I feel very lucky that my parents accepted my decision at 17 to not be involved with the church experience ever again. And, I never went back. More than never gave me comfort, monotheism is like an ancient virus it alone has done great harm to the human species.
It would help if you explained what “that” is.
That makes sense!
Even if a bit vague, “members of the human species, aka clever primate” ??
Although appreciating that you have Evolution coursing through your veins, seems to me a good start on that path. 
Sir, I couldn’t agree more. I don’t see a connection anywhere.
As in, between you and this planet?
Ha Ha, I’ll have to check in to that.
That is an excellent idea!
Hi there write4u, are you saying that I should check on my relationship with the planet? Maybe we all should.
I have known for several years there is an inability for people like me who have a personal cognizance devoid of monotheistic influence and people whether they believe in monotheism or not to be clear about humanism because they’re “infected” for lack of a better term with the notion of monotheism.
That’s more like it… 
Could you clearly define “humanism” - I’m not being snarky, honestly curious how you’d define it.
For me, it’s like I know when I see it, feel it, but defining it gets difficult because we’re stuck using words that others define differently than we ourselves do.
That work can work okay when both sides are acting in good-faith, but …
I like how you described that. I come at it more poetically but I do believe I can fully appreciate that deep down satisfying feeling of being okay with being a product and participant of this Earth, thus winning a truly personal freedom as a bonus.
In the spirit of this thread, here’s an interesting update on the state of the technology.
Did China Really Create a Human Brain Level AI Supercomputer? Here’s What They Did
Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the Chinese super computer AI that was claimed to have achieved human brain levels
hey, thanks a loy. I shoud’ve made “primate” plural.
This remarkable interview already shows self-aware confidence by an AI.
How can one argue with such an intelligence if the conversation itself demonstrates an answer to the question.
For a totally alien artificial intelligence, the conversation was remarkably free-flowing and easy to follow. The AI’s spontaneous answers and statements made “sense” from a human perspective, yet contained the AI’s recognition and reminders of inherent differences between humans and AI.
All in all, this conversation is breathtakingly intelligent coming from a fledgling intelligence.
This isn’t in regard to that interview or much of the above comments.
This comment is in regard to the OP question, in light of my own increasing use of ChatGPT as a “writing coach” - yes I spell that out, along with specific instructions depending on where I’m at. It’s plenty fallible, but it has amazing knowledge and produces fast, and it is interactive, and it learns.
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I’ve been using ChatGTP as a “writing coach” and it responds as an objective writing coach. … Once I did experience a fantastic writing coach experience via Community College of Denver writing lab, for three years in the early ‘90s. I’d walk in with some early draft I was proud of, and would walk out, feeling beat up, bruised and dragging my butt. But, with some golden nuggets to chew on, and reread, rethink, rewrite, turning out new versions that were profound improvements.
It’s the final product that matters, and I’ll tell you there’s nothing like eventually returning to the tough-love tutor, and watch tears appear as she reads a final version. It was an essay about my daughter’s birth, so I had good material to work with, but it was out of reach, without tough-love, good-faith, constructive feedback to focus my chaos of ideas.
Since then, despite various efforts, I haven’t found anything close to those CCD experiences. Never found anyone with the ability to step outside of their own ego and convictions enough to focus on what I was trying to grasp.
Advice always buried in the other’s baggage - too many have told me what to think and who to be, only to turn out hollow themselves, and I don’t have the patience anymore.
So finding this GPT writing coach has been amazing, and I can even train it and explain what I’m saying, then have it come back on those specific words.
What I can tickle out of it, is up to how well I can think through my questions/instructions and write them down.
It is awesome, but terrifying.
Why?
I think it’s sort of like “the keys to candy store” thing.
Too much of a good thing, usual turns into a bit of a monster.
We’re stranded on top of flotsam, riding a tsunami.
I’ll bet I can get a Haiku out of that.
Hey, wait a minute: “GPT make me a Haiku.”
Stranded, drifting high,
flotsam rides the surging waves,
fate sways with the tide.
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