Hypotheticals

[awol]

this space reserved for hypothetical situation debates and conversations.  mostly odd thoughts i have about distant future/science fiction situations.

for instance:  can you imagine the homocides, suicides and wars that will plauge the first generation of telepaths?

if you could "hear" exactly what your parents, spouse, or even best friend thought about you?

how about lawsuits?  "i have to hear what they think of me at work all day!!"

any thoughts?

[Sunny]

How many careers will/could become obsolete or downsized with the expansion & eased access of the internet?

[Bratalie]

Well, we all wish to be a fly on the wall at one point or another but, as they say, becareful what you wish for.   Do you think aluminum foil on the head would prevent them from 'hearing'?

[Sunny]

What's going to happen to the Price of Right when Bob Barker dies?

What would daytime television be like without all of these darn Judge shows? Judge Judy...Alex...Stephanie...there's a whole list of them!

[followsthewolf]

1. When Barker dies, he'll have to spin the wheel. If he hits a dollar, he goes to heaven. No dollar, hell.

2. I'm waiting for Judge Smartass. She pulls the lever and both parties drop down to compete with Barker at the wheel spin.

[Sunny]

That answer, my friend, just won you an applause!

[Pa Kettle]

Olde English saying:
       "Be careful of listening at keyholes, lest ye be vexed."
     I'm not sure any of us would want to know what everybody thinks of us all the time.
       
                                   

[awol]

lemme set the scene.  couple married 15 years.  three children, 13, 8, and 6.  life is good, but dull.  the guy's sex drive is down, just as the woman's is peaking.  one of the little ironic practical jokes by the creator.  so lets just say it has been a while.  she succombs one night to the advances of someone she has known casually for a while, while hubby is out with the kids visiting grandma.  she realizes her mistake in the morning, confesses to her priest, and decides to never let it happen again.  but she discovers six weeks later that she is knocked up.

so, tell the hubby, have the baby, divorce, divide and destroy the home?

abort a sack of cells?

explain.

[awol]

k, if you don't like that one, here's another.

if you recieved a clear message from the hereafter, and that message was "it doesn't matter what you do, you're going to hell", how would your life change?

[Sandy Eggo]

k, if you don't like that one, here's another.

if you recieved a clear message from the hereafter, and that message was "it doesn't matter what you do, you're going to hell", how would your life change?

This one is a little easier I think. With the previous one...I know what I would do, but that may or may not be the right decision, let alone one that someone else should consider.

On this question...Growing up I was sent to a church that basically taught this. You're more than likely going to hell anyway, BUT if you live a live according to the word of God then there's a slight chance you may be accepted. As a child, my daughter's age or younger, I thought to myself...why bother? If my chances are that slim then I'm not going to skip all the fun just on a "small chance".  I'm not saying to be Christian you have to "skip all the fun", but in this particular church that was the case. We even had a list of products that we weren't supposed to use. No laughter or joy in this church what-so-ever, so I couldn't see it for myself. Still....

Working on your theory that there is a hereafter and I get the message, then I don't see my life changing that much. I haven't based my morals and values on the promise of going someplace special when I die. I live a fairly "good" life and I hope that if there is a hereafter that is taken into consideration, but even if I were going to hell...I'd live the same life. Mainly because it's me that has to live with it right now.

[awol]

would you bother going to church anymore?  why?

[Sandy Eggo]

Um, don't know. I don't go on a regular basis as it is. I haven't had a "home" church since that time period when I was a child. So, to answer your question, maybe, but probably not any more or any less. Is the point that you're trying to get at along the lines of when people realize their own mortality/demise/end  then they are more likely to go to church? The thought being that perhaps they can change the future outcome...in the hereafter?

[awol]

no, not really.  my point is that the connection between morality and religion is loose at best.  even guaranteed an eternity of damnation, i doubt anyone would alter their lifestyle much.

[Sandy Eggo]

This is a good and thought provoking idea awol and I'm hoping that more chime in on it, because I agree with you on one-hand, in fact my position is the same. I don't see it changing my lifestyle too much. Yet, you look at the events after a major tragedy and you'll find that more people are attending church and claiming to believe in God. So, a message such as you described, would cause that reaction on a larger scale...I think. Then you have those that would think it was party time. "I'm going to hell anyway so I may as well live it up" kind of thought process.

[followsthewolf]

No, but trying to convince lots of people to do so, or at least comforting pathetic attempts, gives lots of preachers a job.

And it gives others a fulfillment to believe that they have done fine work and, thereby, get the gold ticket to the pearly gates.