Mankind does not need a tall tale substitute from fictional literary works, for soon we will be our own creators and able to modify ourselves. Many have predicted the death of religion, but not all. Some believe that mankind needs a religion of some type to continue. In Arthur C Clarke’s “3001†the human populations had divided themselves into two camps. One which believed that there was either no god or one god and the other which believed that their were many gods but not less than one. In Star Wars there was the force; “May the Force by with you.†Other futuristic thinkers theorize that in the not so distant future we will out grow our need for God as science will be able to help us better understand those things we feel but cannot see or prove presently. Religion will no longer be needed to explain such unknowns.
In the future we will become our own God in a sense as we enter a trans-humanism era, where we are part machine, manufactured parts and organic combinations. In the future being completely 100% human may be looked upon as a detriment and quite problematic in that you will not be as agile, healthy, intelligent as your friends and counterparts who will seem to be super human in respect to your abilities.
Already most futurists are predicting add on memory chips, bionic man type body parts and genetic choices pre-birth. For instance genetic modification during early development while still in the womb; you can therefore see the need to have religion disappear faster than slower in the future if such futures are to become reality. Religion is already impeding stem cell research and other reproductive laws, which will slow down the fast approaching future when we ourselves become god like. God like in the sense that we will for the most part completely control our own destinies thru genetic manipulation and scientific advancement. At that point religion will become a thing of the past and some agree that organized religion has already become so problematic that it is indeed stifling the forward progression of our species. Think on this and see where it takes you?
Lance Winslow IV
