This is a forum in which we will explore the evolution and fate of the human species. Please take childish pranks and remarks elsewhere. Otherwise, be prepared for opinions and ideas that appear blasphemous to accepted dogma. If there is one underlying concept, it is that everything we know is wrong.

I will assume a small degree of control, as my purpose for this project is to put my own existence into perspective. I believe I should open with a statement of what led me here, then open the forum to free thought.

I believed, from the first moment of awareness, that the human race – or more generally, sentience – was an evolutionary dead end. I saw a species with infinite potential wasting its future on self destruction. Religions that should have advanced the species spiritually have instead rationalized destructive divisiveness. For much of my life I was a misanthrope, and perceived the only rational approach to life to be one of hedonism.

But one fact of human existence subverts that philosophy – we act for a future which we as individuals will not experience. We are unique in that respect. It is that paradox – the need to prove the superiority of our particular clan over all others juxtaposed with our desire to provide for generations yet to come – that I hope to address.

We know the future of Earth is finite. We know our individual lives are infinitesimal. We know our universe is infinite, yet probably is only one of infinitely possible universes. Science can take us only so far. Religion, as practiced throughout our world, trivializes the possibility of an ultimate being. We seek to soothe the pain of mortality, rather than truly understand our place in the universe.

I believe that only when we see our lives as the particles of which a far greater reality is composed, can we hope to experience and understand the glorious mystery of life. I sense that humankind stands at the threshold of its future. We have a clear choice – take bold steps into the unknown or continue on the path to extinction. It is a monumental undertaking. Stars, galaxies, and even universes eventually die. If we are to defy the inevitable, if we hope to give any sort of meaning to our existence, we must find a way to transcend the physical limitations of reality as we now perceive it.

I wish it were so neat as religion would have us believe. Perhaps it is, in which case I am in deep trouble. However, I cannot accept such a trivial answer. I do not discount the foundation of religion, however, I only question the context. In fact, I believe religion provides us with essential clues, insights given to primitive man to direct our evolution of spirit. We have been challenged to look beyond what we see, to seek an understanding of things far beyond self.

I invite you to participate in my quest for that understanding.