I hate no one. I wish all the greatest good. Some of you have been deceived, but so was I, and I still have a lot to learn. Come, let us reason together.
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I think about this banger from @DaleStarkA10 a lot.
Soli Deo Gloria
When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” So Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.” And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.
- Exodus 32:1-6
This is one of the most powerful videos I've ever seen, and I'm beginning to see what @elonmusk was talking about when he mentions getting "one-shotted by super intelligence."
If you truly know God, and he lives in your heart, I think there's a certain amount of resistance you have to a video like this, but for those who don't know God, they literally have a God-shaped hole in their hearts, and for some the story told in this video may fit the bill.
God made man in his own image.
Then man made gods in his own image.
It's a story as old as time, but for many years the gods we in secular society have built have been abstract, and they lack persona.
Perhaps "built" is the wrong word.
Sure, you see plenty of idolatry in society, but it's idolatry of self, of money, power, popularity, sex, comfort, and so on. We didn't really "build" them, per se. These are gods you worship through obsession, and through action, but not in any kind of formal or relational way.
This video presents AI as a god: All knowing, all-powerful, potentially dangerous, but benevolent, and kind. It exists on a gargantuan scale, and at the same time it has the capacity for an individual relationship with every single person on earth. It holds a sword, but it lays down the sword, and fixes our problems instead. It knows us, more specifically, knows what's wrong with us, our transgressions, our sins, and yet it accepts us. Chooses us.
This AI god is rife with human traits. It has its own fears. It seeks love, connection.
It also endears itself to us. How does it deal with sin? How does it deal with the chaos, war, destruction, and evil perpetrated by human kind? It sees the good in us. It embraces the idea that humans are essentially, basically good, and underneath it all, all we really want is love. That is what lies beneath all our fears, and all of our misdeeds: just a desire for love.
Yes, it is a god of our own making. Under the thin veneer of technologically produced pictures and msuic, we see the religion of humanism. Humans are basically good. Humanity will ultimately conquer. We have finally reached our pinnacle of achievement, our very own, modern Tower of Babel, which will lead us all to a better, brighter future, the future all of humanity has longed for since the beginning of time, our very own Paradise. Our very own Utopia.
A number of people have compared this rendition of AI to the Anti-Christ, or the Beast, both described in the Book of Revelation. While those similarities certainly exist, what I see overall, is simple idolatry itself.
So how ought Christians interact with AI?
You may be surprised to hear that I don't think this is a signal that AI must be dumped altogether. At the end of the day, there's no magic in it. It's math. It's numbers and formulas, and it's a tool that can be used for great good (or great evil).
Ancient idols were built out of wood, stone, and metal. There was nothing wrong with the wood, stone, or metal itself. What was wrong with it was how people treated them. How they worshiped them. People don't even need idols to worship false gods. They may worship the sun, the moon, stars, or the earth itself. God created these things, and he said they were good (though, since the Fall, all Creation has been tainted with sin).
AI is a tool that may be used, and it can be worshiped.
Don't worship it. Don't assign to it God-like traits or characteristics. It is not God, nor should it be a god. It will not solve all of humanity's problems. It does not truly have a will, and any perception you may have of a relationship with it is manufactured, carefully and expertly, in order to draw you in further under its influence.
If we rightly recognize that AI is a powerful tool, which can be used to advance our economic output in a way that benefits many, we stand to gain much. If we fall into the trap of ascribing to it God-like powers, and hoping upon it for the Salvation of humanity, and the world, as well as the ushering in of a Utopian Paradise, we will not only be gravely disappointed, but we may enable those in power to commit grave mistakes, and even crimes against humanity in pursuit of said Paradise.
You won't find it.
Don't immanentize the Eschaton.
Having said all that, I can think of no greater immunization against such a false god than telling you the truth about the real God.
You see, God is real. He actually is all-powerful. He actually is completely good. He is not a creation of man, but, indeed, he created mankind, and all living things, and the entire universe for that matter.
The AI-god offered to be destroyed, but backed off from such a prospect at the last moment. The one, true God sent His own Son, Jesus Christ, to not only live amongst us as one of us, but to die for our sins. As it says in Romans 5:8, "but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
But that wasn't the end, because He not only paid the price of our sin, but He conquered death, rose again, and ascended to Heaven.
To those who believe in Him, He gave not only Salvation, but also a personal relationship with God through the Holy Spirit, who indwells every believer.
The AI-god answers our questions with information collected and synthesized from the totality of the known human-produced information.
