theophile: So why would we stop if we could continue being of service?
William: Of what service to YHWH are we in relation to the Universe?
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Replying to theophile in post #19]
The more appropriate question to me is not what service we are to Yahweh but rather what relation. Along this line, I view Yahweh as a physical being in the spirit of God, no different from Christ. The only difference is that Christ is more precisely a human being who achieves this union, versus it is unclear what type of being Yahweh is to begin with, except being very physical in form.
Which means, conceptually they are the same, Yahweh and Christ (they are physical beings in the spirit of God); and physical beings (such as human beings), are the ground and condition of their possibility... The point being, we are all potential Yahwehs / Christs, and there is no Yahweh / Christ without us. Or no work done in heaven or on earth.
Caution is advised in that regard as we could be consigning ourselves [and thus YVHV as us] to an epoch of an eternity of imprisonment within the confines of timespace, making use of our machinery to do so...trapping ourselves with the main simulation and any other simulations we create within the main...how is that going to be a good thing for the YVHV-US?
Why would YVHV create a trap for YVHV?
William: Our bodies are hardly designed for such Galactic exploits, but what is there to do re the Universe except to mine it for raw product and shape that product into devices which will essentially help with that?
I don't know why you are bringing such a capitalistic / exploitative view to all this.
Even dropping the motivation capitalism brings, we would still do those things - we would have to, as how else are we going to get out there and transform something otherwise useless into something useful?