simulation

“If you were God, with limitless resources and power, how might you go about creating a world for your children? Surely, you would want to create a world over which you could keep a watchful eye; a world where you could hear your children's cries and respond as necessary. You would not be likely to send your children away, out of sight and out of mind, because, first, you would want them close at hand, and second, there is no Other into whose care you could or would entrust them. A world where they could exercise their will and judgment without in any way affecting your plans for their future. A world where they could experience the joy and the pain of life and grow in wisdom, maturity, and strength of character -- where they could learn what it means to love and to be loved, to inflict pain and to be hurt, and to choose between these alternatives. A world where your children could be ultimately safe, no matter what happens. To accomplish all of this, you might consider letting your children romp in the image of a world. And so, you might go about creating the Divine equivalent of a computer simulation.” Ross Rhode


This sums it all up for me! For years I have been telling people that the world we exist in is rather like the Holodeck on Startrek!