Religion Will Not Save Mother Earth



Perhaps everyone knows about the finite life of the sun. It is the same for all stars, they die. About 100 years ago another phenomenon, expansion of the universe, was discovered. It means that travel to some other planet is all but impossible because they are all moving away from earth faster than we can reach them.

I'm not able to understand people who agree with the rational view that, from what we know at this time, the earth will someday be mostly or entirely uninhabitable but think a god from somewhere else will provide them with an eternal life somewhere else. When I bring up practical arguments as to why a god will not prevent the earth from its ultimate demise they often say, "Well, here we are talking of the spiritual realm. You are unable to understand this dimension so you cannot understand that souls will live on forever in the afterlife."

They are correct that I am unable to reach the spiritual realm and believe invisible beings will bring about an invisible eternity by defeating an invisible enemy. I'm just unable to see all these interesting invisible goings on.

One general piece of advice I have for those gripped in the battles between invisible beings and invisible events. It is they might consider that things and events one can see are more important than those that are invisible. I know this is counter intuitive to religious people whose minds are filled with invisible gods.

Deterioration of earth's environment is visible. The faster it deteriorates the sooner it can become uninhabitable. Religion will not change that.

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