Ok, this is a long one…

Mapping how objects become worshiped.

Mapping how objects of worship become manipulated over time, and thus become more widely accepted.

Mapping how ‘a savior’ infiltrates a system/society, and how it creates new social groups, as a result of this infiltration, and exploitation of a social group. Also starts to look at the ways people can spread belief, and understanding by acting against already accepted ways of being/acting within a social group.

Objects/machines that talk about truth, and attempt to exploit the truth through lack of understanding.

Mapping how an object becomes accepted by a social group through belief.

Mapping how an object mediates a group of people and tells of groups unity which then acts to spread a message.

Mapping how belief acts outside reason within the context of the outside world.

Drawing how bread becomes flesh.

Belief constructed by man.

Machines to promote fear into belief.

Words: Construction.

Words: Savior.

Words: Belief.

Words: Meaning.

Objects, and machines acting to reassure user.

Bread as: Metaphor, Suicide, Reasons to function, and Proof of God/Reward.

Viewing the world with help from technology. The helmet would display data to the user, which could reassure them of reasons to function within the world, for example viewing their children’s happiness, displaying pictures of loved ones, or reminders of better times.

Prompts by technology to validate life, and provide meaning. This object send a text message to your phone when your child is unhappy or happy to provide a reason, or need to work, continue to live etc. in order to please your children.

What does God look like?

E-Meter

Persingers helmet.

Hallucinogens?

The brain machine; currently set to ‘SEE GOD’.

Selling spiritual experiences?

Obviously machines are not enough to stimulate a vision of god, there has to be a certain context for this to happen in; perhaps a culture which holds certain beliefs about God already. It must also be combined with a belief in the first place, otherwise experiences can be justified by reason; rather than someone saying “I saw god”, they would say “My mind was playing tricks on me”.

How do people know if they saw God anyway…