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I'm not going to find good reasons for human sacrifice, or even animal sacrifice, but actually all religions, starting with Christian religion, have been corrupted by evil ( or misguided) men with evil ( or misguided) purposes. Probably the same happened to Aztec priests and religion. ..but yes, it's my opinion that the goal of religion is, or should be, to bring harmony and justice to the life of humans.

I think that's the essence of religion.

Well, it's safe to say, i think, that modern technology is based on the observation and imitation of the natural world, so your comparison can be about right. The acceleration of the technology in the last 100 years still leaves me astonished, and probably "we've seen nothing yet".

As i said many times, studying many types of consciousness is an interesting occupation. To answer your question, yes, in part we are the same consciousness which pervades every form of life, minerals, plants, animals, water, fire etc. Other aspects of consciousness are made of more subtle energies, an individual soul, as in a human being, is a unique product of countless forces at work, at times even battling with each other. Saying that "thought " is electrical impulses produced by the brain is a gross generalization, it's more correct imho to assume that electricity, thought, consciousness are everywhere, every time.

Perhaps i could go off on a tangent and say that " consciousness " is the only reality.. and everything else is a temporary, limited illusion. I'm not talking about my consciousness or your consciousness, just consciousness in general. Now, if one could imagine all the consciousness which permeates the universe, he could be able to describe God.

Supernatural cannot be explained, that's why is called Supernatural, or God for some. And "reality" is subjective to various extents, so it can be said with certainty that "reality" is not the same for everyone. I think it's perfectly rational to assume that everyone is a creator, at least partially, of his own reality.

"complete trust or confidence in someone or something." this is a definition of faith i found : it has very rarely occurred to me to experience that feeling, and it doesn't last long, but i guess it's different for everyone. on the other hand, to believe in the supernatural is logical to me, but i guess that the interpretation of the meaning of logic is quite subjective too.

Faith is beyond the rational, but that's just my opinion. However, it may be rational to try to put some Faith somewhere.

Well, i don't quite agree that all creatures are the same, as we can see huge differences in the consciousness of various beings, from microbes to mammals. While humans are " technically " evolved mammals, they have the potential to regulate the stream of consciousness from 0 to infinite. I agree thus that as humans we have the collective power to transform this earth in heaven or hell. Given the apparent fact that most human's average consciousness is still at the animal level, in some case more reptile than mammal, and that growth of consciousness cannot be imposed, all we can do is to do some energetic work on ourselves.

Agree, of course, but just for the sake of hair-splitting, a "closer to perfect" truth can be obtained by walking the landscape and looking at the map altogether, and it will be still a subjective truth.

Imho, you are both right, just watching the issue from different angles. I could even offer other angles to examine a tough issue as depression. Yep, I'm an expert, having dealt with depression since my early years. I think I'm not alone there, we are all depressed to a certain extent, and anyone has his own antidotes to deal with it.