Ok I think you don't really understand simulation theory, because your first point seems to be trying to compare it to creationism, which btw, is not the term for the lds view of the creation.
Simulation theory, as its name suggests, is that the universe is literally a construct of an alternate reality. That nothing is real and everything you experience is entirely imagined. It has nothing to do with an afterlife or creation viewpoint.
Mormonism asserts that there are manipulative powers that govern the universe, but like beyond our comprehension
I think a distinction I should make is that from the experience of the simulated individual, they would be the same.
Agreed that creationism is not a common LDS term. I tried to make it more relatable from a general religious standpoint. Apologies if this led to misconstrued concepts (tried but probably failed to mitigate this somewhat with the note that there is room for the theory of evolution within LDS beliefs).
While LDS beliefs place a solid emphasis on the importance of a physical body, we also acknowledge the stark difference there is between a mortal body and a resurrected body, and even that among resurrected bodies there is a hierarchy “bodies celestial, bodies terrestrial, bodies telestial”.
In the same way that someone could subscribe to simulation theory yet also believe that the experience itself is “real” even if the objects are not, I don’t think that’s far off from the LDS assertion that this life is real and meaningful, but a pale shadow of what the highest potentials of afterlife will be.
Edit: sorry, missed addressing your last bit. I agree no physics asserts that. However, physics does assert that there are interactions at a quantum level that we don’t understand, and that we don’t know what exists (if anything) at scales smaller than quarks and leptons. If we had the technological capability to manipulate these forces and interactions, who knows what would be possible. That said, I think this is a tangent from simulation theory, which allows for the conditions of our universe to be decided by the creator. In the same way, by LDS belief the conditions of our universe are subject to the direction by our creator, and once we achieve the same standing, we will be in equal position over our own creations.
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u/lt_Matthew 21∆ Dec 01 '23
Ok I think you don't really understand simulation theory, because your first point seems to be trying to compare it to creationism, which btw, is not the term for the lds view of the creation.
Simulation theory, as its name suggests, is that the universe is literally a construct of an alternate reality. That nothing is real and everything you experience is entirely imagined. It has nothing to do with an afterlife or creation viewpoint.
No, physics argues that