It may be possible that “life” carries no determination or desire
to explore whatsoever. According to the majority of life on Earth, the only
critical aspect which must be attained is the ability to acquire food and
produce off-spring most efficiently; whether or not that leads to pondering and
exploration is entirely dependent upon the species. We can observe creatures of
the Earth who possess near-human intelligence; which mean that they can
co-ordinate, communicate, and solve trivial puzzles. Locating and identifying
intelligence will also be completely reliant on how we approach and how we
define intelligence. If we approach an alien entity as we approach each other,
we're certain to frighten or intimidate. Seeing as we can't even see eye-to-eye
with one another, as members of the same species, I would assert that we are
ill-prepared to even attempt contact.
Easter: The celebration of the death of a fictional character
conceived in the era of stone and simple-steel weaponry. An era when humans
were savage, barbaric, carnage-craving primates with little to no fundamental
basis in language, the simplest of disciplines which permits rational thought
and second-opinion. I tell you there is a man in the sky observing your every
action, even when I am not around to watch you, he is, so beware, be cautious
of your actions, unless of course, I request you go to war for me, in which
case, slaughter to your heart’s content and I'll just dismiss it as God's will.
Oh, you want to rape and pillage that entire village? Let me just ask for God's
permission, but sorry, he's only in my head so you can't speak with him. Okay,
he gave us his consent!
Just the fact that we have thousands of deities, all conceived in
the minds of humans who were yearning for purpose, yearning for a reason of
existence. Why do I merely exist so I can squander, suffer, and then decompose
in the dirt? That is the incinerating actuality of life that Humans are
incapable of grasping... We are without purpose, we are microbes, and we are,
essentially, worthless. Our purpose is to acquire nutrition, defend ourselves
from predatory threats and ensure that we produce off-spring which is equipped
for the struggle ahead.
Why would life evolve to a state where they harness the capacity
to question other life forms, where they can experiment with objects and
organisms around them to reach conclusions on the functioning of their
surroundings, why would they evolve to the point where they begin aiming
massive satellite dishes toward the sky to commence the beaming of radio
signals in hopes of another race receiving the transmission and translating it?
Why would a life form whose objective is to obtain dietary rations and produce
off-spring; the most fundamental principles of living organisms, evolve to a
point as we humans have? Considering that most animals are suited for their
environments, or will alter itself to compensate for its surroundings or
quickly get eradicated due to competition, who is to say that life will develop
rational thought and language as we do? The only secure way to assume that life
will evolve to develop a language, tools, technology of any sort, or even
simple civilization, is to assume that they possess hands, or grip limbs in
order to forage and apply their tendency for experimentation, a brain which has
accumulated a great quantity of proteins which enable complex thought, and they
are land mammals. A creature of the sea will encounter much trouble when attempting
to invent technology utilizing the same circuit method which we've become very
fond of; plus, sea creatures would probably never develop limbs with similar
design and structure, they just don't require them for their environment. I use
sea creatures as an example as all life originates in water, and a hefty
percentage of life chooses to remain in the water.
We may be the passage to intelligence. The corridor of curiosity
begins with upright primates. We first begin to communicate, we begin to comprehend
each other as equal beings with equal potential, and then we begin to
manipulate our surroundings and adjust them to suit our preference. That seems
like a very reliable pathway for intelligent life to follow for it to
successfully reach what we have, or anything relatively similar.
Humans began their journey when they learned to plant seeds in
order to induce the growth of crops, and learned to domesticate wild animals
which produced a plethora of food giving us a diversity of nutrition, but most
importantly, allowing us to settle. Allowing us to civilize and settle in a
single area, which then permits the growth of the brain, rather than the growth
of our body, as we cease hunting and cease our instinctive desire to hunt and
assert dominance.
What irritates me most about “God” is how selective he is. God is
well aware of how deceitful and evil humanity is and how we manipulate one
another for personal gain... So why would he only communicate with those who
have the power to send others to war for them? Or to the ones who use him as an
excuse to assert their beliefs... If he is as powerful as he should be in order
to create an entire universe, wouldn't he transmit his messages to each and
every one of us to ensure that we don't deceive one another, as we are prone
to? What's also a little suspicious is that he only seems to come and send us a
message when someone needs something done for them, or a man requires an army
to slaughter and maraud a village for him, or when we need reassurance that
we're special and important, or when someone has passed on. I mean yeah, it
validates our existence, but is it real validation? Or is it temporary?
Accepting the truth of reality is integral to humans as we're the only known
species capable of examining and experimenting with the world around us. We've
been enveloped in a world of fiction; we've allowed our imagination to seize
control of our perception. We've allowed an invisible entity to grant power to
those cunning enough to utilize it.
What if God were a mere molecule? What if God were inanimate? What
if God was the catalyst that triggered an explosion which led to all matter in
the universe...? Why does God have to think and send messages to humanity; a
miniscule speck amongst the cosmic ocean floating on a diminutive rock composed
of simple matter which originates inside the core of nuclear powerhouses.
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