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12-08-2003, 08:57 PM
Is God in the Matrix? Part 1
In The Matrix, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." The Oracle tells Neo that he has a good soul. There are no other direct statements related to God.
In The Matrix Reloaded, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." There is a prayer meeting at the temple mount. The prayer is really a speech and there is no mention of God.
In The Matrix Revolutions, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." The only other time God is used is when the Trainman tells Neo, "Down here, I am God." Seraph, Morpheus and Trinity fight the Merovingian in Club Hell. There are references about The Oracle, prophecies, miracles and the messiah, but they are not directly linked to God.
The Trainman's statement, "Down here, I am God," is inconsistent with the Judeo-Christian monotheistic concept of God. No one can exist independent of God. There can be no place where God does not exist. The statement, I am God, negates the existence of God. It violates the 10 commandments on many levels.
The omission of God in the prayer session in Reloaded may also negate the existence of God. How could a community that has a belief in God or a higher power, have a prayer session for their very survival and not mention God?
The sheer number of times "goddamn" is used in the trilogy questions the existence of God.
Morpheus trains his crew to fight and provides weapons for their missions. He instructs them that anyone who is not "unplugged" is the enemy. He essentially gives them the green light to do what ever is necessary and kill who ever is necessary to further their cause. While the Old Testament has battles that could be seen in the same light, there are also vast teachings in the Bible about the sacredness of life, of how one should not take another's life if at all possible. These types of moral teachings seem to be absent in the Trilogy and there appears to be little or no remorse at the multiple killings that take place.
All of Neo's powers can be explained by his interactions with the machines. Even when he saves Zion at the end, it is just him and the machines. The savior of the human race had no blatant connection to God.
Despite the religious symbolism in the trilogy, the script does not seem to provide much evidence of God and may even suggest that God does not exist.
Is there, however, another way that God can be inferred from the Trilogy?
Part 2...to follow.
http://thereisno-spoon.blogspot.com/
In The Matrix, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." The Oracle tells Neo that he has a good soul. There are no other direct statements related to God.
In The Matrix Reloaded, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." There is a prayer meeting at the temple mount. The prayer is really a speech and there is no mention of God.
In The Matrix Revolutions, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." The only other time God is used is when the Trainman tells Neo, "Down here, I am God." Seraph, Morpheus and Trinity fight the Merovingian in Club Hell. There are references about The Oracle, prophecies, miracles and the messiah, but they are not directly linked to God.
The Trainman's statement, "Down here, I am God," is inconsistent with the Judeo-Christian monotheistic concept of God. No one can exist independent of God. There can be no place where God does not exist. The statement, I am God, negates the existence of God. It violates the 10 commandments on many levels.
The omission of God in the prayer session in Reloaded may also negate the existence of God. How could a community that has a belief in God or a higher power, have a prayer session for their very survival and not mention God?
The sheer number of times "goddamn" is used in the trilogy questions the existence of God.
Morpheus trains his crew to fight and provides weapons for their missions. He instructs them that anyone who is not "unplugged" is the enemy. He essentially gives them the green light to do what ever is necessary and kill who ever is necessary to further their cause. While the Old Testament has battles that could be seen in the same light, there are also vast teachings in the Bible about the sacredness of life, of how one should not take another's life if at all possible. These types of moral teachings seem to be absent in the Trilogy and there appears to be little or no remorse at the multiple killings that take place.
All of Neo's powers can be explained by his interactions with the machines. Even when he saves Zion at the end, it is just him and the machines. The savior of the human race had no blatant connection to God.
Despite the religious symbolism in the trilogy, the script does not seem to provide much evidence of God and may even suggest that God does not exist.
Is there, however, another way that God can be inferred from the Trilogy?
Part 2...to follow.
http://thereisno-spoon.blogspot.com/