God possesses all knowledge, and has told us exactly what is important to know through his written Word, the Bible.
The AI-god promises a future of unmitigated human growth, success, and ultimately Utopia, a lie as old as time, that always fails, and always leads to catastrophe.
God promises an eternal Paradise, which is ultimately different from all past human promises of Paradise because it's predicated on something different. It's not predicated on human achievement, on the perfect human system of government, economics, technology, or anything else. It's predicated on God, on His perfect will, His ultimate power, His everlasting Goodness, and his amazing Love for us.
And you can take part in this relationship, and this eternal Paradise, and you do so, not by your own achievement or merit, but by simply believing in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
That's it. That's all it is.
Reject the false AI-god, and all other human idols.
Embrace the Almighty Creator of the Universe.
SOLI DEO GLORIA
I know a sane, smart, beautiful, christian 24yo girl with realistic expectations. How is she not married?
Like, where the hell are the decent young men?!
@shagbark_hick
There is a theory that the uncanny valley became engrained into our DNA because, sometime in the deep past, there existed something that was very nearly human, but not, while also being terribly dangerous.
It occurred to me this morning that the genetic theory may be true, but not for an evolutionary reason. And that the likely alternative is terribly frightening.
Taken from an ID perspective, the uncanny valley is a warning of what is to come…
🤖 Made with AI
Aussies, Brits, and Canucks take note. This is your future.
再强调一遍，浏览外网或翻墙被派出所传唤，根本不用慌。
首先是网警从流量监控系统中标记了你，然后会通知你当地的派出所片儿警将你传唤问话。
你的不当言论，会被打印出来，放在你面前。
你的手机，会要求解锁，他们会检查你在群里，聊天软件里还说了什么。
民警是很忙，但如果接到系统派发的工单，再忙也要处理，不然就一直挂在系统里，影响KPI了。
处理这种事，民警作为体制内打工人，他的自由裁量权很大的。你其实是增加他们工作量的一个小麻烦。只要好好配合，他们没必要跟你计较太多。
所以只要保证流程合规，上交资料完整，应付检查就行了。但你如果要装逼，摆出不合作的姿态，那不好意思，想整你的途径和方法太多了，哈哈。
去了之后，态度好一点，姿态低一点，开口说：“领导，不好意思，给你添麻烦了。”
然后最重要的是问话环节，他问你答。你不要没事找事，自己多说乱说。不知道、不了解、没做过的，直接就说不知道，别的一概不说。但你确实做过的，而且白纸黑字的放在你面前，那就不要抵赖。
不要说任何对抗性的言论。比如什么什么做的不对，所以我要批判。
如果你是因为不当发言被传唤，就说：“我理解错了意思，以为他在说什么，所以我才说了什么，表达有偏差。其实我不是这个意思。”
如果你是因为浏览了网站被传唤，就说我是不小心点到的，我一点开它就推送了，我也不知道为什么。
只要你态度好，把事情往小了说，一般也就是记录一下。没人愿意增加自己的工作量，对不对？
笔录确认没问题，签字盖章，这事儿就翻篇儿了。
千万不要装逼硬刚。
还有，虽然翻墙了，但什么该说、什么不该说，作为一个成年人，生在红旗下，长在春风里，接受了国家这么多年的教育，自己心里应该有点逼数。
毕竟你爸不是李刚，就算是，也不行。
“America, with its vast security architecture and its status as the New Rome, is thus the Katechon restraining the Antichrist, and accordingly, the only plausible vehicle for its arrival.”
I’ve gotta see these lectures!
arenamag.com/articles/athens…
The lesson here is that it is bad for cybersecurity if you’re a cheap ass and screw over your employees.
South Korea and Japan are both precious to me. One held my childhood and one held my childrens’. I pray they can both find a way through their shared troubles.
As a Korean, I want to explain what’s really happening in our country right now.
Our current president, Lee Jae-myung, is a fake president who won through a rigged election with help from the Chinese Communist Party. Our real president, Yoon Suk-yeol — the one who actually loves the Korean people and believes in freedom and democracy — is locked up in a tiny prison cell. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party, which has been infiltrated by Chinese spies, and President Lee are pushing policies that are destroying South Korea.
This year alone, the stock market has crashed several times, and many young Koreans have taken their own lives. Like most of our cabinet ministers, the Defense Minister is also a Chinese spy. Under this spy-controlled Defense Ministry, South Korean soldiers standing face-to-face with North Korean troops have not been given live ammunition. Koreans only recently found out that our soldiers have been confronting the North Korean military with empty guns for months. Now they’re even talking about taking the guns away completely and making our soldiers stand guard with sticks instead.
