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Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by John of Japan, Aug 4, 2023.

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  1. John of Japan

    John of Japan Well-Known Member
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    So, the premise of this thread is that proper theology helps us get our heads on straight about AI. There is a report in The New York Times that 100s of researchers are warning us that AI could destroy humanity: How Could A.I. Destroy Humanity?.

    Here is a statement from the article: "Last month, hundreds of well-known people in the world of artificial intelligence signed an open letter warning that A.I. could one day destroy humanity." Or to put it differently, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!" said Chicken Little.

    But here is what the Bible says:

    "For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring" (Acts 17:28).

    "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist" (Col. 1:16-17).

    So Christ literally holds the entire universe together. I like to think that when scientists discovered the "strong force" that holds atoms together, they got a look at the work of Christ, who holds it all together. But they still haven't figured out what exactly they are looking at. They can't really explain the force that holds atoms together.
     
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    I agree with you and believe even though the war has been won there appears to be battles still ahead, therefore, questions.

    Is AI of the tree of life or or the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
    Why was the serpent hanging out around the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
    Was that serpent the same serpent spoken of in Rev 12:9:
    Why did God not want the man to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
    Do you think/believe AI already is and or will be introduced into the body of man, the temple of the Holy Spirit?
    Is the following verses relative to the thoughts above? 2
    Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, 1 Cor 6:19 Of course in agreement with the OP and your post V 20 trumps IMHO 20 for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. Therefore Rom 8:11 applies and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you.
    Acts 7:47,48 and Solomon built Him an house. 'But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith: ----- He will dwell in the body of us which will be changes at the appearing of Christ Rom 8:11, Phil 3:21, 1 John 3:2 ect

    2 Thes 2:3,4 let not any one deceive you in any manner, because -- if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed -- the son of the destruction, who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God --

    Could that be through AI?

    Is the serpent trying to destroy the temple/sanctuary of God via AI?

    Check out some of this guy's thoughts
    Yuval Noah Harari



    Just some thoughts
     
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    Neither, since it is a human creation, and those two trees were made by God. Plus, the tree of life is already in the New Jerusalem (Rev. 2:7, 22:2 &14).

    Maybe he figured Eve's feminine curiosity would take her there eventually. :)

    Yes, because Rev. 12:9 calls him the "old serpent."

    In dispensational theology, the Garden was a stewardship from God, and the trees part of that stewardship. Man failed the test, as he always does. Only Jesus is perfect.

    The temple of the Holy Spirit is only Christians. He does not dwell in any lost people. At any rate, I don't think that AI will be developed enough to go in a human body for a long time. Besides, I see not purpose for that, since there is already created intelligence in the human body, so why add more? But I have read science fiction books that postulated AI devices connected with the human brain.

    I think that is possible.
    Satan cannot succeed at this, since God protects His temple, the body of believers.

    Looks interesting.
     
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    In systematic theology, anthropology is the branch that deals with us humans. First line in the OP.

    And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? and what is the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?' Matt 24:3
    put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,
    because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places; Eph 6:11,12
    in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving. From 2 Cor 2:4
    And Jesus answering said to them, 'The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage, Luke 20:34

    Are all of the above speaking of the same, this/the age? Who is the god of this age?

    Gen 2:17 and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'

    Knowledge is what would be obtained from the tree. Why would God not the man to obtain this knowledge? Was, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, already the god of this age? Who at that moment in time was, the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that worketh disobedience?

    When is the full end of, this/the age?
    What is the age to come?
    What is the purpose of AI in this age?
    Does the prince of the power of the air have anything to do with AI?

    but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage; Luke 20:35

    What about, the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that worketh disobedience? Where will he be? Will there be any AI?
     
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