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Peter Weyland's 2023 TED talk provides an intriguing perspective on the idea of a god and generates much controversy as a result of trying to change society's understanding of this concept. The power to create is indeed, an impressive feat, and it is only natural for humans to feel privileged because of coming to control this power. Weyland's speech is referring to androids whom people are going to have difficulties differentiating from real humans in a few years time. When regarding matters solely from the perspective provided by Ridley Scott's 2012 motion picture Prometheus, it would only be safe to say that the power to create provides one with the ability to relate to him or herself as being a god.
While Darwinism seems to be a powerful idea, many people prefer to think of their background as having had a creator. One can almost say that people are 'programmed' so as for them to relate to every complex concept or idea as leading back to an individual who created them. However, people are also 'programmed' to express curiosity and the need to discover more about themselves and their creators. This means that humanity will always be concerned about trying to find out more about its gods and its background in general.
The power to create is, to a certain degree, a measure of divinity because it involves an individual being responsible for creating...
Even with this, when looking at matters from a theological point-of-view, one is likely to acknowledge that theology provides a stricter system differentiating between God and people. While people might be able to create androids, it would be impossible for them to create individuals who would be similar to them from all points-of-view.
Prometheus brings on a series of controversial ideas and it would only be normal for many people seeing it to accept that they were provoked to put across philosophical thought consequent to viewing the film. By being able to meet one's creator, the respective person is likely to be interested in associating a form of a grand narrative to his or her background. This is largely why people need religion with the purpose to explain their past. Theology virtually provides humanity with the opportunity to gain a more complex understanding of its background, especially considering that it has no clear data providing it with the opportunity to be certain of the events that occurred through time and made it possible for people to develop the way they did.
The character of David is intriguing and it appears to display feelings similar to humans by trying to question its creators. Thinking displayed by Weyland and Elizabeth Shaw is actually very…
Works cited:
Thomas, Isabel, "Cloning," (Raintree, 2012)
Dir. Scott Ridley. Prometheus. (20th Century Fox, 2012).
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