tularosa  01/30/10        Subscribe to tularosa's Lifebooks

The alternative world on the planet Triton is really a future world where the inhabitants both control nature and try to live in harmony with it. I am taking the idea from the Bahai writings that mankind has the duty to carry on the advancement of civilization. Obviously that advancement relies heavily on technology which at least gives the appearance that man is in control of nature but if this technology is not tempered with the other half of the equation,religion, then mankind might create its own demise. C.S. Lewis combines several religions and philosophies and comes up with what he calls the Tao. Most of it sounds very similar to the Bahai teachings but that makes sense because the essence of all religion is the same. Every religion has a similar statement , "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' C. S. Lewis also writes about the importance of divine attributes and discusses education or the lack of it when society's values are not clear. I will be reading more C.S

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