05-09-2020, 06:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-09-2020, 06:46 AM by Blazkovitz.)
(05-05-2020, 09:14 AM)David Horn Wrote:(05-05-2020, 04:46 AM)Blazkovitz Wrote: Missionaries were prone to magical beliefs during the 2T, but then went more rational after WW1. At the same time they retained a sense of awe for the wonderful Universe. Dawkins called this experience Einsteinian religion.
There has always been a dichotomy within Western religion (especially Protestant variants, but others as well) between focus on faith and faith-based activities, and doing good deeds as a sign of one's faith. The Transcendentals were clearly in the first category and Missionaries in the second. Boomers who fit in that world were, like Eric, New Agers and clearly in the first group with the Transcendentals. I suspect the next Prophets will be more grounded like the Missionaries.
That's why I love Missionaries
We need a MASSIVE baby boom in the 2030s!Warren Dew Wrote:Evidence based politics are incompatible with democracy, absent some serious eugenics, er, transhumanism.
We could approach them if the intellectual elite convinces the masses to their ideas. But to achieve this, the intellectual elite needs to heal. The neo-Missionaries should try to achieve that. If they don't, our species might have to wait many centuries for another renaissance.