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We were warned: “You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it,
by carlosjobim 1y ago
We were warned:
“You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the LORD your God."
A computer chip is a stone (silicon) which has been engraved. It's a graven image.
Anything man-made is always unworthy of worship. That includes computer programs such as AI. That includes man-made ideas such as "the government", a political party, or other abstract ideas. That also includes any man or woman. But the human natural instinct is to worship a king, pharaoh or an emperor - or to worship a physical object.
- streb-lo 1y agoI mean, the bible is a man made pile of crap too...
- carlosjobim 1y agoIf God or The Gods are defined as not being man-made, then each person will be able to find their own interpretation and understanding. As contrary to man-made objects and concepts. Most modern people worship "the government" or "the state", even though there is no dispute whether it was created by man or not and whether it acts under the influence of man or not.
- BirAdam 1y agoWhether or not you are religious, channeling the human impulse to worship into something singular, immaterial, eternal, without form, and with very precise rules to not murder, lie, covet, etc… is quite useful for human organization.