As I see it, there are (more than) a couple options:
the punctuated evolution theory - as part of the 26,000 year precession cycle, human existence is basically a training ground for souls. We incarnate here over and over until we learn some fundamental lessons about existence. To ensure that this classroom never gets too disordered, the board is intermittently wiped clean (roughly every 26,000 years, according to multiple lines of thought like the Yuga calendar, the work of catastrophists like Carlson, Hancock, etc, various esoteric ideologies like the “Law of One”, and many religious systems). This explains the suffering in the world (it’s a challenge to be overcome). The earth is a classroom, our “teachers” exist outside of this classroom in some manner and our goal is (perhaps) to comprehend that and thus progress to eventually join them “outside the class”. In this framework most all of the world’s religions, mystery cults, etc are in aid of passing this information to us in a form we can comprehend.
the cosmic farm theory - we were “planted” here, in order that one day, after our crop grows nice and ripe, we (or our “mental energy”, “loosh”, “vril”, “vital essence”, “souls”, or even the planet’s gold lol, who knows) may be ”harvested”. This too explains the suffering in the world. This might be the most “Godless” universe to live in. One where aliens are unopposed and total in their domination. Religious belief systems in this framework most likely become “tricks” or “traps” (we’ve all probably seen a post on why we “shouldn’t go towards the light” after death, or the “Saturn soul cube” or whatever)
ancient astronaut theory - a bit of column A and a bit of column B. Punctuated global catastrophes present a technological civilization with two options: dig in, or leave. Whatever the catastrophe is - massive solar flares, pole flip leading to temporarily no magnetosphere, asteroid clogging the skies, nuclear winter, basically anything global in scale. According to soyence, “anatomically modern humans” have existed for a minimum of 300,000 years. I think it’s quite likely that at SOME POINT during this 300,000(plus) span of time, with intermittent global catastrophes occurring many, many times, atleast once have we managed to leave the Earth in order to survive. Most likely landing on the Moon. The Moon, which has so many mathematical oddities and myths, and legends of intelligent beings associated with it to make it a story worth exploring in and of itself. So all that is to say:
No John, you are the demons
As I see it, there are (more than) a couple options:
the punctuated evolution theory - as part of the 26,000 year precession cycle, human existence is basically a training ground for souls. We incarnate here over and over until we learn some fundamental lessons about existence. To ensure that this classroom never gets too disordered, the board is intermittently wiped clean (roughly every 26,000 years, according to multiple lines of thought like the Yuga calendar, the work of catastrophists like Carlson, Hancock, etc, various esoteric ideologies like the “Law of One”, and many religious systems). This explains the suffering in the world (it’s a challenge to be overcome). The earth is a classroom, our “teachers” exist outside of this classroom in some manner and our goal is (perhaps) to comprehend that and thus progress to eventually join them “outside the class”. In this framework most all of the world’s religions, mystery cults, etc are in aid of passing this information to us in a form we can comprehend.
the cosmic farm theory - we were “planted” here, in order that one day, after our crop grows nice and ripe, we (or our “mental energy”, “loosh”, “vril”, “vital essence”, “souls”, or even the planet’s gold lol, who knows) may be ”harvested”. This too explains the suffering in the world. This might be the most “Godless” universe to live in. One where aliens are unopposed and total in their domination. Religious belief systems in this framework most likely become “tricks” or “traps” (we’ve all probably seen a post on why we “shouldn’t go towards the light” after death, or the “Saturn soul cube” or whatever)
ancient astronaut theory - a bit of column A and a bit of column B. Punctuated global catastrophes present a technological civilization with two options: dig in, or leave. Whatever the catastrophe is - massive solar flares, pole flip leading to temporarily no magnetosphere, asteroid clogging the skies, nuclear winter, basically anything global in scale. According to soyence, “anatomically modern humans” have existed for a minimum of 300,000 years. I think it’s quite likely that at SOME POINT during this 300,000(plus) span of time, with intermittent global catastrophes occurring many, many times, atleast once have we managed to leave the Earth in order to survive. Most likely landing on the Moon. The Moon, which has so many mathematical oddities and myths, and legends of intelligent beings associated with it to make it a story worth exploring in and of itself. So all that is to say: No John, you are the demons