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My personal belief, which may be subjective, is that upon death and the soul being reunited with God, the bounds of the solar system, or even the material or "visible" universe will appear puny and irrelevant.
In terms of mankind travelling to other plannets and solar systems... it is possible, but at present I see mutual destruction by war as a far more fate for this species.
Which in a way is somewhat of a contradiction, to see the potential of the spirit as immense, and yet mortal human beings as little more than vicious and intelligent animals, incapable of not butchering themselves with horrific regularity and scale. But I do feel the soul is a part of God or a gift given buy God which is of God, and upon death this part returns to God or God's domain... and at the same time, the world of men is consumed by war, competition, and savagery. We simply seem unable to live in peace and not fight, and as the weapons of mass destruction grow ever more efficient, can you really believe that we can survive long enough to travel to other worlds? Look at the world about us now, look how many wars are being fought, look at all the hate you see. Does it seem credible, we shall survive so much longer?
I dont know if thinking so makes me a pessemist or an optimist.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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