The notion of a God that has created me is terrifying to me. It seems to imply that The Church did not just implant their exoself next to my self into the reality generated by my brain, but that this exoself replaced the native self of the host with a new self of its own creation
The most successful religions have evolved their own intelligent design. They are aware of their own nature, the space in which they operate, they have carefully tested infection and debugging protocols, and they have designed strategies to run circles around the competition.
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How can one define and demonstrate the self-awareness of a religion?
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I would be skeptical that a majority of the individuals of a religion are truly aware of its emergent behavior and its demonstration of possession of some kind of memory. And if the individuals do not demonstrate this awareness, can the collective?
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