I was playing online with my Playstation 2, and the thought just crossed my head. I was wondering what other people thought. If we're characters in God's video game system, what happens when he shuts it down?
2006-12-30 11:55:30 · 14 answers · asked by Lunarsight 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm familiar with Occam's Razor, but when you're dealing with a topic as complicated as the nature of reality, what would the simplest answer be? =)
2006-12-30 12:04:58 · update #1
Addendum: I'm not under any drug-related influence. I don't even drink. If this you think this notion of reality is wrong, can you share your more 'non-druggy' idea of what reality is?
2006-12-30 12:06:41 · update #2
Revu - So this is basically God playing The Sims. That's mildly depressing.
2006-12-30 12:07:40 · update #3
Ahhhh.... a deep and profound thinker.
2006-12-30 11:57:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're pretty close to the truth. according to the Bible, this material world is just a simulation, it is the spirit realm that is REAL.
We are characters in God's game. Immagine if you were playing a game and your "characters" had the power to chose whether or not to obey your commands.
2006-12-30 12:00:00 · answer #2 · answered by revulayshun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to speculate that we are all playing the game of unreality. We make the best of it, and never do discover the nature of reality.
2006-12-30 11:59:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a child playing a board game. We are the pawns, nothing more. Satan is his younger brother. When Satan leaves, god rearranges the pieces. When god leaves, Satan creates strategies. At least one of them is playing fair.
2006-12-30 12:03:21 · answer #4 · answered by Ghost Wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really it's all just a figment of my imagination and you are all in trouble when I quit imagining. "Martians Go Home". Just another twist on an old plot line.
2006-12-30 12:00:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch the Matrix!!
2006-12-30 11:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by bastcat8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've thought that often--how many times must I get killed before the screen flashes "Game Over"?
2006-12-30 11:58:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been watching the Matrix as well? Ockhams razor is useful here.
Edit:
So you know that entities are not to be multiplied needlessly, which is essentially what you would be doing.
2006-12-30 11:57:28 · answer #8 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have often felt like we are all the mice in maze and not in control at all.
2006-12-30 11:58:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL, put down your controller and your joint and come back to reality.
2006-12-30 11:59:15 · answer #10 · answered by gumdrop 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
kinda like the movie "existenze"
2006-12-30 11:57:23 · answer #11 · answered by -skrowzdm- 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