Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00154)

In a message dated 98-08-12 17:41:20 EDT, you write:

>Are there any "laws" inherent in the fabric of "Nature" which
>relate to such vile human behavior?
>
>Do such actions, etc. have any effect on the future of these
>three human beings once they have left the physical plane?
>(Assuming you believe in life after death, reincarnation,
>progression to higher planes, etc.)
>
>

There is no, reliable, empirical evidence that behavior in this life has any
negative impact on future lives.  On the contrary, it is possible to posit a
system where such behavior would be rewarded with benefits in a future
incarnation.

Consider if you will a universal system that values only one thing,
intelligence and has no sentiment whatsoever (all the mentioned cases are
based on sentiment).  It does not matter how the human intelligence is used
(individual lifetimes are so brief and transitory in the universal schema as
to be meaningless anyway), all that matters is that it is used the more
efficiently it is used (efficiency being the amount of work the brain can do
with the least electrical activity in the brain), the happier the universe is
and reacts to the soul accordingly.  Such a person would then reincarnate in
conditions where his intelligence would be further encouraged to greater
efficiency.

Now, as conscience seems to be a terribly inefficient thing to have (it
requires a lot of excess neuro-electrical activity for no purpose other than
making the person feel bad) it would seem that the less conscience an
individual has, the higher that individual is on the evolutionary scale.

In such a cosmos (and given the opportunity to write a book-length
dissertation I could probably make a good case that that is precisely the
cosmos we have) any notion of morality is anti-evolutionary and not at all
conducive to anything except to limit the individual and make societies better
able to control folks.

Chuck