Just read the second part of the BlueAlien interview, and wanted to give my hearty congrats and thumbs-up to the devs for their outlook regarding religion in the Transhumanist future. Too many rpgs seem to assume that religion (inevitably existing monotheistic religion) is, and always will be, absolutely core to human identity and understanding, or are too frightened to address the issue of how human advancement could well shatter such religious faiths. Are there always going to be some people who need religion or other superstitions to provide them with emotional or psychological support? Yes. But with increased human understanding of the universe and our own ability to manipulate areas previously considered purely the domain of the "divine", mainstream religion as it stands would be hard pressed to continue, and like you noted, would most likely fall by the wayside for the majority of Mankind.
cheers!
Colin
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Radioactive Ape Designs: ENnie and Indie Award nominated publisher of Atomic Highway!
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Radioactive Ape Designs: ENnie and Indie Award nominated publisher of Atomic Highway!
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That said, I do agree that the concept of family is going to change dramatically. When your mind is no longer tied to your body, and therefore your genes, things like genetic paternity may largely go out the window (unless they are old-fashioned about making their kids, and keep their original bodies around for that purpose). Moreover, concepts like adultery would have to change in some ways. If your husband's backup mind gets put in another body, effectively creating the existence of two of your husband, does the other one have the right to sleep with other women?
Hell, more to the point, sex itself would change. Things that are normally taboos today will become completely acceptable norms (such as sleeping with someone who's body is genetically a different species from your body). Hell, there could be fetish clubs where your spouse can jump into whatever body you desire to have sex with... do you want your wife to be a 12-year old girl or a dog today? It's creepy now, but would it be when social attachments to blood and body have gone the wayside?
How's that for breaking the old nuclear family concept?
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