Quote from: CoinCube on March 24, 2017, 01:54:45 AM

Quote from: iamnotback on March 24, 2017, 12:23:14 AM

Quote from: CoinCube on March 23, 2017, 10:31:30 PM

The future will be decentralized, free, and religious.

I don't understand how someone can be (even partially) mind-controlled by a belief which is not falsifiable, and simultaneously claim they are free and are not centrally controlled to some extent.
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My answer to this can be found in the links immediately above especially the second and third link. For an alternative perspective miscreanity also provided a nice argument essentially along similar lines.

Quote from: miscreanity on February 14, 2017, 04:07:22 AM

Quote from: iamnotback on February 12, 2017, 02:16:17 PM

What is actually the worst possible outcome is to have one strategy, religion, or culture adopted by everyone.

This is the point I disagree with. I think we both agree that the optimal way to increase degrees of freedom for individuals is to allow and enable instead of controlling. A universal strategy is an essential foundation that enables freedom. Without that, we have the situation that is developing now with varying viewpoints where some sets are progressing toward destruction and others are being dragged into declining entropy. Competition can take place when there is room for growth but on a globally saturated scale, nobody wins.

Reproductive strategy is likely to become essentially irrelevant for humanity, possibly within our lifetimes. It seems inevitable that our existing biological bodies will give way to different forms that will carry us off-planet. At that point, allowing and enabling all individuals to thrive in a constructive environment becomes paramount. What then is the protocol that keeps that freedom from becoming destructive? Of course, my thinking is that the protocol is outlined in the Christian bible.

The following two (relatively) short videos may be of interest regarding previous discussion:
The moral argument for God
Why Does God Allow Evil?

Quote from: miscreanity on February 14, 2017, 05:18:13 AM

Quote from: iamnotback on February 14, 2017, 01:56:54 AM

God religion is not voluntary. It is a mind control and social coercion...

If it isn't voluntary, how is it that you can choose your own or even to dismiss it?

This issue should be approached correctly, so as not to confuse normal religions and even communities with fanatics. Such people are everywhere and in every religion, even Catholics or Orthodox or even Muslims. Only on a person depends on how much he is influenced by others.