Monday, December 15, 2014
Wild question
Wild thought.
Is our soul our bacteria? Is our awareness exactly our gut feeling?
Supposedly heaven is up in the clouds and hell is down amid the rocks. Most belief systems share this notion, with varying embroidery.
We now know that different types of bacteria populate the clouds and the rocks.
Do the rules of right living, the natural laws of halal or kosher, favor bacteria more like heaven's bacteria? Does a disobedient life lead to a biome more like hell's life forms?
And does our gut-soul, after decomposition, get distributed by wind and water, ending up in its 'family home'?
The food rules of natural law unquestionably influence the gut biome. That's pretty much the whole point of those rules!
Do the other rules in natural law also influence the biome? No alcohol, avoid excess, avoid laziness, work for the benefit of others. Alcohol is obvious, and we're starting to understand the mutual connections between doing good things and having good bacteria.
Seems like a question worth exploring. Maybe the long-sought connection between science and religion will come from an uncomfortable direction. Maybe those Catalans have a point with their Caganer and Tio de Nadal.
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Later thoughts here.
Labels: Grand Blueprint, Natural law = Sharia law
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