The Truman Show and the Matrix made me recall a certain book
that I once read that has similar grounds to these movies. That book is the
"Brave New World." This takes place in London where there is a facility
that create the perfect human beings to do that they are supposed to do and
unable to think for themselves. They did this because the women are unable to
give birth anymore and this was their only option of their survival. Despite
this is their last hope, there are those who are unhappy because they can think
for themselves unlike their other counterparts.
Right off from the bat, these scientists crossed the line of
creating human beings, even though that was the only way to survive. We are only
human and have no rights to play as God, because we already have a God to
take that job. Despite the women unable to give birth in the story, another
issue of the life of the empire is to remove freewill. This removes God’s love
out of our lives. God gave us freewill
and life to do what we like to do. God did not control Adam nor Eve to not to
eat the forbidden fruit at the time, but he lets them eat it anyway. God doesn’t want us to be robots, but to the
people in the Brave New World, this is for the human race. This can be seen in
both ways of the Empire and the Kingdom of God from two very different perspectives. The Kingdom of God supports that this is
wrong for us to populate wrongly and brainwash the offspring for a better world,
on the other hand the empire wants to create a better world that will make
everyone to live happily.
1. If the time comes where our situation is similar to the
Truman Show, the Matrix, and the Brave New World, How can we obtain freedom and
happiness?
2. How will our relationship with God change when our lives
are endangered? Will it break apart? Or Reinforced?
Good connections with the Matrix and the Truman Show, Joseph. I appreciate your point about free will. It will be interesting to see someday if this kind of situation occurs what humans choose to do about their survival.
ReplyDeleteJoseph, I definitely remember reading this book in high school, mostly because of the strong reaction I had to it. I couldn't believe that would take something as sacred as a human (and everything that defines us as humans) and make it into just another commodity, meant to be controlled and manipulated by the society. With medical technology advancing as it has, it worries me that we are perfectly able to create other human beings, and I too question how we will react when times of crisis come. I also agree with you in that God meant for humans to have free will, even at the expense of allowing sin. However, there is also the moral question that if you knew of a way to set up a society in which everyone would be peaceful and happy, why would you not take that opportunity? I feel like Huxley does a very good job at conveying the idea that creating such a controlled world such as this is not a desirable goal, even if it does improve the community temporarily. Because we are human, I do not believe it is possible for us to ever set up a perfect utopia on our own. But I do believe we are capable in participating in the rebuilding of shalom. If we stick to God’s blueprints rather than trying to create our own, I believe people will be much better off in the long run.
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