In one thousand years some baseline humans will still enjoy singing and dancing and ritual. Ecstatic trances, swaying, sitting still, fasting, staying up late watching, feast days: as long as humanity is embodied, the body will have a voice.
Will people then have a world view with some slot equal to "my ineffable experience is described with scientific rigor by these theological terms from the 20th c"? Unlikely. Action action action, not thought thought thought, this is the history of our kind. Thanks, --Chris 301-270-6524 On Apr 10, 2013 9:29 AM, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, Bill!, > > I think that worship in 1000 years may come to be a bit like Quaker > Meeting. It's a fine way to congregate and share: silence, and witnessing; > no Minister or Pastor. A community. Children are included. > > I think there will always be communities. > > Worship or meetings may be a little different depending on which planet, > or spacecraft, gathered and conducted. Different gravities may create > different tendencies. > > I like the smiles in the cartoon. What's for dinner? > > --Joe > > --- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: > > > > I would personally be surprised to learn that groups of people don't > > worship together in 1000 years. No idea what thoughts or beliefs they > will > > have but that was never the heart of the matter > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
