Comment Re:Centuries-long voyages? (Score 1) 399
I think that an interesting analogy here would be the spread of Christianity throughout the world. Successive generations are indoctrined in the fact that "The Colony is all" and it would get to the point that the children would not understand anything different. The Colony would be the great Savior and their destination the promised land.
It worked for Christianity, and humans are involved so it would be very close to religious for these people.
But unfortunately the same would be required that the Christians have tried to do through history. "There is only one God and it is ours, everything else is heresy". IT would be replacing one ridiculous situation with another and impose controlled belief on a group of people.
They only way a generational colony ship would work is if all the initial individuals involved in the project were fanatics of one kind or another.
- Shane
It worked for Christianity, and humans are involved so it would be very close to religious for these people.
But unfortunately the same would be required that the Christians have tried to do through history. "There is only one God and it is ours, everything else is heresy". IT would be replacing one ridiculous situation with another and impose controlled belief on a group of people.
They only way a generational colony ship would work is if all the initial individuals involved in the project were fanatics of one kind or another.
- Shane
