AltHist & Movie: Confederate States of America

I was traveling in time and through parallel worlds, and I happen to chance on this documentary from an alternate universe. ;) The documentary from the British Broadcasting Service (the counterpart of our BBC in that world) is about the history of the Confederate States of America from its victory in the War of Northern Aggression.

I won't spoil it for you, but there is definitely some very racist elements in the movie that made me almost gag, so don't watch if you're easily offended. It would have seem that the Confederate society did not evolve much from its focus on slavery. The almost unrealistic Cold War with a certain north country (and it's not Russia) leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth. It's not a balanced documentary, because only the aspect of slavery in society is focused upon. The Confederate States as presented is as a very isolationist and almost totalitarian country. I would have thought as well that abolitionism would have a stronger resistance to the "slaveocracy". The Presidential family Fauntroy is too much of a focus in the film. The movie's mockery of Christian values, while understandably corrupted by the slavery question, also touches a nerve. 

All in all, the documentary made me think. Today, our rights are being assaulted by politicians. We aren't free anymore from government, as the slaves from the past weren't free from their masters. 

The video is the whole film, so tell me what you think below in the comments.

Mindwrap: Higher Dimensions

"I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter."
2 Corinthians 12:2-4

Ever since man had fallen into sin, humans have dreamed of realities higher than our bleak three-dimensional existence.

Is Heaven a higher dimension? Can the spirit world be explained as a dimension removed from our universe?

But before I go on, I will lay down the basics. As the video shows, a point has zero dimensions. A line will have one. A square has two. A cube has three. We live in a world with a visible three dimensions. Our universe also experiences the dimension of Time, but this blog post only concerns itself with spatial dimensions, not temporal.

Why can we not see or interact with other higher dimensions? We can draw an analogy from the book Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. In Flatland, the inhabitants are only limited to 2 dimensions. The inhabitants are circles, squares, triangles, and so are their surroundings. A 3-dimensional entity can look down on the flat land, but the inhabitants cannot look up to the higher dimensional being, so to speak. To the inhabitants, the being is godlike.

This will imply that God is probably residing in the highest dimension conceivable, or outside all dimensions, yet interacting with the lowlier dimensions. This reflects His attributes of immanence and transcendence.

There have been theories that the spirit world is simply another dimension. One theory states that living people have a fourth-dimensional spirit attached to the three-dimensional body until death. An interesting concept. I don't know if it has truth behind it or not.

Now, the idea that Heaven(or even Hell) is another dimension, or a dimension within our universe has more credence. The Russian cosmonauts always bragged on the fact that when they went to space, they did not find God. They haven't looked at other dimensions!

Some say Heaven is in another planet somewhere. The Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses believe God as an alien being of sorts. Songs like this support that theory:

"Somewhere in outer space,

God has prepared a place

For those who Him and obey.

Jesus will come again,

Although we don't know when,

The countdown is getting lower every day!

Ten and Nine,

Eight and Seven,

Six and Five and Four,

Call upon the Saviour while you may.

Three and Two,

Coming through the clouds in bright array,

The countdown is getting lower every day!"

It's a fine Sunday School song, but possibly theologically incorrect. God is not a physical alien being from another planet in space. God is a Spirit. 

So, just some of my ranting, perhaps, but I hope it made you think.

Proof of Intersecting Alternate Mirror Universes

Legends of doppelgangery has invaded the real world... in the life of Sam Garcia.

With this proof, I now firmly believe that the CollegePlus! people live in one universe, my youth group lives in another, and that I live in the Twilight Zone of both. And that they are two mirror images/doppelgangers of each. :P

*plays creepy music here*

For the purposes of this post, I will label the CollegePlus-inhabiting universe: Universe C+, and the other Universe HS.

EVIDENCE #1:

Jon David Bruegel (Universe C+)

Facts:

President of the Forums

Capitalistic

Christian

I work for him as a Statesman Independent Contractor.

He's my (CollegePlus!) grandpa! :D

John David Heisler (Universe HS)

Facts:

Self-Declared Dictator

Socialist-leanings

Atheist(former Christian?)

I've worked for him as a Advisor.

I do not have any relation to him. :P

EVIDENCE #2:

Beka Kelly (Universe HS)

Facts:

Short

Brunette.

Deleted me on Facebook.

Beka Le Torneau (Universe C+)

Facts:

Forgive me, but- short.

Brunette

Deleted me on Facebook.

EVIDENCE #3:

Jason Manion (Universe C+)

Facts:

CP! Coach

Lives near Columbus, OH

Has a picture of himself and Rick Santorum

Ohio State fan(?)

Jason Williams (Universe HS)

Facts:

(Assistant) Youth Pastor

Lives In Columbus, OH

Has a picture of himself and Rick Santorum

Michigan State fan

Creeped out, yet?