Serious question: Is there anything we can do to make the universe worth living in?

Question

Maybe...

We have created religions and afterlives that embody what we wish the universe was like. We sculpted cosmologies out of our deepest fears and desires. I often trivialize religion when arguing about it, but it is actually the awesome shadow of genuine human longing. I think our religious beliefs mirror what we would would change about the universe if we only had the power...the end of death, pain, and fear, never leaving our loved ones, feeling love to a greater degree....

We have an awesome opportunity, right now, to actually create Heaven. Genetic research could elilminate death! Animals getting old is an evolutionary trait. It allows generations to occur in the same area without overpopulating, and generations are required for evolution (adaptation) to happen. Love is a chemical. We are limited by the need for energy, not by technology. We could feed everyone with nuclear energy--we could move planets. We could create Heaven on the other side of Star Trek

Answer 1

If no one died, then we would be suffering more than ever. Our own mortality is the only sure thing that we know of, and taking that away leaves a plethora of uncertainty. Being so, with no one dying and more people being born, then the would would be more overpopulated than before.

Your universe is only what you make of it, because what you know is real is all perception and perspective, so you are the only one who can make your universe worth living in.

Answer 2

I answered your "not so serious question." Thank you for asking this one.

First, religions were created by greed, power hunger, ego, the need for self-importance, self-righteousness, self---period. Everything that Satan felt before he was cast out of heaven---that is what built the corporate catechism for religions.

Now, Faith -- Spirituality --- those are as far removed from the precepts of religion as God is from Satan. They are comlete opposites. I agree with those who are against one of the largest corporations in the world that now sits in Rome. The wealth, power, and corruption of that entity was foretold in the Bible. Those who profess their reverence to a human being and call that human being infalible are putting that person in the throne as a God, an Idol.....He is NOT THE GOD, Jehovah, Yaweh, or the God worshiped in spirit and in truth that is the object of faith and spirituality.

There is nothing that man will ever "make" out of whatever leftovers he can find on this earth that will equal what God created and continues to create. What man "makes" he "makes" out of God's creations.

There is no intelligence that exists in the mind of any human being that contains all knowledge. Because God has not made all knowledge available to us to learn! Therefore, the only knowledge, the only materials, the only things we can possibly make, thinkup, or build will always fall short of anything as miraculous as those first created by God.

Answer 3

Just like there is progression in techlogy Gods word is progressive and being down with the manifestation of God in turn re-inspires arts, technology and sciences which further humanity and being of service to our fellow man is what makes the universe worth living in, improving human condition. So, I believe that the Baha'i Faith who's principals include the essential agreement between science and religion is the key to fulfillment. We as Baha'is understand that when Christ said he would return what was mean't was the Revelation of God which will be in accordance to the social laws of its revealment, the second comming has returned which is through Baha'u'llah and the 1000 years of perfection is the Baha'i faith and its duration in relativity to this point in history.

Answer 4

Your question is really serious and intelligent. All the intelligent or rational beings should think about questions like this one.
I think every human being can make the universe worth living for rational beings.
Firstly man should learn to know his own self. If he knows not himself he cannot improve his life, and that causes him to be pessimistic.
In order to know himself man should seek His Creator, Who will tell him Who He is and who man is.
Since we cannot have direct access to God, we will reach Him through His Messengers.
To seek God's Messengers you should read the Holy Books of any world religions, pray and meditate to understand the divine teachings, put them into practice, then little by little you will see your improvement and you will see other good things.
I feel that there is no other way besides the way through divine and progressive Revelations. If you find any better way please let me know for my learning.
Pray for your happiness and your meaningful contributions to the betterment the world.

Answer 5

Well, love isn't a chemical, but the rest of your ranting is more visionary than insane, IMHO. Maybe the universe is progressing towards God's intention for it, and that's what all our religious dreams are intuitions of. And maybe we (or our evolutionary descendents) have a primary role to play in the process. May it be so.

Answer 6

I think love and peace is the answer..it has been said many times by many people and it sounds simple, yet it is profound. It is not as radical as people think. It can be done, even by the christian devil people. Yes let's all join in peace and love. Maybe we can create it well...but how? First off you have to believe it is possible. too many refuse, yes refuse to believe this. Start considering the possibility if you find it hard to believe. All great things start as possible ideas. Yes, it could happen. Start imagining. Remember the song: Imagine by who was that: John Lennon of course :) Yes love and peace not such a radical idea after all.

Answer 7

i agree with your statement on religion, we do creat it to make ourselves feel important in the infianant universure, but we are but a speck of dust in the cosmos no more important then all the stars around us for with out the stars there would be no planets, no planets and no life, no life no questions. but as for creating for ourselves the very exsistance that nature cant give us i say be very careful, nothing give us the right to play god, death happens for a reason, and though i am not religious i have no right to be immortal while everyone else round me dies

Answer 8

Yes. stop whining. Change the things that are within your power to change.
Step one would be to let people live how they want to live, stop worrying about who is smoking, or drinking or driving to fast. You can't change other people, and if you are tending your own business you will be far to busy to worry what others are doing that does not directly affect your own life.

If you don't want overpopulation, do not have children, if you don;'t want pollution, stop using plastics and driving your car, if you don't want war drop out of your church,

What are you nuts? Nobody better try to make me live forever. Creepy, We are supposed to die, everything dies, eventually even this planet will die. It's really not that scary to be worm food you won't be conscious of it. You will be dead.

I think you had better get a grip on yourself, you are starting to fray around the edges.

Peace.

Answer 9

Considering the only thing each of us can control is ourselves, I don't think that there's much we can do to genuinely alter the state of the universe. Besides, your idea of a perfect world is probably NOT my idea of a perfect world, and I don't think I would want to live forever on this earth.

Answer 10

There is nothing that can make our lives worth living. Our world and everything on it is an accident. People made up god to try to give themselves a false reason to exist. We are an infinitely improbable accident in an infinite universe.