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Date Posted: 03:46:46 06/03/03 Tue
Author: Jim F.
Subject: How old is the Matrix?

"The Matrix is older than you know." - Architect

How old? There is no reason to beilieve that our calendar date resets with each update to the Matrix, after all, there are exiled programs all over the place which are stated to be from older versions of the Matrix. One of these is the Merovingian who indicates that he has met some of Neo's predecessors who 'had better manners.' So, if the current update is at least 100 years old, as Morheus says, and we are on the 6th update, then the Matrix could be 600 years old...

But why not older than that? What if it goes all the way back to the earliest recorded Human history? The Architect said he originally created a perfect world, like a paradise, maybe THE paradise. Perhaps Adam was the first Neo.

All of our history could well be Matrix history. We can't know what our history really was - who would have recorded it? If we knew about a pre-Matrix history, then we would be aware of the Matrix. That does not mean that there really was an Adam and Eve, just a fable that grew out of the fact that we used to live in a (Matrix) paradise, that something bad happened, and that we were expelled from paradise into a world with evil. The Architect sent man from the Garden of Eden. He then created a flawed world, to match Man's imperfections. He drew from our REAL history to make the Matrix match our 'flawed' nature, so that it would appear more real to us. There were still problems, and the Mother of the Matrix helped with that - something I am not sure about, so hopefully someone else can explain the finer points of the solution she discovered involving the 'unconcious choice to accept the Matrix'.

At this point, I must beg forgiveness - I am not in any way religious, so forgive any mistakes I make regarding true religious history.

As time went by, the imbalance in the Architect's equations grew to an (anticipated) point to where a prophet, messiah, saint, whatever you want to call it, appears among the Human's. This person is the personification of our desire for deliverence, or for a leader, God, or whatever. This need is especially so with the people who leave the system and end up in Zion - they seek hope and purpose, some figure to worship. That is why Neo is so tied in with the "Zion anomaly" that the Architect speaks of.

However, both in mathematics and science and in Myhtology, often times one thing is accompanied by it's opposite. The One is a Messiah. His appearance is prophecized. He appears, grows in power, then he dies - and is reborn and rises from the dead, and when he does, when he fully BECOMES the Messiah, then his opposite is also born....Satan. Agent Smith is destroyed and reborn as the personification of Evil. He wants power, he steals souls, he wants EVERYTHING.

As far as the Architect and the Matrix are concerned, the One is the "eventuality" of the imbalance in the system. The purpose of the One is to then enter the Source, download his code (he is human, but his Matrix image contains information about human nature that the system needs for the next update), and then go on to found the new Zion. When the One downloads his code, it is like balancing a formula, and it cancels out the other part of the anomally which is represented by agent Smith.

Jesus loved Man. He died to save Man and erase Man's sins (or something like that.) According to the Architect, the one is enhanced so as to have 'a profound attachment to the rest of humanity', thus the One would love his fellow humans and choose to save Humanity (just as Christ did) by sacrificing himself. (Neo has already died to save Moroheus, and was reborn.) Since the One is the personification of Zion, Zion also is destroyed, then rises again.

Many figures from our Matrix history could be versions of the One. Moses, Jesus, and others who made sacrifices, led men to freedom, or otherwise displayed great powers on behalf of Mankind, could each have been a version, or a Mythological representation of the One.

Now we have Neo. His affinity for Mankind is 'more specific', says the Architect. He loves Trinity and will not choose to destroy Zion, but instead rushes off to save Trinity, thinking that he can save Humanity later. As far as the Architect knows, it is imperative that the One go to the Source to balance the equation, otherwise, Evil will flourish and destroy the Matrix. Thus, with the sentinel army destroying Zion, and Evil destroying the Matrix, Humanity itself will be elliminated. Agent Smith will cause the cataclysmic system crash that the architect refers to. By choosing to go back into the Matrix to save Trinity, Neo is unleashing the Evil of agent Smith upon the Matrix world. The Architect, being a machine, and thus having a logical, mathematical mind, beleives that Neo's choice will inevitably lead to a system crash. But Neo is human, and does not rely solely upon logic. Neo can attempt to be 'more than the sum of his parts.' It will be difficult, but Neo will have to face agent Smith and beat him. He must destroy Evil on his own to save Humanity.

In the previews, we see that Neo will have a final showdown with Smith. I think he will be successful, though he may die in the process, and that the Matrix will go on, perhaps changed. We will see this new Matrix in the online game, which is billed as "Continuing where the movie leaves off," where you can play a character inside the Matrix.

But don't be disapointed, after all, they can't spontaneously release Humanity from the Matrix. Imagine millions, perhaps billions of people being flush out of the battery towers all at once, it would take a fleet of Roto-Rooters to unclog the logjam, and then all of them would drown before Morpheus could pick them all up! No, the Matrix will have to be adjusted gradually in order to awaken Mankind, and certain programs including the Oracle, whom Neo has 'made a beleiver' may help mankind emerge. And then Humans and Machines can live happily ever after...La, la, la-la...The End

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