Is The Physical Realm Analogous To A Simulated Reality?

[VladtheDestroyer]

I'm curious about the angels singing to the Shepherds the night Jesus was born, and the 3 Lords outside of Sodom...Do you think that they manifested real bodies and really sang and talked or did they manifest a mental vision of singing, talking people in the minds of their audience?

I think they were really there, not just mental impressions in the people's minds. Therefore I accept that the pure and holy spirits can manifest bodies for themselves and that is how we will be able to use the vast universe as our playground, adjusting our physicality to the particular planet etc, a thought that was quietly resisted a few posts back.

That's an interesting question.

 

[VladtheDestroyer]

Under the altar? Why are they held prisoner in such a place?

Maybe they like to hang out there.

 

[VladtheDestroyer]

simulacrum

BTW this word might also be a bit gay. It's giving me lesbo-commander star trek series vibes.

 

[VladtheDestroyer]

Simulacrum...

 

[ttruscott]

That's an interesting question.

In the Bible, when God "opened his eyes," it typically refers to a moment of divine revelation. Most famously, in the Book of Numbers, God opened the eyes of the prophet Balaam, allowing him to see the angel of the Lord blocking his path with a drawn sword. Seems to imply that the angel was really really there but invisible to Balaam, yes?

And:
2 Kings 6:17, where the prophet Elisha prays for his terrified servant. The servant was overwhelmed by an enemy army, but God answered Elisha's prayer and opened his eyes to see the unseen spiritual realm—a mountain full of horses and chariots of fire. Was the fire real flames or just bright lights?