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✝ Christianity grapples with the rise of an AI Jesus
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Earlier in December, podcaster Joe Rogan suggested that Jesus Christ might return in the form of an artificial intelligence. While this moment garnered attention online and in the press, it’s actually just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the effect that AI is having on religious belief in highly online corners of American society.
In the viral Rogan clip, the host says “Jesus was born out of a virgin mother. What’s more virgin than a computer? If Jesus does return, you don’t think he could return as artificial intelligence?” The response to the clip online was largely mockery or criticism of Rogan. But the notion of an AI Jesus is not as fringe as it might seem.
“Christianity is deeply predicated on the idea that the one we worship and the one we revere lived a fully human life, a fully embodied life, and so now we have people that are delving back into an ancient heresy that was called Gnosticism, that divides body and spirit,” Paul Hoffman, a pastor and professor of biblical studies at Samford University, said. Read more
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