Gospel: Liberals Look At Matrix Theology And Blame God For Evil
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to Heavensoon
The
Spirit Behind
Transhumanism &
The Dawn Of A New
Gospel: Liberals
Look At Matrix
Theology And
Blame God For Evil
Until I talked to Nick Bostrom, a philosopher
at Oxford University, it never occurred to me
that our universe might be somebody else's
hobby. I hadn't imagined that the omniscient,
omnipotent creator of the heavens and earth
could be an advanced version of a guy who
spends his weekends building model railroads
or overseeing video-game worlds like the Sims.
But now it seems quite possible. In fact, if
you accept a pretty reasonable assumption of
Dr. Bostrom's, it is almost a mathematical
certainty that we are living in someone else's
computer simulation... The Demurrage [sic],
the creator, is in the shadow land, the world
he created, his own personal matrix. In the
gnostic tradition, the savior comes from the
real world, into the darkness, then returns to
it. This is the largest gnostic idea in the
film: two worlds, one being a mear [sic]
reflection of the other. ...The truth can be a
frightening thing, especially dedendingon
[sic] the nature of the truth. When comes to
our perception of everyday activities, it
seems to be so real. The truth is, we don't
know what's out there, but how things will
turn out, or how that began.