BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE "PERSON OF INTEREST" TV SHOW
BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE "PERSON OF INTEREST" TV SHOW
by Forrest W. Schultz
Today there is a lot of discussion about the "dark side" of our police forces. Detective Carter (on the "Person Of Interest" Show) possessed an exemplary character which led her colleague Detective Fusco to turn away from the dark side of the NYPD and to join the good guys and their good computer, first to prevent crimes, and then, after 2014, to battle against the bad guys and their bad computer, who was called "Samaritan". I wonder if perhaps the show's writer chose this name to play a joke on us: in contrast to Jesus, who composed a parable about a GOOD Samaritan, he decided to write a story about a BAD Samaritan! Ha Ha !!
Well, anyway, on Tuesday night, in the show's final episode, the bad guys' computer was destroyed by the good guys, BUT the show did NOT deal with the allegation of the bad guys that there is a need for a super intelligent computer knowing almost everything to plan our future. We should trust it, they said, because it knows much more than any of us! The ONLY answer to this is to trust in God, who is omniscient as well as all righteous, thereby being the only valid person in who to rest our trust. Without this trust in God, people will keep on trying to invent a supercomputer and place their faith in it. Amen!
by Forrest W. Schultz
Today there is a lot of discussion about the "dark side" of our police forces. Detective Carter (on the "Person Of Interest" Show) possessed an exemplary character which led her colleague Detective Fusco to turn away from the dark side of the NYPD and to join the good guys and their good computer, first to prevent crimes, and then, after 2014, to battle against the bad guys and their bad computer, who was called "Samaritan". I wonder if perhaps the show's writer chose this name to play a joke on us: in contrast to Jesus, who composed a parable about a GOOD Samaritan, he decided to write a story about a BAD Samaritan! Ha Ha !!
Well, anyway, on Tuesday night, in the show's final episode, the bad guys' computer was destroyed by the good guys, BUT the show did NOT deal with the allegation of the bad guys that there is a need for a super intelligent computer knowing almost everything to plan our future. We should trust it, they said, because it knows much more than any of us! The ONLY answer to this is to trust in God, who is omniscient as well as all righteous, thereby being the only valid person in who to rest our trust. Without this trust in God, people will keep on trying to invent a supercomputer and place their faith in it. Amen!
posted by Forrest Schultz @ 1:39 PM
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