Religion Discussion

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Randall Fragg said:
I actually have a question. How would different religious groups react to Artificial Intelligence? Like, say google goes out and creates a truly sapient computer, assuming it's possible. Would such a thing have a soul? Should it be subject to the same rights a human would? Supposing it wanted to, would it be able to join a religion?
What about an animal engineered to have human or near human levels of intelligence? Or an alien?
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If we meet aliens they'll probably have their own silly religion(s) and won't want our's.
 
Johnny Bravo said:
If we meet aliens they'll probably have their own silly religion(s) and won't want our's.
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But imagine how detrimental that would be if aliens from a civilization that travels thousands and thousands of light years and has advanced technology far beyond our own has religion. It would greatly impact all aspects of religion.
 
The Oddball from MLW said:
But imagine how detrimental that would be if aliens from a civilization that travels thousands and thousands of light years and has advanced technology far beyond our own has religion. It would greatly impact all aspects of religion.
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Not really. Europeans came to North America with advanced technology and religion and the natives didn't give a fuck.
 
Johnny Bravo said:
Not really. Europeans came to North America with advanced technology and religion and the natives didn't give a fuck.
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While that may be true (I think it's up to debate), would a trans-species religious exchange have the same effect? What if this hypothetical religion gains human converts? What would the theological ramifications be for human religious organizations? Would the grace of Jesus Christ extend to non-human sentient beings, for example?
 
Zeorus said:
While that may be true (I think it's up to debate), would a trans-species religious exchange have the same effect? What if this hypothetical religion gains human converts? What would the theological ramifications be for human religious organizations? Would the grace of Jesus Christ extend to non-human sentient beings, for example?
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I think you're severely underestimating human arrogance. There's no way to prove one religion is more true than another because it's open to individual interpretation, so people will simply believe what they want to believe (or what their religious leaders tell them to believe).

However, I think it's extremely likely most of Earth would convert to the alien religion if the more advanced species decided to stick around. They'd have better guns than us.
 
I'm not a fan of religion. The whole God and Jesus thing of "love me or I'll hurt you" is very off-putting. It reminds me of this:

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I self-identify as an atheist but will go the route of adding agnostic to it if you really press me on it.

My reasoning is this. While I agree that at the core of the situation is we can't really know if there is a god or isn't I have yet to see any evidence for such a being so I'll treat it like I do the Loch Ness monster, Sasquatch, Mothman or any other supernatural being or creature you wish to mention. Until I get evidence I can't actually believe that such a thing exists but I'll still say there's a possibility that something like that might exist but we'll probably never know.
 
Phil Ken Sebben said:
I self-identify as an atheist but will go the route of adding agnostic to it if you really press me on it.
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I'm atheist in the sense that I have no belief in God, but I don't have a strong belief in the nonexistence of God, either. I'd usually use agnostic because without a pedantic explanation, most people will assume these days that "atheist" means "OMG you believe in religion you're so dumb."
 
I don't get why a deity of any description would require belief, unless Terry Pratchett was on to something when he wrote Small Gods.
As to whether there's a God or not, meh. Our thoughts on the matter would hold remarkably little sway on the situation in either case, so why bother worrying? I'm far more interested in finding out how the universe works than I am in determining whether or not it's got an overseer.
 
I'm a "Catholic" solely for the free bread and wine and occasional groping of the hot 16-year old choirgirl that I can have sex without feeling guilty because she's so tolerant of my euphoric aura and lack of belief, not to mention my Dorito breath. *tips fedora*

If I didn't learn tolerance from MLP I'd probably be shooting down churches like my hero Dylann Roof.
 
Religion is a way for people to find community, strong arm politics, find hope, get help and charity, and to reinforce morals or ideas. It's just a tool to be used properly or improperly. That's my take on it, and obviously people who believe will disagree to some extent because they believe that their faith is true, and there is nothing wrong with that. I just get sick of fedora atheists and aggressive religions that want to impose on others. /thread
 
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