I must say, I am astounded by the logical skill with which you dismiss such clearly impossible entities as Gaia, the greek Goddess that is the planet beneath us, and yet find no similar reasons to dismiss the more recent Monotheistic god that not only is and made the planet beneath us, but is in and the creator of everything else too. Stunning logical coherence, my friend.
There are plenty of religious denominations that follow the main monotheistic themes yet believe that the will of Allah or God, or such is played out around us and is not to be trifled with. Sometimes this means "Thou Shalt Not Meddle" and sometimes it just means "Thou Shalt Go With It, and Feel Groovy," the latter meaning you can go with technology, too, and hang with the Zeitgeist. They may not be the most common interpretations... but that doesn't make them less valid from an outside perspective. This is faith, not logic. Eastern ideas are no less correct than Western, Ancient Greek no less than modern American. Faith is not a matter of correctness or reality... it is a matter of personal expectation with respect to the unknown. There is nothing "clear" about the non-existence of anything, let alone of a spiritual, ephemeral or religious entity like Gaia.
"Survival of the fittest" is an inaccurate phrasing of how natural selection works. Mutation is the least important of the mechanics of evolution, and the slowest. That said, immunity to lasers is more likely to appear in squirrels first.
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I must say, I am astounded by the logical skill with which you dismiss such clearly impossible entities as Gaia, the greek Goddess that is the planet beneath us, and yet find no similar reasons to dismiss the more recent Monotheistic god that not only is and made the planet beneath us, but is in and the creator of everything else too. Stunning logical coherence, my friend. There are plenty of religious denominations that follow the main monotheistic themes yet believe that the will of Allah or God, or such is played out around us and is not to be trifled with. Sometimes this means "Thou Shalt Not Meddle" and sometimes it just means "Thou Shalt Go With It, and Feel Groovy," the latter meaning you can go with technology, too, and hang with the Zeitgeist. They may not be the most common interpretations ... but that doesn't make them less valid from an outside perspective. This is faith, not logic. Eastern ideas are no less correct than Western, Ancient Greek no less than modern American. Faith is not a matter of correctness or reality ... it is a matter of personal expectation with respect to the unknown. There is nothing "clear" about the non-existence of anything, let alone of a spiritual, ephemeral or religious entity like Gaia.
"Survival of the fittest" is an inaccurate phrasing of how natural selection works. Mutation is the least important of the mechanics of evolution, and the slowest. That said, immunity to lasers is more likely to appear in squirrels first.