Aaaannnd just like that, you’ve created a new denomination.
If the Romans had put Jesus in a box with Schrödinger's cat, Christians’ souls would be in a quantum superposition of saved and damned.
Submitted 1 day ago by AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 1 day ago
To flesh this out a bit more: suppose Pilate locks Jesus in Joseph of Arimathea’s specially-prepared tomb with the standard Geiger-counter-and-poison setup. After three days the counter has a 50% chance of triggering, leaving the tomb in a superposition of two states:
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The Geiger counter is triggered, Jesus dies for our sins and is resurrected, and humanity is saved.
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The Geiger counter isn’t triggered and Jesus’ bid to save humanity fails. But he realizes he can still prevent the rest of humanity from collapsing into a pure damned state: he miraculously changes the wave function of the cave’s contents to be identical to 1, including his own mental state.
After three days the tomb is opened, and a superposition of Jesus 1 and Jesus 2 emerges. Because the two states are identical, observing it doesn’t cause it to collapse into either pure state. The system remains in superposition until someone tries to observe the fate of a “saved” soul.
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vatlark@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Haha, what a thought
FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 1 day ago
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
If Jesus is God, and God is everything all at once, Schrodingers cat is already Jesus.
DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can’t put a fictional character in a box.
cmrss2@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Schrödinger’s cat was fictional, I don’t see your point
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The Roman Empire co-opted the whole movement and changed their state religion and it was all because of some comic book character? Pretty stupid of them! 👀
alexc@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Given that they’re not judged until after they die, aren’t they in this state anyway?
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You’re not “judged” if you just “believe in Jesus Christ”. I mean, what would God even judge you on if the priest already “absolved you of your sins” and Jesus also “died for your sins”? 🙄 🤷
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Being in a superposition isn’t the same as being unknown or undecided. And I was mostly thinking of their state in the afterlife.