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Mark Goodacre shared the following two videos<\/a> which look at Jesus\u2019 context (or matrix). <\/p>\n

Mark also asks whether it is still the case that anyone who hears \u201cmatrix\u201d thinks only of The Matrix<\/em><\/a>\"\". In naming my blog \u201cExploring Our Matrix\u201d it was my hope both that people would think of the Matrix<\/a>\"\", but also understand that it is a double entendre, and refers to exploring our own setting and reflecting on it, without assuming that it is an illusary simulation created by artificial intelligences using humans as batteries. Others will have to tell me whether I was successful.<\/p>\n

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