[ExI] thread name change please: theological musins: was RE: BICEP2 and the Fermi paradox

[William Flynn Wallace]

What would be an even better idea is to get rid of the idea that spawned
the whole thing:   original sin.  billw


On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 9:23 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> >... On Behalf Of Tom Nowell
> Subject: Re: [ExI] BICEP2 and the Fermi paradox
>
> >...Spike and John Clark were discussing Hell and damnation in
> Christianity midweek, and I'd like to point out there is more than one
> possible interpretation of Jesus' sayings about what happens to those who
> are not saved... For those who like considering the simulation argument, it
> is interesting to note how simply this theology translates - there is a
> creator outside our existence which made this reality, it scans what is
> happening here, those who fail its spam filter will be deleted, those who
> meet certain criteria will be backed up and get to keep going.  Tom
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> From the point of view of memetic evolution, I predict that meme regarding
> the final fate of the wicked (eventually they are just gone, all suffering
> ended) will spread and morph among the remaining Christian faiths and
> become common.  It's a hell of a good idea.
>
> spike
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