“"Nothing is ever lost" means that what we are now goes all the way back through natural history. We are biological organisms and not simply computerized brains. By focusing totally on the present, thinking only about science and computers, and forgetting four billion years of life on this planet, we are losing perspective on who and what we are.” ThinkingWayYearsMeanLostNaturalForgetBrainFourPlanetsPerspectiveComputerLosingBillionsOrganismsNatural HistoryYears Of Life Author:Robert Neelly Bellah
“Yet Buddhism is four hundred years older than Christianity, and if it's not a universal religion I don't know what a universal religion is. There's also a strong focus on selectionism and the notion that religion plays a functional role in the evolutionary process. But religion is dysfunctional all the time, as well as functional. It's not so simple.” IfsKnowsYearsWellsPlayStrongProcessSimpleChristianityRolesFocusFourBuddhismHundredUniversalNotion Author:Robert Neelly Bellah