: "How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant!'"
:: - Carl Sagan, ''Pale Blue Dot''
: "The truth is, preparing for [[TheDestiny|interstellar travel]] and then sending out ships filled with colonists is bound to be a job so long, thankless, expensive, and difficult that I suspect that only a [[Earthseed|religion]] could do it. A lot of people will find ways to make money from it. That might get things started. But it will take something as essentially human and as essentially irrational as a religion to keep them focused and [[perseverance|keep it going]]--for generations if it takes generations."
:: - [[Octavia Butler]], ''Parable of the Talents''
== Is SolSeed a religion? ==
[[SolSeed]] is currently reconsidering whether or not to [[Legal Organization|organize]] as a religion. After all, it has some things in common with the world's religions: it provides some ideas of how people can live well (through the [[SolSeedCreed]] and [[SolSeedAnthropology]]), while looking forward to the almost spiritual [[TheDestiny|Destiny]] of acting as seeds to spread [[Life]] to other worlds.
We embrace [[science]] and reject the supernatural, but we are also embracing the power of [[SolSeedServices|religious ritual]] as an effective psychological tool to motivate ourselves. Religious ritual helps us be happier through feeling connected to others and to a cause that's larger than ourselves, and regularly motivates us to meet our commitments.
Here is a [http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11077454/ dialogue] that would help explain why we chose to become a religion, if that turns out to be our decision.
== Can I join the [[SolSeedMovement]] and keep my existing religion? ==
Regardless of the above decision, SolSeed makes no statements about God or the supernatural, other than that we, the founding members ([[Brandon]], [[Shelley]], and [[Ben]]), ''don't'' believe in such things. In looking for new [[members]], we don't discriminate on the basis of religion (though we do discourage [[magical thinking]]), and we think the ideals and goals of [[SolSeed]] ought to be integratable without conflict into any kind of faith.
[[SolSeed and Christianity]]
[[SolSeed and Judaism]]
[[SolSeed and Islam]]
[[SolSeed and Hinduism]]
[[SolSeed and Buddhism]]
[[SolSeed and Earthseed]]
[[SolSeed and Atheism]]
Please feel free to add more!