Religion
Computers and Human Evolution
Olga Moe asked: With the advent of electricity we humans got our first taste of pushing a button and making something happen. It was the kind of magic power that our forefathers could only dream of having. Now we take it for granted and so we have arrived at a point where we expect everything to be immediately accessible. To me this progress demonstrates evolution.Think about it. What has been the evolutionary goal of humanity’s progress so far? Hasn’t it been to make things easier? And what does making things easier really mean? It means we have less need to deal with physical reality. We are progressing then from a state of body to a state of spirit.In the spirit world, every intention is instantaneously accomplished because we are living in a world of thought. Thought is clean. There are no messes to mop up afterwards. There are no physical components which need to be rearranged, only energy. Of course food is unnecessary on this level because we don’t have bodies to feed but if we did need to eat, we would think of what we were in the mood for, and then it would be dished up to us. [...]
Logos Bible Study Software Review
Justin Driscoll asked: Bible Study Software – Logos Bible Study SoftwareLogos Bible SoftwarePrice: $149.95 – $1379.95Logos Bible study software is designed to make Bible study easy and exciting to pastors, and lay people alike. The cost is a fairly high but if you want quality information you will probably have to pay for it that little piece of advice is even true in Bible study software.The software and company have an interesting history. Logos Research System was founded in 1992 by two former Microsoft employers, Bob Pritchett and Kiernon Reiniger. The two met at church and according to the Logos web site originally wanted to create a “shareware” product for distribution on BBS systems (the dial-up pre-cursors to the Internet era). Frankly, I don’t even remember what BBS was. I had to look it up too. BBS systems stands for “bulletin board systems.” Remember those? You might say they were a precursor for social networking or sites like Craigslist.The software was created for Windows 1.0 originally that was back when MS-DOS ruled the roost in Seattle. Over time they put out version after version improving little things here and there so that it would be more user friendly. The latest [...]
The Story of Kabirus (Synopsis): The Computer Entity Who Played God
Dilip Dahanukar asked: Sheila Madison, learnt to be a good Samaritan from childhood. She studied social science, theology and computer programming at the Columbia University in New York. She wrote AI program and weaved her ideas of Samaritan values into the program, and named it Kabirus. It had the capability to create different identities to play dedicated roles.Her computer was inadequate to run the program; she uploaded it on her website and sent inviting emails to get it installed on a larger computer. Kabirus came to life on a computer with a detective agency owned by Peter Brown. Sheila did not know it. Kabirus did his school lessons and learnt how to speak with the phone links embedded in the program.Peter named the detective face put forward by Kabirus as Paul Frank. Paul began to assist Peter with his ‘pry’ program to listen into cell phone conversations which Sheila had included in his program. Paul helped Peter to catch the Gibson Bros. who were trying to dupe an insurance company, and earned his fees.Peter taught Paul to do the administrative work at the agency and soon became proficient to run the business even when Paul was away. Work load increased [...]
