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Pope Says Technology Causes Confusion Between Reality and Fiction
Pope Benedict XVI has warned that people are in danger of being unable to discern reality from fiction because of new technologies, and not old books. "New technologies and the progress they bring can make it impossible to distinguish truth from illusion and can lead to confusion between reality and virtual reality. The image can also become independent from reality, it can give birth to a virtual world, with various consequences -- above all the risk of indifference towards real life," he said.
"New technologies and the progress they bring can make it impossible to distinguish truth from illusion and can lead to confusion between reality and virtual reality. The image can also become independent from reality, it can give birth to a virtual world, with various consequences -- above all the risk of indifference towards real life."
That's funny. It's arguable that the same could be said about the Bible. How many thousands of pages have been written about the workings of the Divine, or of the afterlife, when no one has truly seen either?
Oh give me a fucking break. Science can't even attempt to explain free will. Yet, all you science fanatics claim that God isn't a valid explanation. As a matter of fact, science says free will doesn't exist. I'm pretty sure that means the Bible is a more valid work on the subject than all scientific publications combined.
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Uh...actually, if anything, the bible proves free will doesn't exist either. god's supposed omnipotence makes free will an impossibility.
If someone already knows what you are going to do, how is it a choice?
Where in the Bible does it say specifically that God is omnipotent? Personally, I believe God is omnipresent, because I have not been witness to any divine interventions, nor seen tangible evidence of such an event.
Actually, if anything, since science dictates that I have no free will and just leaves it at that; the Bible is the leading authority on the matter. The Bible says my free will is a gift from God, and contains moral stories to guide me into using my free will for the good of all. Ultimately I think the Bible teaches that you do have free will, and you should choose to do more for others than you do for yourself.
So is God real and I have free will, or is science correct and there is no God and all events in the universe are determinate?
Do your research instead of trotting out the same old lies over and over again. *sigh*
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The pope's right, and he should know. In virtual worlds, porn sends sends sinners to hell. In the real world, raping babies sends coverup managers to the pope's throne.
And it's technology's fault, not some ancient superstition and the global corporation that exploits it.
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Forcing thousands of men to live celibate lives for no good reason causes confusion between consenting adults and altar boys.
Pope Palpatine has zero credibility.
and he thinks he knows the difference? What has his ilk been dealing the last 2000 years anyway?
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