Silly question about "The Matrix"...

SLAM: debunk creationism, pseudoscience, and superstitions. Discuss logic and morality.

Moderator: Alyrium Denryle

Post Reply
User avatar
The Nomad
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 1839
Joined: 2002-08-08 11:28am
Location: Cheeseland

Silly question about "The Matrix"...

Post by The Nomad »

I hope this hasn't been done before :shock: ...

Here we go : it is fairly obvious than there are Christians in the Matrix :roll: ...

Since they didn't got their sacraments "for real" ( weren't blessed with real holy water, didn't eat real hosts, etc ), do you think they would be sent to Hell :twisted: ?

I know, it's a stOOpid question... but I had to ask
User avatar
Joe
Space Cowboy
Posts: 17314
Joined: 2002-08-22 09:58pm
Location: Wishing I was in Athens, GA

Post by Joe »

Of course not, because there is no hell.
Image

BoTM / JL / MM / HAB / VRWC / Horseman

I'm studying for the CPA exam. Have a nice summer, and if you're down just sit back and realize that Joe is off somewhere, doing much worse than you are.
User avatar
Spanky The Dolphin
Mammy Two-Shoes
Posts: 30776
Joined: 2002-07-05 05:45pm
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland (not really)

Post by Spanky The Dolphin »

First off, don't automatically rag on Christians because they happen to be Christians. I think it's highly insulting.

Second, no they probably wouldn't, because they were being lied to.
Image
I believe in a sign of Zeta.

[BOTM|WG|JL|Mecha Maniacs|Pax Cybertronia|Veteran of the Psychic Wars|Eva Expert]

"And besides, who cares if a monster destroys Australia?"
User avatar
Nova Andromeda
Jedi Master
Posts: 1404
Joined: 2002-07-03 03:38am
Location: Boston, Ma., U.S.A.

Post by Nova Andromeda »

--That depends on which Christian you talk to. Some would say yes they all go to the pits of fire, while others would say that only bad ones go to hell.
Nova Andromeda
User avatar
Admiral Valdemar
Outside Context Problem
Posts: 31572
Joined: 2002-07-04 07:17pm
Location: UK

Post by Admiral Valdemar »

Only the fundies believe in everyone going to Hell unless you're a true Bible basher, fundamentalists exist in every walk of life, not just religion.

Like German tourists, the stupid are everywhere.
Raoul Duke, Jr.
BANNED
Posts: 3791
Joined: 2002-09-25 06:59pm
Location: Suckling At The Teat Of Missmanners

Post by Raoul Duke, Jr. »

Durran Korr wrote:Of course not, because there is no hell.
"Boy: Do not try and bend the Hell. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Boy: There is no Hell.
Neo: There is no Hell?
Boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the Hell that bends, it is only yourself."

Works for me.
User avatar
Yogi
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 2163
Joined: 2002-08-22 03:53pm
Location: Los Angeles
Contact:

Post by Yogi »

Wouldn't the time of the Matrix be equivalent of the rule by the Anti-Christ?
I am capable of rearranging the fundamental building blocks of the universe in under six seconds. I shelve physics texts under "Fiction" in my personal library! I am grasping the reigns of the universe's carriage, and every morning get up and shout "Giddy up, boy!" You may never grasp the complexities of what I do, but at least have the courtesy to feign something other than slack-jawed oblivion in my presence. I, sir, am a wizard, and I break more natural laws before breakfast than of which you are even aware!

-- Vaarsuvius, from Order of the Stick
HemlockGrey
Fucking Awesome
Posts: 13834
Joined: 2002-07-04 03:21pm

Post by HemlockGrey »

Um, why would not eating real bread at communion = eternal damnation?
The End of Suburbia
"If more cars are inevitable, must there not be roads for them to run on?"
-Robert Moses

"The Wire" is the best show in the history of television. Watch it today.
Howedar
Emperor's Thumb
Posts: 12472
Joined: 2002-07-03 05:06pm
Location: St. Paul, MN

Post by Howedar »

What a moronic thread.
Howedar is no longer here. Need to talk to him? Talk to Pick.
User avatar
Crayz9000
Sith Apprentice
Posts: 7329
Joined: 2002-07-03 06:39pm
Location: Improbably superpositioned
Contact:

Post by Crayz9000 »

The problem is that the whole thing is a simulation, and the people in it have no idea that the "real" world is just a simulation. So I don't see any reason why the people would be damned...
A Tribute to Stupidity: The Robert Scott Anderson Archive (currently offline)
John Hansen - Slightly Insane Bounty Hunter - ASVS Vets' Assoc. Class of 2000
HAB Cryptanalyst | WG - Intergalactic Alliance and Spoof Author | BotM | Cybertron | SCEF
NapoleonGH
Jedi Master
Posts: 1090
Joined: 2002-07-08 02:25pm
Location: NJ, USA
Contact:

Post by NapoleonGH »

HemlockGrey wrote:Um, why would not eating real bread at communion = eternal damnation?

well cuz then jesus cannot become the bread, thus you dont get your sacrament, thus you go to hell. Though i guess if you get Extreme Unction from a priest all that doesnt matter.
Post Reply