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What happens to diabolism in space....in the event that humanity does ever get its butt off the planet in big numbers..
Firstly, we'll gloss over getting a space suit that can fit over the horns and tails.
Let's take Earth Demon A, first day on the job, he tempts Alien B and then gets him/her/it
sign the contract in...aha, no circulatory fluid...a bit of a damper that one,
Demon A gives up, after several hours in the bar, he tries Alien B. Alien B is incredibly tempted by the very idea of !amorianf]xxych.
Demon A is then in a quandary, first he doesn't how to spell it, and secondly, what the heck it is...so is this like mass murder, or returning library books to the wrong shelves....
God and space
http://en.wikipedia...arke_short_story%29
Arthur C Clarke story [not_morrison_rm, May 16 2014]
Diabolical (or not) planet
http://en.wikipedia..._Case_of_Conscience
James Blish [not_morrison_rm, May 16 2014]
Childhood's End
http://en.wikipedia...iki/Childhood's_End
And of course, this is more to the points (horn points) [theircompetitor, May 16 2014]
Sinistar
https://www.youtube...watch?v=S-XEINagmaU
[the porpoise, May 16 2014]
[link]
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Religion, subset, the diabolical ones. |
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If you really wanted it, some diabolical app that compares and contrasts sins of different species and gives a comparative score of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the highest). |
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So 7 would be mass murder, 8 is parking in a disabled parking space (if none of the occupants of the car are disabled), 9 would be putting the books on the wrong shelves in a library and 10 would be...I don't know. |
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This is closer to 1/25ths baked. Back in the oven with
you. |
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I don't even think he turned the gas on. |
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Nope, this is my idea. Disclaimer 1 - It might not be a great idea, but it's an idea. |
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Also thinking about pocmloc's comment, isn't religion is an idea in itself? |
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Also I'm not the only person to have been interested in this kind of stuff, see AC Clarke's vaguely relevant and Blish's much more relevant story in the links. |
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Sorry this ain't gonna work unless Demon A has a cool name, like Sinistar [link]. |
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I only 'rearrange' books which shouldn't be read,
anyway. The Book of Mormon, the Secret, Twilight,
Wuthering Heights. You're welcome. |
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I wonder how L. Ron Hubbard got around this? |
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I'm invoking the Stand Your Ground law on this one... |
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OK, Demon A is called Seething Wells, are you happy now? |
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The early Christians were very creative, adapting Christianity to the circumstances they found among the heathens. |
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The idea of adapting Christianity to aliens is a natural. |
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Best would be proselytizing aliens who make first contact and start trying to convert humans. The aliens turn out to be Christians. The story would bounce back and forth between forensic attempts to figure out how Christianity got to an alien world, and description of the alien flavor of Christianity and how well it goes over on earth. |
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It would be most fun if the aliens were not blue skinned humanoids of the Trek variety, but !amorianf]xxych like, as described in the idea. |
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Yep, theology between radically different cultures, like people from Alpha Centauri and the French... |
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If I go nick someone's bicycle on Alpha Centauri, and in their religious code nicking stuff is ok, did I commit a sin...what kind of religious jurisdiction is there? |
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You could look at Sharia being only applied to Moslems in Moslem states to see complications.. |
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I think Einstein already covered this in Special
Relativism. |
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Each conscious being will bring with it, any attached
perception of why it's conscious & what it's meaning
is. |
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All other conscious beings will have their own. |
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They might share some beliefs or elements, but not
100%, ever. |
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But, it's very common for one being to project their
beliefs on another being, entirely incorrectly.
Humans even do this with their pets. |
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So, yes, it's likely we'd assume aliens shared our
beliefs & morality. But, it's likely entirely incorrect,
and exercises in this would be interesting & fun, as
they are so nonsensical. |
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