What kind of a world would you create, if you had the power?

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I am not sure where this thread should go.

It is the result of reading a post made by @guanophore when he (or she) expressed a relief that I am not God. 🙂 I think this was a bit hasty in that assessment, so I wanted to show what my preferences are, and what kind of a world I would create if I had the power.

In the philosophy section there were at least some discussions about it, and unsurprisingly many posters asserted that they would create a world exactly as it is, after all “perfection” cannot be improved upon. (Holocaust? Genetic deformities? Hunger, pain, suffering? Tortures? Wars, rapes?) They have a very strange idea about “perfection”, if they think that this world is “perfect”. It is my suspicion that they do not dare to criticize God’s “work”… hehe - not even hypothetically. You can check it out here: If you were a loving God; how would you have created this world?

But that is not my point here. If I would be given the opportunity and the POWER to create a world, it would have very small resemblance to this one. Of course there would be no hell with its eternal damnation. There would be no boring heaven without any change (there is no time in heaven!) - after all “varietas delectat!”. That is simply not my style. There would be no suffering either. There would be no irreversible death.

I would base the world upon the principle of role-playing computer games. Death would be temporary, with some small disadvantage, so people would try to avoid it. You could change your character and assume very different roles. You could grow in knowledge, experience, gain new friends, choose new goals. Become an artist if that is what you desire. You could practice new trades, grow in skills, create new artifacts. You could go and explore the world, see new places, make new friendships. And if you would decide that you had enough, you could suspend your life for a while and come back later, if you so desire. (Set an alarm-clock… for 10 thousand years 🙂 )

There would be unlimited freedom of thought, but limited course of actions. You could not destroy other people’s achievements. If you prefer war or hunting and killing, there would be artificial, computer generated opponents, who would be hard to defeat, sometimes even impossible to “solo”. You would need your friends to win such an encounter. So, whatever you can imagine - without the horror of this reality.

Arthur C. Clark’s novel, “The stars and the city” would be a good starting point to build such a world.

What kind of world would YOU create?
 
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I wouldn’t even contemplate such a question, my respect for God is too great.
Not that I don’t enjoy the odd droll hypothetical now and then. But not with regards to the Creator.
 
I would put all annoying people on an island very far from me.
They’d have every amenity for a really great life.
But I wouldn’t have to deal with them.
 
pianistclare said:
I wouldn’t even contemplate such a question, my respect for God is too great.
Not that I don’t enjoy the odd droll hypothetical now and then. But not with regards to the Creator.
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That is a very interesting attitude. After all we (as in all humanity) keep on trying to improve on God’s “design”, by developing new medications, by creating better-yielding crops, and zillions of other improvements. I don’t think that this shows “disrespect”. But your mileage seems to vary. 🙂
0Scarlett_nidiyilii said:
I would put all annoying people on an island very far from me.
They’d have every amenity for a really great life.
But I wouldn’t have to deal with them.
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Small change, but positive. At least you would not throw them into the fiery pit for eternal suffering.
 
Sophia said:
It is my suspicion that they do not dare to criticize God’s “work”… hehe - not even hypothetically
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I can only speak for myself, but it’s not fear that prevents me. It’s trust.

I don’t believe in this world’s perfection, but I believe in God’s. I believe in His Love and His Mercy. If I feel grief at the loss of a soul to hell, it is the faintest shadow of God’s grief. Think about it - He created that soul, loved it more than anyone else is even capable of doing, suffered and died for it. His grief at each loss must be gut-wrenching. I truly believe He does everything for each and every soul. If it goes to hell, it is not God’s fault.

I won’t pretend I like suffering or always understand why things happen. All I know is, God is infinitely more loving and merciful than me and He knows everything. So if He feels something is for the best, you can bet your bottom dollar that He’s right.

Just going to add, I find it impossible to believe that Someone as infinite and mysterious as God, who created all our earthly delights, could actually bore us in Heaven! For Him, keeping me happy and interested for all eternity is going to be a piece of cake!
 
Well, being a God, even a Trinity seems like a lot of work, so I would create an entire pantheon of Gods. I would make my existence apparent to the mortals I create. The world I create would look exactly like Earth, only governed differently. The “Church” would have dominion over all continents. I’m a maniac I suppose.
 
Been giving this some thought. Ya know, I think I know my own limitations to realize I couldn’t create a world successfully. What I thought might be good and wonderful could cause massive problems over time. Let me give some odd examples:

How many of us would say, “I wouldn’t put any mosquitos in it”. But do we know what ramifications that might have?

Or how many “no cancer ever”? Good idea, but I just wonder what unintended consequences that would have?

Or how about “no harsh weather?” Hmmm. Just what would that cause? I don’t think we know.

How about “no laws of thermodynamics, so you can make things perfectly efficient… no losses. Think of the energy savings”. But isn’t that getting the King Midas Touch? Hmmm.

