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Marriage Is What Brings Us Together Today
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With the strains of "Ave Maria" playing in the background, a Japanese couple said their vows Sunday afternoon under the direction of a robot with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails. It was the first wedding performed by a robot, according to the manufacturer, Kokoro.
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Gadgets, Rebecca Boyle, humanoid robots, marriage, robots, weird marriagesThe officiant-bot waved its arms, flashed its eyes different colors and moved its head up and down as a man behind a curtain entered commands into a computer, the AP reported.
Japanese companies are making a push to integrate robots into daily life. While a robot wedding is one way to do it, the bride and groom aren't exactly everyday newlyweds — bride Satoko Inoue, 36, works at manufacturer Kokoro, and new husband Tomohiro Shibata, 42, is a robotics professor at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in central Japan.
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This is disgusting, mocking the Holy Sacrement of Marriage.
The truly disgusting thing is people who make comments like the one you made. Idiotic! Jeeesh!
When they got to the part where they asked the woman if she "takes this man" and the man if he "takes this woman" are they supposed to respond with a 1 or a 0?
@ spacegeek; I thought that you were going to say something religious, but you didn't, and that made me chuckle.
But the real question, why would a Christian or, even more extreme, Catholics, be reading a SCIENCE MAGAZINE. It sort of goes against the definition.
it doesnt go against catholics to read science? lol? If God created the universe, then God also created all the rules and laws of the universe....so trying to learn the secrets of the universe is the same as trying to learn about God.
sometimes theres a limit to what a robot should do. replacing humans shouldnt happen
like that other robot that replaces your boss.
why not just make a robot that does everything for everyone, that way the economy will be stable forever and no one will ever have to do anything ..... ayeg.
Science is a branch of religion - it is the study of the created to better understand the Creator.
Newton, Mendle, and Einstein all agree.
Atheism is the belief that nothing exist based upon the observation of nothing. It is poor logic and worse science. At least the Agnostic is honest enough to state that in the abscence of data, he does not know, rather than base an absolute conclusion on the abscence of observation.
More on topic, this was less a wedding that a promotional tool by a robotics company - a glorified comercial. I'm sure that if Steve Jobs offered to pay for your wedding if you had an IPad officiate, he would have no problem finding an employee with an impending wedding ready to cash in.
Why am I not suprised this comes from Japan? I don't see why you would think its disgusting but I could see how you might be somewhat offended. I don't see it as a big deal but I more or less feel the need to marry in a traditional way...
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Frankly, a Gundam would have been more fitting.
I now pronounce you man and wife; press any key to continue...
"Most of your comments are pointless anyways since:
a. there is no such thing as "Holy Sacrament" in the lives of most Japanese people
b. most people in Japan don't get all worked up over the distinction between science and religion
c. Christianity doesn't have a monopoly on marriage rights and they need to stop acting like they do."
What he said.
Not my cup of tea, but nothing to get real cranked up about -- think about the 24 hour wedding 'chapels' in Las Vegas.
As for Christianity and science -- they can coexist nicely. Hell, the Catholic church even said that they were wrong about Galileo.
Now for a some cheap shots at the scientests :)
- Most articles concerning evolution mention that scientests 'BELIEVE' in evolution. Science is about accepting proof -- not believing.
- Scientific American magazine devoted an entire issue to pretty much vilifying anyone who would dare to doubt evolution. ( They even said that SA readers would NEVER do such a thing).
Just saying that there are extremists on all sides. Have a good day.
oakspar77777 and ford2go - agree
id have sex with a robot
@dm60462:
You're anger proves my following point:
That technology, over time makes religion obsolete by explaining things or doing things that replace the need for a deity.
and @ford2go:
yea, they said they were wrong and galileo was right... nearly 4 CENTURIES LATER!!!(wasn't it sometime in the 90's?) Yet another example of the church fighting it's inevitable obsolescence.
Will you people get back on topic already!?! Logical_Atheist, what exactly are you doing on a SCIENCE site? This is NOT for religious discussions! (though talking about the philosophy of Creation/Evolution is fine) Stephen Alverez, I'm a Christian, there's nothing wrong with me being on here. There are way too many things going off topic here.
As for Christianity and science -- they can coexist nicely. Hell, the Catholic church even said that they were wrong about Galileo.
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