For any religion that believes that we are placed here by a higher being, we essentially are living in a simulation. God created us and is now sitting back watching us run around.
One of the articles mentions ways to change one's behavior upon realization that it is all a simulation... sound familiar?
A simulation...but for what though? To what end are we practicing? If, as you propose, God is running a giant simulator down here, then what "real" life is he mimicking?
We are told we were made "in His image, after His likeness". He loaded you into this awesome UniverseEngine (tm) so that you could experience the kind of life that He experiences.
Psalm 8:5 says:
"For you have made him a little lower than God, and has crowned him with glory and honour."
Many translations put the word Angels instead of God in the above, but if you look at your Hebrew the word "Elohim" means God, and has nothing to do with Angels.
The creator wants to know what the creator is. By examining its' own reactions to the whole of the experiences of the simulation's (dream's?) life-forms, the creator can obtain insight into its' own nature. There is no other way to do it, what else is there apart from the creator?
You know, now that I think of it, it does sound familiar. Whenever people first start playing SimCity, they build up a small city and start unleashing disasters on it just to see what they do and to have a little fun. Then they get bored and just kinda leave it running for a while, intervening now and then, until they eventually just leave it the hell alone (or close the program). Seeing as how God was supposedly vengeful in the Old Testament, and hasn't rained down sulfur much lately, I'd say it's possible we all exist in a very advanced version of SimCity.
Seeing as how God was supposedly vengeful in the Old Testament, and hasn't rained down sulfur much lately, I'd say it's possible we all exist in a very advanced version of SimCity.
So you're saying that God just got bored and went away?
What happens when He discovers Quake? Is the Uncertainty Principle the result of sloppy overclocking?
Finally, what happens to us when His mom tells him to shut down the computer and go outside to play?
what happens to us when His mom tells him to shut
down the computer and go outside to play
Hmmm, that kindof reminds me of parachuting class, when a soon-to-be-a-parachuter asked the rather profound question "So, what happens if my reserve 'chute doesn't open?"
:-)
I doubt we'll all turn into 'a human yard-dart', but... similar question.
For any religion that believes that we are placed here by a higher being, we essentially are living in a simulation.
Chasidic Jewish mystics say that "everything is G-dliness" and the materiality of this world is essentially a mask of its Source. There's a major difference in the simulation idea, however, the maker of the "simulation" is good rather than evil, as it is in gnosticism.
One of the articles mentions ways to change one's behavior upon realization that it is all a simulation... sound familiar?
Well,
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Much like religion (Score:5, Insightful)
One of the articles mentions ways to change one's behavior upon realization that it is all a simulation... sound familiar?
Re:Much like religion (Score:2, Interesting)
Food for thought...
the usual answer to that question (Score:2)
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We are told we were made "in His image, after His likeness". He loaded you into this awesome UniverseEngine (tm) so that you could experience the kind of life that He experiences.
Psalm 8:5 says:
"For you have made him a little lower than God, and has crowned him with glory and honour."
Many translations put the word Angels instead of God in the above, but if you look at your Hebrew the word "Elohim" means God, and has nothing to do with Angels.
So, your a simulated ve
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Re:Much like religion (Score:0)
God is our sysadmin ? (Score:1)
Re:God is our sysadmin ? (Score:0)
Remember... (Score:1, Funny)
but God make backup copies!
Re:Remember... (Score:3, Funny)
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-It means that the Matrix cannot tell you who you are.
-But an Oracle can?
-That's different.
Re:Much like religion (Score:1)
For me, the scary thing is if we are NOT living in a simulation.
God playing SimCity? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:God playing SimCity? (Score:3, Funny)
So you're saying that God just got bored and went away?
What happens when He discovers Quake? Is the Uncertainty Principle the result of sloppy overclocking?
Finally, what happens to us when His mom tells him to shut down the computer and go outside to play?
Re:God playing SimCity? (Score:2)
I doubt we'll all turn into 'a human yard-dart', but... similar question.
Re:Much like religion (Score:2)
Chasidic Jewish mystics say that "everything is G-dliness" and the materiality of this world is essentially a mask of its Source. There's a major difference in the simulation idea, however, the maker of the "simulation" is good rather than evil, as it is in gnosticism.
Well,