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So my dad is an atheist and a scientist, and my mom is a full time Christian minister.

I have had lots of time to think about religion and science, especially the way that each “school of philosophy” views death, and I’ve been pretty conflicted in the past (my dad is of the “once you’re dead, you’re worm meat” view, and my mom is of the basic Christian view that you get judged and hopefully go to heaven), but lately I’ve been thinking about something that sort of makes sense to me, in case anyone in interested in hearing it. I’m really not interested in starting any arguments, just wanted to voice an idea that I’ve not heard mention of before.

First off, I am not particularly religious, but I do think that there is and should be a level of spirituality to our lives.

I also believe in the theory of evolution. It does makes sense, right? The physical evolution of species, there is pretty solid scientific evidence for this.

So what if there is a “spiritual evolution?” too?

Most religions believe in some sort of afterlife, and I and many others have had interesting experiences that may or may not point to some sort of life after death. There is some evidence now that there is another dimension — it has been proved mathematically, much in the way that astronomers were able to identify the location of stars in the solar system before they had telescopes powerful enough to verify it. (you can look up author Brian Greene for more information about this, search “string theory, Brian Greene.”)

So let’s just, for a moment, assume that this extra dimension is a sort of “heaven” or if you are so inclined, a “soul holding area.” Take “life after death” literally, and you are more often than not talking about reincarnation. The idea that your soul is separate from your body and can occupy another form after your death. One thing that pokes holes in the theory of reincarnation is the question of “where did all these new souls come from?” The human population is obviously increasing…there weren’t enough people around before for their souls to reincarnate into new individuals. I’ve heard some wacky theories about split souls and all sort of things, but none of them really add up.

Think about this, though…populations of animals are decreasing as the human population increases. It almost seems to happen at the same rate.

My theory is that as we develop spiritually in one life, we evolve to the next being that matches our level of spiritual development. Perhaps you started life billions of years ago as a single-celled organism with “single-celled spirituality.” Then you became a bug, with a bug family and “bug level” spirituality. So on and so forth. Eventually you would work your way up to a more evolved form, like a human. You’d start as a somewhat unevolved human (we all know some of those, right??) And eventually you become an “old soul.” Over time, the human population will evolve spiritually as people become more insightful and introspective. Obviously were not quite there yet. Lol.

So in a sense, we are one with the earth and the animals and beings on it (very Native American, right?)

We are evolving over a period of billions of years (very science-based, no?)

Our ultimate goal is to evolve spiritually to a point of perfect, positive energy, love and enlightenment. (very Zen, and ALSO very “Zion-esque” — a Christian ideal.)

Mush all those things together and voila! My theory of life in a nutshell.

Am I a complete wackjob, or does some of this actually sound feasible and/or interesting? Lol.

So my dad is an atheist and a scientist, and my mom is a full time Christian minister.

I have had lots of time to think about religion and science, especially the way that each “school of philosophy” views death, and I’ve been pretty conflicted in the past (my dad is of the “once you’re dead, you’re worm meat” view, and my mom is of the basic Christian view that you get judged and hopefully go to heaven), but lately I’ve been thinking about something that sort of makes sense to me, in case anyone in interested in hearing it. I’m really not interested in starting any arguments, just wanted to voice an idea that I’ve not heard mention of before.

First off, I am not particularly religious, but I do think that there is and should be a level of spirituality to our lives.

I also believe in the theory of evolution. It does makes sense, right? The physical evolution of species, there is pretty solid scientific evidence for this.

So what if there is a “spiritual evolution?” too?

Most religions believe in some sort of afterlife, and I and many others have had interesting experiences that may or may not point to some sort of life after death. There is some evidence now that there is another dimension — it has been proved mathematically, much in the way that astronomers were able to identify the location of stars in the solar system before they had telescopes powerful enough to verify it. (you can look up author Brian Greene for more information about this, search “string theory, Brian Greene.”)

So let’s just, for a moment, assume that this extra dimension is a sort of “heaven” or if you are so inclined, a “soul holding area.” Take “life after death” literally, and you are more often than not talking about reincarnation. The idea that your soul is separate from your body and can occupy another form after your death. One thing that pokes holes in the theory of reincarnation is the question of “where did all these new souls come from?” The human population is obviously increasing…there weren’t enough people around before for their souls to reincarnate into new individuals. I’ve heard some wacky theories about split souls and all sort of things, but none of them really add up.

Think about this, though…populations of animals are decreasing as the human population increases. It almost seems to happen at the same rate.

My theory is that as we develop spiritually in one life, we evolve to the next being that matches our level of spiritual development. Perhaps you started life billions of years ago as a single-celled organism with “single-celled spirituality.” Then you became a bug, with a bug family and “bug level” spirituality. So on and so forth. Eventually you would work your way up to a more evolved form, like a human. You’d start as a somewhat unevolved human (we all know some of those, right??) And eventually you become an “old soul.” Over time, the human population will evolve spiritually as people become more insightful and introspective. Obviously were not quite there yet. Lol.

So in a sense, we are one with the earth and the animals and beings on it (very Native American, right?)

We are evolving over a period of billions of years (very science-based, no?)

Our ultimate goal is to evolve spiritually to a point of perfect, positive energy, love and enlightenment. (very Zen, and ALSO very “Zion-esque” — a Christian ideal.)

Mush all those things together and voila! My theory of life in a nutshell.

Most religions believe in some sort of afterlife, and I and many others have had interesting experiences that may or may not point to some sort of life after death. There is some evidence now that there is another dimension — it has been proved mathematically, much in the way that astronomers were able to identify the location of stars in the solar system before they had telescopes powerful enough to verify it. (you can look up author Brian Greene for more information about this, search “string theory, Brian Greene.”)

So let’s just, for a moment, assume that this extra dimension is a sort of “heaven” or if you are so inclined, a “soul holding area.” Take “life after death” literally, and you are more often than not talking about reincarnation. The idea that your soul is separate from your body and can occupy another form after your death. One thing that pokes holes in the theory of reincarnation is the question of “where did all these new souls come from?” The human population is obviously increasing…there weren’t enough people around before for their souls to reincarnate into new individuals. I’ve heard some wacky theories about split souls and all sort of things, but none of them really add up.

Think about this, though…populations of animals are decreasing as the human population increases. It almost seems to happen at the same rate.

My theory is that as we develop spiritually in one life, we evolve to the next being that matches our level of spiritual development. Perhaps you started life billions of years ago as a single-celled organism with “single-celled spirituality.” Then you became a bug, with a bug family and “bug level” spirituality. So on and so forth. Eventually you would work your way up to a more evolved form, like a human. You’d start as a somewhat unevolved human (we all know some of those, right??) And eventually you become an “old soul.” Over time, the human population will evolve spiritually as people become more insightful and introspective. Obviously were not quite there yet. Lol.

So in a sense, we are one with the earth and the animals and beings on it (very Native American, right?)

We are evolving over a period of billions of years (very science-based, no?)

Our ultimate goal is to evolve spiritually to a point of perfect, positive energy, love and enlightenment. (very Zen, and ALSO very “Zion-esque” — a Christian ideal.)

Mush all those things together and voila! My theory of life in a nutshell.

Most religions believe in some sort of afterlife, and I and many others have had interesting experiences that may or may not point to some sort of life after death. There is some evidence now that there is another