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I have a rather cynical view of the universe and our purpose as a whole in it. I do not believe the entire human race as a whole has any real purpose other than to procreate and die off. I actually rather despise the human race as a whole. It is vile, self-centered, and self defeating based on the fact that generally everyone usually thinks that their beliefs are the only truths, which inevitably leads to people clashing over such trivial things, which then leads to violent conflict, and so on and so forth. And my greatest dream is to create an indestructable army of robots, conquer the entire human race, and essentially reform the physical world. Dreams that grand, however, never come true. I hate the human race, but my friends and family are very dear to me, and regardless of who or what they are, I will die for them without question.

As far as how things work when we die, I have many different thoughts on the subject, some of which contradict each other. I believe in an endlessly flowing river of life energy that permeates the universe, connecting us all together, giving everything life, and that our souls are composed of it. I don't have any solid theories on what happens to us when we die. I believe that it is possibly that we become one with this life river, or that we are possibly reincarnated into something completely new, and I believe that possibly we really were created in the image of some omnipotent creature and that we will return to him/her when we leave the material world. I believe that sometimes, whether at our chosing or not, we simply remain as simple spirits and roam the multiverse freely.

On the subject of the life river thing, since we have a direct connection to it, I also believe that we can tap into it for various purposes. I believe we are born with such power, but that over the course of many years, we lose it as we are trained from birth to believe that "magic" and things related to it are lies. Think about it. Animals have the uncanny ability to sense when something bad is going to happen. Perhaps this is because they are more in tune with the universe than we are. And the human brain only uses an average of 6% of it's potential power throughout our entire lives.

But the one thing that I truely believe without a shadow of a doubt, is that chaos is the absolute truth of the universe. We are born out of chaos, and we inevitably will disappear into chaos.

I understand where you are coming from, since such quandries often pass through my mind when I'm thinking about my own beliefs.

I agree that we have progressed significantly since we first began to think freely. However, at the same time, the human race has shown me time and again that they neither care about what impact they have as a whole on each other and their surroundings, nor care about trying to change for the better. The minority of decency within our race is far too outweighed by the majority who succumb to greed and destructiveness. There possibly is hope for us yet, but I just can't see it. Yes, we can learn to supress said traits, but I fear that there aren't enough people in the world who are willing to compromise and do so. Humans fear change, and generally their first reaction is to fight it to the death. This is the main reason why in the past, it has taken great amounts of forced supression and unbending will to change the world for better or worse.

I do not, however, believe that we are born with such dark traits. The world as I see it is not simply black and white. these traits, both good and bad, are bred into us from birth. What is good? What is evil? Do you think that if you asked a newborn child, who has had no connection to any influence other than it's own person and it's surroundings, that it would be able to give a definite answer?

In the end, to me at least, we are a virus. Since we began believing that we were the masters of everything around us, we have done nothing but procreate and destroy. And we are marching towards our own destruction. Perhaps it's simply the nature of the universe. Animals kill each other all the time for reasons that seem to be even more trivial than our own. Either way, it does not appeal to me.

Yes, it is very unjustifiable to hate humans as a whole. It's one of the many things that I dislike about myself. It's like hating Mexicans or some other minority simply because most of the ones you know or have met are complete dicks. Although I hate to admit it, I'm a perfectionist at heart. I even get pissed off at myself for some of the most idiotic things. The world isn't perfect, nor will it ever, and it's flaws are one of the main things that make it beautiful and seem real. There's nothing exciting or meaningful in a perfect world.

At least I can honestly claim that I'm not racist towards one minority in the traditional sense. I hate all types of people equally.

I believe that they will fade. Time heals all wounds, they say.