No, I think I’ll let creating the world up to the Expert.
 
If I’m smart, I’ll create the exact same world as God deemed good.
 
Brittany said:
I wouldn’t create it any different. I would not change even the tiniest detail. It is as it is for a reason.
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So everything is hunky-dory from the Holocaust all the way to wars, tortures, rapes and abortions (especially abortions!). Let me ask something: “what do you do when you have a toothache”? Do you run to the dentist to fix it? Of just offer up your suffering? What do you do if your child is sick (if you have any)? What do you do when you see someone starving? Because every time you interfere with the world, you implicitly criticize God’s natural “design”.
Brittany said:
You seem to forget that those who go to hell only go there because they chose to.
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No, I did not forget it, I discard it as sheer nonsense. I cannot imagine that someone would bang and
kick the door of hell and demand to be admitted, so he can burn for all eternity. Because that is how a “choice” would look like.
Talitha712 said:
I believe in His Love and His Mercy. If I feel grief at the loss of a soul to hell, it is the faintest shadow of God’s grief.
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This is anthropomorphization. God cannot have humans emotions. And if something happens that he does not “like” (for lack of a better word), he can only “blame” himself. After all nothing can happen if God does not explicitly want or implicitly allow it to happen.
Talitha712 said:
So if He feels something is for the best, you can bet your bottom dollar that He’s right.
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Do you follow this principle when it comes to abortion? God allows it, because that is the best for all concerned - even if we lack the knowledge to understand “why”?
Talitha712 said:
Just going to add, I find it impossible to believe that Someone as infinite and mysterious as God, who created all our earthly delights, could actually bore us in Heaven! For Him, keeping me happy and interested for all eternity is going to be a piece of cake!
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Not in a timeless, frozen environment, he cannot.
0Scarlett_nidiyilii said:
LOL it’s not a mortal sin to be annoying
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It depends on your decision. Remember, you are the creator and God of your world. You decide whether something is a sin, or not. There cannot be an “objective” sin, independent from God’s decision. That would deny God’s sovereignty.
 
CapitalistCatholic said:
Well, being a God, even a Trinity seems like a lot of work, so I would create an entire pantheon of Gods. I would make my existence apparent to the mortals I create. The world I create would look exactly like Earth, only governed differently. The “Church” would have dominion over all continents. I’m a maniac I suppose.
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Quite interesting. Would you keep the inquisition, too? Because that was the outcome when the church was the absolute ruler, and all the kings ruled at the whim of the church.
lisaandlena said:
Unintended consequences…ie…cause and effect, are going to make it practically impossible for you to create your own personal version of paradise.
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“Practical” impossibility does not exist for an omnipotent creator.
lisaandlena said:
Unless of course you choose to do away with cause and effect, but in that case you also do away with free will, because in order to keep things from deviating from your intended plan, you’ll have to control each and every aspect of your creation.
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That is child’s play for omnipotence and omniscience. Of course there would be no unbridled freedom to create mayhem. As a matter of fact, I already gave the necessary details in the OP. Why would a creator allow something that he deems “undesirable”? By the way, a well designed and well built system does not need continuous control. You set up the desired parameters, built-in controls which prevent unwanted deviation, and let it rip. It does not make the system behave in a fully deterministic (robot-like) fashion, it merely disallows the unwanted side-effects.

To have a world without murders (for example) there is no need to posit a guardian policeman and monitor every intended action. This would be a very inelegant, almost primitive solution. The correct solution is to make sure that no one WISHES (wants, desires, wills) to murder someone else.
0Scarlett_nidiyilii said:
No headlice.
There wouldn’t be any headlice.
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Cool… no lice, but leprosy? Alzheimer’s? Parkinson’s? Strange value system. 😉
 
Sophia said:
Cool… no lice, but leprosy? Alzheimer’s? Parkinson’s? Strange value system
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LOL good catch
A previous poster said something about if we gave the world a tweak and then there were unintended consequences . My first thought was that a head louse’ only ecological niche was to live on the heads of humans. Nothing eats them, they don’t add any value to the ecology. If they vanished i don’t see any downside…
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I would create a world where women outnumber men 10 to one. 😌
 
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wkj_123 said:
Do you truly in your heart believe that?
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I’m not the person you directed this question to, but I have come to believe that.
When I was younger and more tender hearted, I thought that people did evil because of their bad upbringing, or maybe they had a psychological conflict or having a bad day or whatever.
I still believe these can be a factor in poor choices and sin, but I see a lot of people simply refusing God’s grace. They put their own pleasures or popularity or riches ahead of God and worship it instead. I go into com boxes and read unblushing blasphemy.
So yeah, some people really do reject God just because they want to.
 
Everywhere would be tropic. No pollution of any sort. and everyone would be vegan. Lol.
 
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