More and More Christians Say AI Is Demonic
A growing subset of the Christian world is claiming that the technology is quite literally demonic.
In a recent Medium blog post, self-proclaimed "biblical Christian author" and regular AI user Zack Duncan suggested that an image generator's cartoonish outputs regarding Satan may be the result of some demonic influence.
"I’ve seen a trend of weird results when it comes to image requests for certain parts of the Bible. Specifically, the parts of the Bible where satan suffers defeat," the author wrote. "It’s almost as if the AI seemingly can’t (won’t?) generate the kinds of images that I’m looking for."
As examples, Duncan included images from Microsoft's Bing image creator to illustrate that AI is, as he puts it, "minimizing the 'bad PR' for Satan."
Duncan insists that its odd Luciferian outputs are evidence of some sort of conspiracy — and not, as he noted earlier, that AI behaves in nonsensical ways that its creators can't parse because they don't really know how it works to begin with.
Things take a decidedly darker turn on the more fire-and-brimstone corners of the Christian blogosphere. As flagged by Roll to Disbelieve, a blog that takes a skeptical look at the weirder aspects of modern Christianity, more and more of that ilk have begun to profess a belief that AI is some sort of conduit for bad demonic vibes.
"The world is riddled with spiritual powers, the majority of which seem to have rebelled against the Lord," English pastor and blogger Tim Suffield wrote on his blog. "If the air is full of demons who hate you, why wouldn’t AI be?"
https://futurism.com/christians-ai-demonic
Poor Christians can't take a break from demonic powers because if they go away from their computers and turn on the TV, then it's the demons in the form of gay people who are out to get them.
A growing subset of the Christian world is claiming that the technology is quite literally demonic.
In a recent Medium blog post, self-proclaimed "biblical Christian author" and regular AI user Zack Duncan suggested that an image generator's cartoonish outputs regarding Satan may be the result of some demonic influence.
"I’ve seen a trend of weird results when it comes to image requests for certain parts of the Bible. Specifically, the parts of the Bible where satan suffers defeat," the author wrote. "It’s almost as if the AI seemingly can’t (won’t?) generate the kinds of images that I’m looking for."
As examples, Duncan included images from Microsoft's Bing image creator to illustrate that AI is, as he puts it, "minimizing the 'bad PR' for Satan."
Duncan insists that its odd Luciferian outputs are evidence of some sort of conspiracy — and not, as he noted earlier, that AI behaves in nonsensical ways that its creators can't parse because they don't really know how it works to begin with.
Things take a decidedly darker turn on the more fire-and-brimstone corners of the Christian blogosphere. As flagged by Roll to Disbelieve, a blog that takes a skeptical look at the weirder aspects of modern Christianity, more and more of that ilk have begun to profess a belief that AI is some sort of conduit for bad demonic vibes.
"The world is riddled with spiritual powers, the majority of which seem to have rebelled against the Lord," English pastor and blogger Tim Suffield wrote on his blog. "If the air is full of demons who hate you, why wouldn’t AI be?"
https://futurism.com/christians-ai-demonic
Poor Christians can't take a break from demonic powers because if they go away from their computers and turn on the TV, then it's the demons in the form of gay people who are out to get them.
Quote:Why are Christians attacking Chip and Joanna Gaines? Their new show has sparked outrage
Few couples on television are as beloved as Chip and Joanna Gaines, but it might not look like it on social media right now because folks are going after them.
Specifically, conservative Christians have targeted the couple on X, and Chip has been responding.
It turns out, the “Fixer Upper” stars have drawn criticism for casting a gay couple in their new show called “Back to the Frontier.”
The show follows three families in the Canadian Rockies as they work their way through the summer without technology. The newspaper said the show is “meant to mimic the lifestyle of 1880s homesteaders.”
One of the couples, per the Morning News, is Dallas’ Joe Riggs and Jason Hanna, who are set up in a 600-square-foot cabin with their 10-year-old twin sons, Ethan and Lucas. They are slated to stay in the cabin for eight weeks.
And that was enough to trigger folks.
“I hope this isn’t true,” Franklin Graham wrote on X.
“While we are to love people, we should love them enough to tell them the truth of God’s Word,” he continued. “His Word is absolute truth. God loves us, and His design for marriage is between one man and one woman. Promoting something that God defines as sin is in itself sin.”
“This is sad and disappointing, because Chip and Joanna Gaines have been very influential in the evangelical community,” the American Family Association posted on X. “Moreover, in the past, they have stood firm on the sanctity of marriage regardless of the personal cost that has entailed. We aren’t sure why the Gaines have reversed course, but we are sure of this: Back to the Frontier promotes an unbiblical view of human sexuality, marriage and family — a view no Christian should embrace.”
“FRANKLIN GRAHAM: God hates Chip and Joanna Gaines for recognizing that gay people exist and for their war on traditional marriage,” Dr. Kevin M. Young wrote on X. “ALSO FRANKLIN GRAHAM: Donald Trump is a model Christian, does God’s will, and Christians must support him no matter what.”
https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2...trage.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
