SF Trope: TheoTech (A Science
Fiction subgenre that borrows the aesthetics,
symbolism and terminology of religion, the occult, and New Age conspiracy
theories.) and The Corrupt Church http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CorruptChurch
Current Event: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-geoffrey-a-mitelman/technology-communication-_b_6211884.html
Wolf Alaba tapped the virtual computer screen
projected on the grimy surface of the table. He said, "What's the
difference between this and dealing with ghosts?"
Emilie Baumgartner shook her head. "I could say
everything, but I know the answer you're going for is that there's no
difference, so I'll go with that."
Wolf gave her a dirty look then said, "There's no
difference. Given that premise, then what's the difference between what we're
doing and what God said when Saint Timothy wrote, ‘The Spirit clearly says that
in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and
things taught by demons.’ ?” (I Tim 4:1)
“It’s a holographic projector..."
“It’s programmed to create the keyboard of a computer,
Em. What’s to prevent me from reprogramming it to project the spirit of your
grandmother; or the Pope; or the Prime Minister of Canada?”
“Of course there’s nothing to prevent you from reprogramming
it! That’s why we’re...” Outside the room they heard a series of rhythmic
thuds. “Ordnance. The Temple’s under attack.”
“We haven’t finished...” he began. She drew a slender
wand, aimed it at the projector painted on the back of his hand. There was a
flash and he screamed, jumping backwards. “At lease you could have let me neutralize
it myself! I’ll have a burn on the back of my hand shaped exactly like…” He
stopped talking as the floor shook with a tremendous explosion.
“There’s no way to get the Bible anymore, Wolf. It’s been
encrypted and corrupted…”
“The Bible has always been corrupted! You can’t read
it...” energy weapon fire echoed down the hallway. The HQ of the United Faith
In Humanity had been their last hope of breaking the stranglehold of the very organization
that sought to mold all Human belief into a single, non-moral philosophy that
was so rewoven that no one on Earth could possible reject it. “This was pretty
much our last hope of getting an uncorrupted file. The Burners took care of
pretty much all of the...”
The weapons fire stopped abruptly. There were a polite
tap at the door. Wolf and Emilie…
Names: ♀ , ♂ --
Germany, Austria (one via Nigeria)
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