{"id":52559,"date":"2016-03-03T06:52:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T13:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=52559"},"modified":"2016-03-03T06:52:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T13:52:02","slug":"world-life-and-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/03\/03\/world-life-and-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"World, Life and Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buddhi Meegasdeniya M.Sc. Eng. ( Moscow )\u00a0Toronto, Canada.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

History of Earth<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago, as a part of the birth of the Solar System. The early Earth was very different from the world known today. There was no water and no oxygen in the atmosphere.\u00a0 Various materials left over from the formation of the solar system, heat from the pressure of contraction, other forms of heat caused the planet to be molten at this stage.\u00a0 Heavier elements like iron sank and lighter elements rose to the surface, forming a layered structure and a magnetic field. Earth\u2019s early atmosphere had gases like hydrogen and helium. Asteroids fell onto earth continuously, steam escaped from the crust and more gases released by volcanoes that resulted in the atmosphere. The planet cooled and clouds formed. Rain started forming oceans.<\/p>\n

Life (Simplest Cell)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Origin of life is still to be determined. One study suggests that organic components may have arrived on Earth from space. Other suggests terrestrial origins. It could be the conditions existed on Earth billions of years ago and energy from various activities like volcanoes, lightning, radiation etc. contributed to originate simple organic compounds that contains in building blocks of life. Scientists have to find exact conditions and material existed on Earth at the time of Life (simplest Cell) originated, on Earth in order to determine how life was originated. When scientists can create exact conditions\u00a0 that existed on Earth about 4 billion years ago, in a Laboratory and use exact elements, they may succeed in creating life (simplest form \u2013 cell). In future that may resolve the question: How the life was originated<\/strong> ?.<\/p>\n

Life (Multi Cell)<\/strong><\/p>\n

About 2 billion years ago, perhaps the larger cell attempted to ingest smaller cell or smaller cell attempted to parasitize the larger cell and\u00a0 a stable relationship developed. Over the time the host cell acquired some of the genes of the other cell, and the two kinds became dependent on each other. The larger cell survived with the energy produced by the smaller cells and smaller cells survived with raw materials provided by larger cells<\/p>\n

It is known that all living things \u2013 single celled creatures like Amoeba, simplest plants like Algae,\u00a0 Bacteria,\u00a0 all plants, all animals including human\u00a0 are made up of one or more\u00a0 Cells.<\/p>\n

Oldest plants:\u00a0 fungi appeared about 1000 million years ago.<\/p>\n

Fish, the earliest animal evolved in the oceans about 550 million years ago.<\/p>\n

The first animal with legs evolved from fish, perhaps fins evolved to become limbs allowing to lift their heads out of water. The process of evolutions continued and various types of animals appeared on the earth as millions of years passed.<\/p>\n

Birth<\/strong><\/p>\n

As mentioned above, relationship and dependence among cells evolved to a reproduction system, the biological process by which new individual organisms are produced. This process exists in all living things: plants, animals and humans. Plants produce seeds by pollination: the process that discharges dust like pollen from mail part of flower in order to combine with the female part. A similar process takes place in animal and human reproduction system. Each of two parent organisms contributes half of the offspring\u2019s makeup.<\/p>\n

Humans<\/strong><\/p>\n

Possibly, an ape living around 6 million years ago could be identified as the last animal whose descendants would include both modern humans and their closest relatives: chimpanzees. Apes developed the ability to walk upright. Brain size increased and about 2 million years ago the first animal Homo<\/strong> (animal \/ human) had appeared.<\/p>\n

Another branch of ape continued to evolve in all life forms.<\/p>\n

The ability to control fire in Homo began perhaps 1 million years ago. As brain size increased, babies were born sooner allowing heads to pass through the pelvis before heads grew larger.<\/p>\n

Modern humans (Homo sapiens<\/strong>) to show spirituality might have originated around 250,000 years ago in Africa: they buried their dead. Evidence of more complex beliefs by humans appeared about 35,000 years ago. As they migrated through the world their language became complex. Ideas could be rapidly exchanged and passed down the generations and history began.<\/p>\n

About 10,000 years ago humans in Middle East began management of resources and farming. Agriculture spread and Homo sapiens started living in permanent settlements. Among the civilizations who adopted agriculture, increased productivity and improved security resulted in population increase. Surplus food and farmland disputes brought governing class to existence.<\/p>\n

Religion<\/strong><\/p>\n

As human brain developed they started studying nature, they had various types of beliefs: worshipping Sun, Moon, Large trees, Rocks etc.\u00a0 Humans killed each other for acquiring lands, territories. Cannibalism was common in some parts of world. Weaker people felt insecure. Amid various beliefs Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and other religions spread throughout the world.<\/p>\n

What is the answer to the question:\u00a0 Why do you believe in a particular religion\u00a0 ? (Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism\u00a0 or any other religion).<\/p>\n

Probably the most common\u00a0 answer is: Because it is the religion that is most appropriate for humans\u201d\u00a0 OR it is the religion that is most\u00a0 believable among all religions\u201d or something similar to that.<\/p>\n

But actual reason is it is the religion that my parents made me to believe since I was born.<\/p>\n

More than 99% of people believe in their parents\u2019\u00a0 religion. It is correct to use the word brainwash\u201d in this situation.<\/p>\n

Our parents were born about\u00a0 100 years ago. Their parents (our grandparents) were born about 130 or more years ago and their parents, about 160 years ago. It goes back to about 2000- 2500 years since modern religions appeared.<\/p>\n

We all know most of our parents were not educated as we are. Their parents most probably not educated as our parents. If you consider 2000-2500 years back, that is about 100 generations\u00a0 ago,\u00a0 we can imagine the level of literacy of those people. Those were\u00a0 the people who were made to believe in modern religions\u00a0 first,\u00a0\u00a0 by Lord Buddha, Jesus Christ and creators of other\u00a0 Religions.<\/p>\n

With all modern scientific achievements,\u00a0 very recent\u00a0 life extension methods\u00a0 (heart and organ transplants etc ), procedures of using\u00a0 technology in order to retard\u00a0 aging process,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 surprisingly\u00a0\u00a0 most educated people , with Science, Engineering, Medical and other degrees, still believe in – Rebirth, Nirvana, Human as a creation of God.<\/p>\n

Any person who believes\u00a0 in Theory of Evolution,\u00a0 cannot believe in Rebirth, Human as a creation of God etc.<\/p>\n

Believing in a Religion is a relief for many people who have no other means of getting relaxed. Believing helps\u00a0 heal disturbed minds. That is an psychological phenomenon. People who worshipped objects like large rocks, large trees many years ago must have\u00a0 definitely achieved the same results as people who believe\u00a0 in modern religions.<\/p>\n

God, Rebirth, Nirvana or Heaven are just beliefs that are eroding\u00a0 rapidly. While 60% do not agree, 20% agree. Another 20% understand it but reluctant to agree as a result of weakness of mind, expecting possible hostile reactions.<\/p>\n

Buddhi Meegasdeniya M.Sc. Eng. ( Moscow )<\/p>\n

Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n

March 03, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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