Essential
Listen to Time Loop (№ 87)
2018-01-30
"The Dark Knight on Trial" was the first iconic episode; "Attack of the Clones" is the first great episode. Prepare to have your mind expanded and your beliefs challenged.
Opening
Ben is planning to see The Phantom Menace 3D in the theatre
Matt finally watched Batman and Robin
Matt gets a voicemail from Ted Dekker
They announce a contest with the prizes being a The Curious Case of Benjamin Button DVD and Future Foundation comic issue 1 The worst prize package in the history of contests
News
Variety said that Joseph Gordon-Levitt would be playing Alberto Falcone in The Dark Knight Rises.
I'm greatly relieved because this means he's not playing Robin...two days later Entertainment Weekly comes out and says..it's definitely not Falcone.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Robin.
Oh my gosh.
I just want to see your face if that happens.
Main Topic
Do clones have souls?
Is a clone of a Christian also a Christian?
How does original sin apply?
Did Jesus die for a human consciousness scanned into a computer?
Feedback
Based on Col. 1:20, Brady argues that aliens would have to be saved through the blood Jesus shed on the cross, rather than Jesus reincarnating as an alien and dying again for them.
Archivist Note
Ben says that conception is the only point that makes sense for us to say scientifically that life begins, and so this is when a soul enters a body. I think you could also make the case for when the heart starts beating. This gets around the question that identical twins pose: if the soul enters the body at conception, what happens when the twins split after a few days? Does another soul get created? Does the first soul split in two?