have not yet defined what we are and as such, we tolerate and encourage much abusive behavior toward each other.
If we abuse each other, fellow humans, fellow souls, so easily, so universally, why would we even begin to hesitate abusing other life forms that may exist in the heavens?
They may not appear just a little different, but may appear radically different.
Why would we hesitate taking resources from another life form’s planet if we don’t even hesitate doing it to one of our own, those to whom we can identify physically?
They must be worried indeed.
How would they deal with a new species, with us, when we haven’t even defined what we are or why life is important?
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