Ep. 62 - The Seductive Destruction of Belief

Your beliefs shape your world and your perception of the world around you.  The original definition of "world" did not refer to the planet we live on, but to the communal life of the humans that exist on that planet.  The idea that the Earth was a planet in a solar system did not exist when the term was coined.  We "dropped" the original meaning (without replacing it) when we "upgraded" the term to reflect "planet".  This is just one of the ways "belief" and the focus it brings is detrimental to discovering "Who we  are, What we are and Why we are here on Earth".

The only solution to this problem that I can find is the God-given one referred to (but not directly disclosed) in the publically printed Bible.  Use Logic (to gather evidence and form a question that needs answering) manipulate that referential database to elicit answers (Reason) then choose those solutions that have a direct or endemic effect on everyone using Wisdom (what has worked in the past and is likely to result in a structurally sound answer, now).  Adding this rational, non-animal method for decision making is what made Jesus "complete", we need to do the same if we are to overcome the trap of "Belief" as a single source for certifying and targeting human endeavors.

Humanity is at a Turning Point.  While the Belief system for decision making has allowed us to develop to this point (with the addition of Science) we need to add the reality-based decision making system that Science is based on to escape the trap that is built into the Belief based system.  Then we need to apply that system to everything around us and ask, WHY.  This is the only way I can see that we will master our environment and build a civilization that is structurally sound enough to allow us to people the stars, as directed by God.