Unhinged hypothesis: Elon Musk is a secret Christian
Remember the Lord’s prayer? “Let thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven?” What if Elon’s desire for space travel is motivated by some sort of epic dream embedded in Christianity from its foundation?
It’s like that chicken nugget meme. What if the atheistic desire to explore space and find meaning is really a distillation of Christianity—which after ridding itself of the false image of God that we’ve developed over time—became atheism. And yet this atheism is itself impossible to disconnect from its roots because it’s so deeply rooted in our collective unconscience.
In other words, space travel is chicken nuggets is for the soul.
Imagine the looks Jesus would have gotten if he told people he wanted to build a colony on Mars in 2000 years. It might have been easier to pretend to be a crackpot. Perhaps, heaven was made abstract because it was unattainable and even unhinged to suggest space travel was achievable. And yet, the Lord’s prayer does point to the heavens for our answers. The reason we don’t see the connection is that maybe we didn’t wanna believe that it was possible to go there. Now we know it’s possible.