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Entry tags:
- awe,
- genesis,
- god,
- psychology,
- synthesis
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A few thousand years ago an opening to a story like this one would inspire an absolute awe:
But now? Not that impressive. So, what would God have to create today to equally impress a modern audience? What would be an event that would blow our minds away with an incomprehensible enormity?
1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2. Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. 3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light.The immenseness of the act must had been felt stunning to the people of that age. Just imagine - void earth, deep darkness, and all of a sudden light. Created at will. Out of nothing. Totally awesome.
But now? Not that impressive. So, what would God have to create today to equally impress a modern audience? What would be an event that would blow our minds away with an incomprehensible enormity?
In the beginning God created the Matrix. The Matrix was unformed and void, and no thought ever rippled its surface. And God said: Let there be consciousness .No. Let's try this:
In the beginning God created the conciousness. And the consciousness was unformed and void, and no idea ever rippled its surface. And God said: Let there be thought.