I'm not sure if something I am attempting to do within my stories is a multiverse, or alternate realities or what. I was researching it and just got confused.
Basically, I have Earth (here) as a real place, but passage to other universes are possible as well. Earth is the central point - the hub, if you will - to passage to other universes.
It's underdeveloped at this stage, but I'll just put up the little graph-thing I made. I was going to draw one up in Paint later, but, anyway...
Universe 1
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Earth --> Universe 2 <-- Other Earth
It's a little confusing without going into details, but basically, I have set most of my stories in Universe 2. In a future story, I was planning on having an alternate reality (Other Earth) being wiped out, and after a horror/thriller (Hopefully not too much of either) story with only a handful of survivors trying to escape a sole assassin I think I mentioned this story briefly to Lady Kitra once the assassin would revealed to be working for an alien group, which would begin building an interdimensional barrier/thingy to get to Universe 2.
After the invasion from Other Earth, Universe 2 - which has already discovered that Earth ("Us") exists, and that passage rights are exclusively held by a "limbo" realm, controlled by strange mist/energy creatures whose intentions are...shady, passage to Earth is eventually obtained.
When at Earth, you can cross through another universe - Universe 1. That is where one of my crossover series' will occur.
Anyway, the point of all this: What type of theories and stuff exist that fits/is close to this format? I know it is not the 'parallel universes/alternate realities' from Star Trek and Stargate, but I was still wondering.
Since this is titled Alternate Realities, I can briefly touch upon my theological feelings on that....I think.
Alternate realities, as described in TV series' like Stargate and Star Trek, are impossible, in my opinion.
If you are not familiar with this, quite simply, it is the theory that there are multiple universes. In each universe, there is a 'you'. Every possibility and outcome in your life, has occurred in one alternate reality or another.
For example: You flip a coin. It comes up heads. In another reality, it came up tails. If you do it again, the possibilities multiply.
Here's an illustration of what came up - heads or tails - each attempt, in different realities.
Alternate Reality #1: Heads, heads
Alternate Reality #2: Heads, tails
Alternate Reality #3: Tails, heads
So there is an infinite amount of possibilities, on a larger scale in life. In one reality, you may not have been born. In another, you may have died.
My internet is going to die in a couple of minutes, so I need to post this, so sorry if I am still unclear...
Alternate realities are impossible, because of two reasons.
Possibility/Reason 1: There are multiple gods, each one a capital "G", supposedly, one for each universe. That isn't right, because God is absolute and infinite and if there was more than one of Him...
Possibility/Reason 2: There are multiple "you's". In several realities, you accepted Christ. In others, you didn't. So, when you die, do you merge with those people? No. Do you go to Heaven or Hell? Also, it would be a "It doesn't matter what I choose, to follow Christ or not, if there is an alternate reality out there that I do, and one that I don't."
Agree/disagree? Discussion would be welcome.
Hope this made sense, I know I hopped around from subject-to-subject, so cheers if you read it all. Again, sorry for sloppiness - I was watching the clock.
--Balec
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