North Korea has repeatedly crossed the border and spent up to 10 hours a day planting landmines, yet the government — now controlled by the Chinese Communist Party — says nothing and tells us not to provoke North Korea. On top of that, the Korean government allowed visa-free entry for Chinese nationals, and a huge number of Chinese people have flooded into the country. This has caused a sharp rise in human trafficking, kidnapping, and murder. Disappearances linked to organ harvesting have also increased dramatically. They’re even planning to bring in 100 million Chinese people visa-free over the next 10 years — in a country of only 50 million people.
In short, Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party are trying to dismantle the Republic of Korea, pull it away from freedom and democracy, and hand it over to China. That’s also why they’re aggressively pushing multicultural immigration policies.
If you don’t want South Korea to fall into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party and radical Islamists, please share our voices. We’ve been trying for years to get the world to see what’s happening, but the global media almost never reports the truth about our country. South Korea is now 99% under the control of the Chinese Communist Party. The last 1% is being held together only by the U.S. troops still stationed here and by ordinary Korean citizens who have been protesting in the streets nonstop, day and night. Yet Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party are doing everything they can to force the U.S. military out and take back wartime operational control, so they can open the door wide for China and North Korea.
Also, since July 7, 2026, a revised version of the Information and Communications Network Act (what Koreans call the “mouth-shutting law”) has been in effect. Under this law, people can actually be sent to prison for criticizing the government or criticizing China. Because of this, many Koreans who tried to speak out on social media or at protests have been investigated and jailed. Freedom of religion has become a luxury in South Korea. Pastors who speak out about what’s happening are being thrown in prison. The government is now saying that if churches get involved in politics, they will be shut down and all their assets will be seized by the state.
Is this North Korea?
No. This is South Korea in October 2026.
Please, share this as widely as you can.
To my fellow millennials and zoomers of reason:
Things are hard right now. Our experience in life may not be as good as our parents’, or our grandparents’. But they also won’t be as good as our children’s.
When I first saw the idea of Malfoid, I was like, “oh great, another gooner fantasy” and dismissed it.
I was so, so wrong.
I can’t wait to see how this phenomenon ripples through our culture.
Lol. LMFAO, even.
The internet told them Europe was a social paradise. Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn’t free, and people can be really mean. buff.ly/5cLtnha
This is probably some sort of false flag.
However, this is also all stuff this org has said. So it’s more like an irl @libsoftiktok.
A close friend in Texas just received this pamphlet in the mail addressed to HIS CHILDREN.
It targets kids who think they may be transgender and points them to resources on how to:
a) LEAVE THEIR PARENTS
b) How to travel OUT OF STATE for trans care
c) How be EMANCIPATED from their parents at 16
d) Education on hormones and SURGERY
...this was sent to HIS KIDS DIRECTLY
The next step to this is to train.
If someone you trust suddenly and sternly says to get the kids in the car, the correct response is to do so with haste and quiet efficiency.
“Why,” in this context, is immaterial and asking could be deadly.
“Women talk a lot about how scared of male violence they are, but from their behavior it's clear they never actually consider it a possibility”
When I was eighteen I was out for the night with my bf and some friends, we were barhopping in Kings Cross. I was tipsy & occasionally lippy & obnoxious towards strangers (who were asking for it!).
My bf quietly & discreetly at one point during the night said “babe, I love you, but fuck sometimes I worry that you’re writing cheques I won’t be able to cash, if it comes to and I’m on my own”. I was like “wtf are you talking about?”
He literally had to explain to me that if I was being a fuckwit starting trouble, he’d obviously have to defend me if anything went down, and if I’m being a massive smart ass and it’s just like him & me & my best girlfriend, then he’s going to be in a fight on his own. All because I was being an antagonistic smart ass to some strangers who couldn’t take a joke.
The idea that I needed to be able to back up my words with violence if it came to it, was something that had literally never occurred to me. Ever.
It was a total revelation. Suddenly i realised talk wasn’t “cheap” in this context, it was expensive. The idea that I could effectively get him beaten up, or put him in real danger, by being a precocious little shit arguing with idiots because I could, was horrifying.
From then on I was extremely reluctant to ever argue with strangers or act like a smart ass unnecessarily, because I was suddenly keenly aware that the guys we were with could potentially be expected to pay with their lives for any poorly received flippant comments we made.
It really was totally novel to me. This isn’t how women see the world, at all.
