Despite the fact that God (as we once ‘knew’ ‘him’) is dead, we seem to be moving ever further into a time of fanatical beliefs on many fronts, so we’re going to revisit the topic of religion, this time possibly with a comparative spin between traditional spirituality and the heightened fervour with which many seem to believe in phenomena such as the Singularity or the potential ‘coming’ of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). 

Some possible questions/food for thought: 
    •    Is there something about religion that we can’t do without that keeps us searching in a (pseudo-)post-religious epoch? 
    •    Did we do away with one God only to subjugate ourselves to a new one of our own making? 
    •    What is the difference between ‘playing God’ and ‘creating God’? 

    •    what were the positive take-aways of religion that we might do well to return to? (community, ritual, collective belief)