Over sterfelijkheid

Het grootste nadeel aan sterfelijkheid is, dat je nooit zult weten hoe het met de mensheid afloopt. Zullen we Mars koloniseren, ooit warp-speed uitvinden, andere sterrenstelsels bereiken, leven in onze melkweg ontdekken, wereldvrede bereiken, het energieprobleem oplossen? Of is de mensheid over driehonderd jaar uitgestorven en maken de dinosaurussen een come-back? We zullen het niet weten.

Mocht het mogelijk zijn dan stel ik een reunie voor, als alles is afgelopen, waarbij allen nog eenmaal de aarde bezoeken om ervaringen uit te wisselen uit het tijdperk waarin ze hebben geleefd, en een wijntje te drinken op de afloop... Als een soort begrafenisceremonie van de mensheid.

Very short summary of Ludwig Feuerbach's main work

Here is my own summary of one of the most well known works by Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872) called "Das Wesen des Christentums", which translates to "The essence of Christianity" first published in 1886:

"A God, worshipped in a religion, is in fact the independent being of man. Mankind describes that what is part of his own being to a God, losing his being to an image of fantasy, thus extracting and materializing some of his particularities. In a way, he worships himself but does not realize it, he regards his own being as another outside himself. He even allows it to rule him, to force upon him ethical boundaries, sometimes allows his God-image to enslave him. Reason for this self-estrangement is that man is repulsed by himself, he is frustrated by his own lack of possibilities to understand himself, his behaviour or the world. As a religious believer, man can free himself from these limitations. Frustration in that sense, however, is a mistake. Feuerbach states that every man is essentialy perfect, not as an individual but as part of a collective species. (hence the interest Marx and Hegel showed for Feuerbachs theories) Every individual should learn to understand his part of perfection in humanity, representing the species. Man shows adulthood when he overcomes religion and takes full responsibility for his perfect role in a community. This can be achieved by love and friendship and their emancipation and separation from any religious God image."

Indians in Red Dresses

Contemplating Indian