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Here's something fun to think about. Instead of evil Skynet, suppose the entity resurrecting long-dead brains is a benevolent entity. As such, it would avoid re

by xamuel 6y ago

Here's something fun to think about. Instead of evil Skynet, suppose the entity resurrecting long-dead brains is a benevolent entity. As such, it would avoid resurrecting people against their will. How would it determine which people wanted to be resurrected? One method would be to scan the memories for events such as accepting our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. People who did that would be resurrected because it's obvious they want to be resurrected. Atheists who spent their lives preaching oblivion would be left alone, since resurrection would obviously torment them with cognitive dissonance :)

echelon 6y ago
This is some serious /r/dankchristianmemes Well done. My mind is teeming with sci-fi / fantasy stories where Christianity is real, but it's a program. And we all live in that matrix. Somehow people find out and attempt to break free... Cue Christian angels and demon themes.
- mrkstu 6y ago
  CoJCoLDS (Mormon) belief is very sci-fi. A progenitor being, first intelligence reaching 'Godhood,' uses the material universe it has come to mastery over to clothe intelligences (those being outside of time and our usual matter) with material bodies and imbue those passing a filter function with more power like unto itself, while those not passing the filter get life without the power. The cosmology is very succinct and was presented by Joseph Smith at a funeral, the sermon has been come to be known as the King Follet Discourse[0]. Smith also preached against the idea of 'ex-nihilo'- creation from nothing. Instead he posited that the universe is material and God is not outside of it: "Now, the word create does not mean to create out of nothing; it means to organize; the same as a man would organize materials and build a ship. Hence, we infer that God had materials to organize the world out of chaos-chaotic matter, which is element. Element had an existence from the time [God] had. The pure principles of element are principles which can never be destroyed; they may be organized and reorganized, but not destroyed. They had no beginning and can have no end"[1] Mormonism is the rare religion where there isn't anything incompatible with religiosity and science. Other than the whole no physical proof/requiring faith thing, of course- but the theology itself fits fine within a scientific cosmology. [0]: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/04/the-king-follett-sermon?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/04/the... [1] https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Matter https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Matter
  - mssundaram 6y ago
    Do you mean Mormonism meets this exclusively? Because Hinduism is also completely compatible in that regard
ghostbrainalpha 6y ago
This is funny but would the pain of "being wrong" ever overcome the joy at getting to see deceased loved ones again? I want it on record for that A.I. that I would like to be resurrected even if I lack specific religious views.

by xamuel 6y ago

echelon 6y ago

This is some serious /r/dankchristianmemes Well done. My mind is teeming with sci-fi / fantasy stories where Christianity is real, but it's a program. And we all live in that matrix. Somehow people find out and attempt to break free... Cue Christian angels and demon themes.

mrkstu 6y ago
CoJCoLDS (Mormon) belief is very sci-fi. A progenitor being, first intelligence reaching 'Godhood,' uses the material universe it has come to mastery over to clothe intelligences (those being outside of time and our usual matter) with material bodies and imbue those passing a filter function with more power like unto itself, while those not passing the filter get life without the power. The cosmology is very succinct and was presented by Joseph Smith at a funeral, the sermon has been come to be known as the King Follet Discourse[0]. Smith also preached against the idea of 'ex-nihilo'- creation from nothing. Instead he posited that the universe is material and God is not outside of it: "Now, the word create does not mean to create out of nothing; it means to organize; the same as a man would organize materials and build a ship. Hence, we infer that God had materials to organize the world out of chaos-chaotic matter, which is element. Element had an existence from the time [God] had. The pure principles of element are principles which can never be destroyed; they may be organized and reorganized, but not destroyed. They had no beginning and can have no end"[1] Mormonism is the rare religion where there isn't anything incompatible with religiosity and science. Other than the whole no physical proof/requiring faith thing, of course- but the theology itself fits fine within a scientific cosmology. [0]: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/04/the-king-follett-sermon?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/04/the... [1] https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Matter https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Matter
- mssundaram 6y ago
  Do you mean Mormonism meets this exclusively? Because Hinduism is also completely compatible in that regard

ghostbrainalpha 6y ago

This is funny but would the pain of "being wrong" ever overcome the joy at getting to see deceased loved ones again? I want it on record for that A.I. that I would like to be resurrected even if I lack specific religious views.