Where did spirituality/religion come from, and where is it going?

[Aquaplant]

As Moco Loco said, humanism just happens to be the current term, because we have no other same level sentient beings with us at this time. Modified humans are still human, and even if they were not (by some weird definition), what difference does it even make?

And why would there be a need treat people who are better or worse differently? I mean society already does that by setting an instrumental value for us all depending on our contributions and so on, but as far as personal interactions go, there's no reason to have this complex system of hierarchies and classifications of people and their respective abilities. Granted the societal implications will always affect the personal relations, even if we wouldn't want that to be so.

Originally Posted by Clarke

"...at the moment."

And also, IMO, you have it the wrong way around; we generally decide on what we want to happen, and then set about investigating whether or not it's possible to arrive there.

There's the difference of long term and short term thinking here what I'm on about.

Sure at some point in the future there might be something different or good thing to do then, but at the moment is the time I happen to be in my conscious and alive state, and that means now is what counts as far as I'm concerned.