Omega Point Follow-Up

The all-too-common "omega point" science fiction tale either intentionally or by design is an attempt to discredit Christian faith by acknowledging it as an out-of-date evolutionary step in the progress of man (never mind that the core tenets of God-faith are no different today than they were "In the Beginning," nor that Jesus was perfect in every way, and no man has been his equal in morals or ethics before or since his crucifixion*). Very often -- and here, I think it is its draw -- the attraction of omega point stories is that they come off as a sort of "Christianity Lite" with impossibly dark undertones when put to the test.

I recently read a book that updates the Omega Point a little. I won't mention it by title because warning people off of other artist's work isn't something I generally do. The plot hinged on a cult leader/scientist (who didn't believe the religious gobbledygook that he spewed) dying and becoming the accidental martyr of the new religion. By a miracle of science, a computer set up by the cult leader begins to impart godlike wisdom, eventually revealing itself to be god, and inviting humanity to accelerate its religious evolution by recognizing, and giving themselves over to an "everywhere, everything" concept of the Christ.

For some reason, even the most skeptical rationalist gets the creeps when someone brings up the Antichrist. What is more remarkable to me is how oblivious we are to the deadly beauty and unconscious magnetic pull of the Pseudochrist, of which Antichrist is only one type.

*In other words, faith in Messiah, is, historically, the original faith. Ask Abel. Though dead, he still speaks.