No, we have not become gods. We never will become gods, we are not immortal and our power is not timeless.
Neither were the Norse gods, ever hear of Regonarock?
You compare us to civilizations of old but what about the future of humanity? They will look back at us and scoff, they will consider themselves gods, yet they will die.
We would be gods to the people who came before us, not after. As was the invention of steel, gun powder, modern medicine, and every other improvement. The people of the future are bound to be as gods to us. Once again, by many definitions some gods die, namely the Norse. We do, just for the record, live significantly longer though.
We are human and in abandoning our belief in something above our selves we have become beasts.
Us, the beasts? We have the power to destroy any civilization we choose. Even without the negative side effects, our morals don't allow us to do so. If I were to give the technology to a Crusader he would not hesitate to make the middle east a big hole in the earth. They had a tone of faith, and were back further in time, but our morals are far superior.
Truth? You want truth? We are ignorant, we are blind, and above all we are no better than those before us.
We are intelligent. We can see. We are far superior morally then those who came before us. A quick glance of history would show anyone that.
It doesn't matter how you search for truth because truth is relative to what we put our faith in, be it science or religion.
The truth isn't relative. Science doesn't involve faith, as science by definition has evidence and faith by definition does not. If I biol water at a certain spot, then you come and biol water similar, they will biol at the same temperature no matter what you believe. When we die, our minds all shut down, no matter what you tell yourself. The world is the same for everyone.
Under religion you have hope, you have love, you have a reason to be good, you have a reason to live
Under religion you have false hope, hate (Of other races, religion, homosexuals, anyone who disagrees with your church), you have an excuse for being bad, you have a reason to die.
Under science we have hope for the future, creature comforts, and the ability to not get sick as often as people before us and eat on a daily bases. You know, things you take for granted.
There are those who use any means to gain power for themselves, in ancient times it was religion, now it is science.
Who has gained power threw science? Einstein ran away from Hitler, not being him... Science is a tool. A very potent tool. But it has never been a tool anyone has used to get to power.
It may be used in a way science was not intended to be used but the same is true of the religions.
Once again, science is only a tool. You are correct in saying that. I mean, I doubt the inventors of steel ever intended it to be used as space crafts, or the inventors of religion imagine suicide bombers. The difference is while science is a tool, religion is a disease. Religion actually has an effect on people's actions, while science can only provide conditions under witch you can think more clearly.
Then you die alone, the multitude is what we are. Ignorance is believing that we are not one, it isn't until you see your own ignorance that you can help remedy the ignorance of others.
The multitude, being the majority, is easy to get out of. Since it is unclear what the multitude is, here we are assuming the multitude is those who are ignorant. Just don't be ignorant and you are no longer in the multitude. And if you are going to try to treat others of there ignorance, remove both your ignorance and arrogance, as that is unlikely to happen.
No, science exists only to give facts and to further itself. No morality is to be had, only knowledge. One cannot learn morality they must experience it, no amount of knowledge can change that.
Did you even read the excerpt? The morality of no necessity. It is not necessary for us to raid for our food to feed our large numbers, to to science providing farm machines. It is no longer necessary to steal land, the land we currently have is able to be cared for effectively with sky scrappers and the like, so it is no longer necessary to annex land. You don't need to steal bread to survive, because science allows food to get to your aria from an aria were it is plentiful. Once we have a choice, the morals develop. You will never see a viking leader say " You know what? This raiding, pillaging, and raping isn't morally acceptable, we should go back to our icy home lands!" as they needed to raid as there own land was not fit for much farming.
Ill put it this way- without science, it is like three men in the room with one piece of bread. Your morals would probably say it is OK to kill the other two to be able to feed yourself. With science, however, it is the same scenario except there are three pieces of bread. Your moral choice then differs from there, but it is far less likely for those three to kill each other in the second scenario.
By a western standard? **** western standards, we have none.
Better than the standards of, say the Vikings.
We don't give a **** about the poor, we pity them but what do we do?
Give them food, water, change, and shelter, AKA more than any culture before us has done.
Do we attempt to educate them? Of course not what if they became smart enough to realize they're being oppressed?
Really, oppressed? By what, capitalism? Even then, we have the modern idea of communism witch doesn't have poor, socialism that can provide temporarily for the poor, and libraries/schools. The poor children can go to public school for free, the adults can educate themselves in libraries. If they wish so.
We allow them to live in our world but I fear that wont last much longer.
We have done way better than the people of history have... In most places, they would be slaves. In some places, they would even be eaten. Instead we provide a little food and water for them, which seems to me like a better alternative.
Then they don't understand their own religion. Speaking from a Christian standpoint the bible gives instructions on what to do until Christ returns, that is to love and serve.
And not marry- as they thought only XXX amount of virgin Jews would survive, and that it would be in there life time(of the writers)
