this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2026
1 points (100.0% liked)

Civil Religion

62 readers
9 users here now

This comm is dedicated to the religion of the state: civil religion.

founded 5 months ago
MODERATORS
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
1
America’s Holy War in Iran (jacobin.com)
submitted 2 days ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/civil_religion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
1 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

For roughly half a century, a certain strain of American evangelical theology has taught millions of believers to read conflicts like Trump’s war with Iran not simply as geopolitics in action but as prophecy unfolding in real time. I was one of them.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

They're saying Jesus Christ will return as AI. It will be a new world leader, whose algorithms are completely controlled by billionaires, and questioning its decisions will be blasphemy.

Now we know why the new Pope seems a bit cynical and is telling the Catholic Church to not use AI for religious purposes.