How does the concept of Homo sapiens - reinforce the concept of panentheism? The concept of Homo sapiens does not reinforce the concept of panentheism.
What is actually taking place is panentheism is reinforcing the concepts of the significance of our genus and species, Homo sapiens.
No ecological niche tied to time, mortality, seems to ‘fit’ our species or ourselves as individuals.
The interrelationships we see around us, that we study through what we call science, tend to indicate all things interact in some form or other. All things seem to fill a niche.
Our bodies are of a physical nature and would, therefore, seem to fill a physical niche.
Awareness, on the other hand, is of an abstract nature and would seem to fill an abstract niche.
Awareness of existence outside the universe is abstract; the existence outside the universe would seem to be abstract.
Therefore, the abstract nature of humanity would seem to fill a niche within the abstract concept of total awareness outside the universe.
Isn’t this what religions have been telling science ever since science has emerged as a means of understanding our place in the universe?
Is science rejecting religion or is religion rejecting science? The feud has been long. The feud has been a bitter one. It is time to end the feud and unite the two bickering parties.
There is so much to do and there may be little time, as palaeomagnetism purports.
The universe may only be temporary, but our true essence, our ethereal selves, could be eternal and we need to act accordingly.
We, as the genus Homo, whose only remaining members are us, Homo sapiens, need to prepare for eternity for we may very well be responsible for eternity itself.
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