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The Omega Point is a spiritual belief that the universe is evolving toward a higher level of material complexity and consciousness. The term was coined by the French Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955). Teilhard argued that the Omega Point resembles the Christian Logos, namely Christ, who draws all things into himself, who in the words of the Nicene Creed, is "God from God", "Light from Light", "True God from true God," and "through him all things were made." In the Book of Revelation, Christ describes himself thrice as "the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end." The idea of the Omega Point is developed in later writings, such as those of John David Garcia (1971), Paolo Soleri (1981), Frank Tipler (1994), and Ray Kurzweil (2005). ==Five attributes== Teilhard de Chardin's ''The Phenomenon of Man'' states that the Omega Point must possess the following five attributes. It is: * Already existing * *Only thus can the rise of the universe towards higher stages of consciousness be explained. * Personal (an intellectual being and not an abstract idea) * *The increasing complexity of matter has not only led to higher forms of consciousness, but accordingly to more personalization, of which human beings are the highest attained form in the known universe. They are completely individualized, free centers of operation. It is in this way that man is said〔The Bible, Genesis 1:27〕 to be made in the image of God, who is the highest form of personality. Teilhard expressly stated that in the Omega Point, when the universe becomes One, human persons will not be suppressed, but super-personalized. Personality will be infinitely enriched. This is because the Omega Point ''unites'' creation, and the more it unites, the increasing complexity of the universe aids in higher levels of consciousness. Thus, as God creates, the universe evolves towards higher forms of complexity, consciousness, and finally with humans, personality, because God, who is drawing the universe towards Him, is a person. * Transcendent * *The Omega Point cannot be the ''result'' of the universe's final complex stage of its own consciousness. Instead, the Omega Point must exist even ''before'' the universe's evolution, because the Omega Point is responsible for the rise of the universe towards more complexity, consciousness and personality. Which essentially means that the Omega Point is outside the framework in which the universe rises, because it is by the attraction of the Omega Point that the universe evolves towards Him. * Autonomous * *That is, free from the limitations of space (nonlocality) and time (atemporality). * Irreversible * *That is, attainable and imperative; it ''must'' happen and ''cannot'' be undone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Omega Point」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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