(February 1, 2013 at 5:28 pm)Zone Wrote: A supernatural being or us would technically be anyone who exists outside of our universe where our laws of physics don't apply.
Quoting Martin Savage again.
Quote: And so if we are a simulation, we’re probably a simulation from our descendants, right? So, as our universe evolves and becomes more mature, then somebody in that universe launches a simulation to simulate where they came from.
It would be no use someone running a simulation to simulate where they came from if the laws of physics in the simulation weren't programmed to be the same as in the 'real universe'. Whoever launched the simulation would be outside the simulation, though. This is why I said the simulation launcher wouldn't be supernatural. He or she would have evolved in the 'real universe' so couldn't be God. Which means -
(February 1, 2013 at 5:28 pm)Zone Wrote: Gnostic Christians didn't believe that God and the creator were the same thing.
Modern day Christians would have to go back to Gnostic Christianity if they wanted to keep believing in God. The Demiurge for this simulation would be a computer programmer in the 'real universe'. Christians could then give themselves headaches wondering whether the 'real universe' was directly created by God or had a Demiurge of its own.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?