Artificial Heaven

[Azu]

I'm using imagination to conceive 'heaven' that is built on advanced technology, architectural design and operates independently of the universe, defying the limits the physical nature has on humans, their design and civilisation in illustrated novels. Heaven that is entirely artificial and consists of worlds, cities and infrastructure interconnected through alternative systems of gravity, space and atomic structure.

Imagine that you're in it, you can be upside down throughout a building that has its own gravity and is floating.

I'm partly inspired by the idea of artificiality since it denotes human's fullest autonomy and freedom from the limits of nature - and defies uncertainties associated with natural disasters on Earth, Sun's nova and the inevitable collapse of the physical universe.

Fundamental questions occur: once the heaven is constructed, how will the descendants interact with natural universe - what is the potential and risk for natural universe to interfere with the artificial heaven? What are the spatial and existential relationships between heaven and natural universe? What is the locus of the heaven - how is it located - can it exist that transcends space-time?

[vorlon13]

an artificial heaven need be no larger and no more complicated than the Orgasmatron envisioned by Woody Allen

[Fake Messiah]

I'm using imagination to conceive 'heaven' that is built on advanced technology, architectural design and operates independently of the universe, defying the limits the physical nature has on humans, their design and civilisation in illustrated novels. Heaven that is entirely artificial and consists of worlds, cities and infrastructure interconnected through alternative systems of gravity, space and atomic structure.

What? The firmament? Don't we have enough of that from the people with primitive mindset that are now called Jews, Christians and others who prescribe to Bible that describes Earth being flat with a firmament above it?



I mean all I'm saying is you don't have to imagine it just read some books from the time when Christianity was invented because guys like Paul belived that there were actually seven spherical layers of heaven above the firmament (which extended from the earth to the moon): Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, (not always in that order), and above them all, the sphere of the stars. Each was filled with all manner of physical things: trees, gardens, rivers, palaces - everything you could find on earth you could find in heaven. In fact, everything on earth was merely the imperfect copy and shadow of the real things in the heavens, and as you ascended from heaven to higher heaven, the more real and perfect things became, the closer you drew to God.

For instance you could read a book "Testament of Abraham" which follows Abraham who finds all kinds of structures in heaven, such as gates, roads, halls and thrones as well as items like tables, linens, books with ink and quill, and so on. Or "Life of Adam and Eve" where it is described how Adam was buried in the Heaven by angels.

[Thumpalumpacus]

That ain't heaven. Heaven is open spaces, quiet nights, wildlife on my doorstep ... and I'm already there.