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I apologize @bling for placing you front & center but your recent post really got my wheels turning about a thought experiment in which a 2017 supernatural Jesus went around performing miracles...would the skeptics truely be sold then if that were to happen? bling's post said...
Of course the following is my speculation, but what is your speculation on how it would go down?? ...YouTube clips of Jesus would have billions of hits, it would dominate all news channels as drastically as the week of September 11th. But I could absolutely picture modern day rationalizing, not a doubt in my mind. Today I'm almost convinced that the general public would eat up anything that's fed to them.
So today we have Quantum Mechanics, which is completely counter intuitive to normal physics. Objects that seem to effect each other telepathically, objects moving through other objects, etc. We have so much cutting edge research going on, I could see 2017 Jesus being painted as some kind of modern day Einstein on steroids who has figured out how to manipulate physics in the everyday world in the same manner that physics 'Naturally' works on a Quantum level. Or how about 2017 Jesus being painted as a breakthrough clone that has brain capacities that humanity never thought possible? AND this brain power completely opens the door for 'God knows what', and the things that this cloned man is doing has totally rational scientific explanations, we are just behind the 8 ball a bit and are 'Working on solutions to figure it out.' News outlets everywhere would tell us that we all can relax, he only "LOOKS SUPERNATURAL."
I'm not a science guy and I might even be speaking scientific nonsense right now, but I literally think that it's possible that you wouldn't even need to have a coherent theory that makes scientific sense in order to fool the masses (especially today). But that's just option 1. Option 2 would be to actually have a legitimate explanation that sounds very scientifically plausible. I'm not good with science so I can't be more creative about what that rationalization could sound like. Maybe someone else could think of a more articulate scientific rationalization.
I could see huge 2017 Jesus popularity right out of the gate...but then see it wane more & more. I could picture something sort of similar to how Jesus was followed around and challenged by the Jewish authorities. I could picture law enforcement having a sort of 'Bold confidence vs mixed hesitation' around this magic man, maybe themselves not being totally positive if the rationalization of his 'Supernatural' feats are true or not, themselves confused about this blurring of the lines between 'Miracle' and 'Scientific Breakthrough.'
Now if 2017 Jesus had a repeat capital punishment mission, if he had to die again but die today, I could picture massive reactions of "Wow what a phony!!" if he allowed himself to be captured and beaten down by law enforcement. I could imagine people saying things like "Really?? This guy said that he will overthrow all the world's governments before his mission is over, yet he just got beat down like a punk by 3 out of shape cops!!??"
So what do you think? Do you think that the 2017 propaganda machine, combined with our fascinating cutting edge scientific age, combined with our love affair with SciFi possibilities, would all have enough spin in the tank to rationalize away a 2017 supernatural Jesus?
This is a very interesting modern day thought experiment, obviously 'Living for Jesus' and intellectually investigating the claims of Jesus are very different...so what would happen if the gig was officially up on all investigations, how would a 2017 Jesus mission go down? How would a miracle working 2017 Jesus do at being declared God? My guess...the gig would not be up with his miracles, the rules of 'The Gig' would change.There is always an alternative motive people can fabricate for God doing the miracle or a way the miracle did not really happen (it was a trick) or like you they can question if it really even ever happened. Signs at best will just get you to consider other alternatives to your existing believes.
People who have seen signs seem to wait for the next sign (more knowledge) instead of taking the next step in their spiritual growth (they want to rely on signs).
Of course the following is my speculation, but what is your speculation on how it would go down?? ...YouTube clips of Jesus would have billions of hits, it would dominate all news channels as drastically as the week of September 11th. But I could absolutely picture modern day rationalizing, not a doubt in my mind. Today I'm almost convinced that the general public would eat up anything that's fed to them.
So today we have Quantum Mechanics, which is completely counter intuitive to normal physics. Objects that seem to effect each other telepathically, objects moving through other objects, etc. We have so much cutting edge research going on, I could see 2017 Jesus being painted as some kind of modern day Einstein on steroids who has figured out how to manipulate physics in the everyday world in the same manner that physics 'Naturally' works on a Quantum level. Or how about 2017 Jesus being painted as a breakthrough clone that has brain capacities that humanity never thought possible? AND this brain power completely opens the door for 'God knows what', and the things that this cloned man is doing has totally rational scientific explanations, we are just behind the 8 ball a bit and are 'Working on solutions to figure it out.' News outlets everywhere would tell us that we all can relax, he only "LOOKS SUPERNATURAL."
I'm not a science guy and I might even be speaking scientific nonsense right now, but I literally think that it's possible that you wouldn't even need to have a coherent theory that makes scientific sense in order to fool the masses (especially today). But that's just option 1. Option 2 would be to actually have a legitimate explanation that sounds very scientifically plausible. I'm not good with science so I can't be more creative about what that rationalization could sound like. Maybe someone else could think of a more articulate scientific rationalization.
I could see huge 2017 Jesus popularity right out of the gate...but then see it wane more & more. I could picture something sort of similar to how Jesus was followed around and challenged by the Jewish authorities. I could picture law enforcement having a sort of 'Bold confidence vs mixed hesitation' around this magic man, maybe themselves not being totally positive if the rationalization of his 'Supernatural' feats are true or not, themselves confused about this blurring of the lines between 'Miracle' and 'Scientific Breakthrough.'
Now if 2017 Jesus had a repeat capital punishment mission, if he had to die again but die today, I could picture massive reactions of "Wow what a phony!!" if he allowed himself to be captured and beaten down by law enforcement. I could imagine people saying things like "Really?? This guy said that he will overthrow all the world's governments before his mission is over, yet he just got beat down like a punk by 3 out of shape cops!!??"
So what do you think? Do you think that the 2017 propaganda machine, combined with our fascinating cutting edge scientific age, combined with our love affair with SciFi possibilities, would all have enough spin in the tank to rationalize away a 2017 supernatural Jesus?