Given that they’re not judged until after they die, aren’t they in this state anyway?
Being in a superposition isn’t the same as being unknown or undecided. And I was mostly thinking of their state in the afterlife.
You’re not “judged” if you just “believe in Jesus Christ”. I mean, what would God even judge you on if the priest already “absolved you of your sins” and Jesus also “died for your sins”? 🙄 🤷
Aaaannnd just like that, you’ve created a new denomination.
To flesh this out a bit more: suppose Pilate locks Jesus in Joseph of Arimathea’s specially-prepared tomb with the standard Geiger-counter-and-poison setup. After three days the counter has a 50% chance of triggering, leaving the tomb in a superposition of two states:
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The Geiger counter is triggered, Jesus dies for our sins and is resurrected, and humanity is saved.
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The Geiger counter isn’t triggered and Jesus’ bid to save humanity fails. But he realizes he can still prevent the rest of humanity from collapsing into a pure damned state: he miraculously changes the wave function of the cave’s contents to be identical to 1, including his own mental state.
After three days the tomb is opened, and a superposition of Jesus 1 and Jesus 2 emerges. Because the two states are indistinguishable, observing it doesn’t cause it to collapse into either pure state. The system remains in superposition until someone observes the fate of a “saved” soul.
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Haha, what a thought
If Jesus is God, and God is everything all at once, Schrodingers cat is already Jesus.
We should all be using the name less. And I don’t mean Jesus, I mean the other one. Because as far as I know Christ wasn’t a raging, unapologetic pedophile.
You can’t put a fictional character in a box.
Schrödinger’s cat was fictional, I don’t see your point
The Roman Empire co-opted the whole movement and changed their state religion and it was all because of some comic book character? Pretty stupid of them! 👀
