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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.

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[–] 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.