This is disappointing to hear. I like to think, alongside the garbage, there are good players seeking perspective and a better way to live as they explore religion. And then I read this.
Worse, you could program a Jesus bot to speak hate, in spite of the actual acts of the man.
Well the hate part is to be expected. With all the prejudice and hate ingrained in the training data it would have to be very well prompted to reduce the chances of two steps to mecha-hitler.
And thinking about what I hear about American congregations across the pond, I don’t have much hope that they’d care.
There is so much variation. When I was sent to Sunday school as a kid, there was no hate. I was never confirmed or anything, I don’t go now, but I have no memories of a negative experience. My impression, looking back, is Jesus hit history hard as the first recorded hippie.
Growing up where I did, there were 6 denominations in town. No internet. No cable. I corded phone in the house (see; Napoleon Dynamite). People hung out together looking for places to do that in. So I went to a Wednesday catechism with a friend at a different church. It was an odd experience that still resonates.
The pastor showed up for a brief serman where I was told there’s a Book of Life that predetermines who is going to Heaven or Hell. God knows all and it’s in this book. And you can’t change any of it. If you’re going to Hell you’re going to Hell, no matter what you do, it’s been known from birth.
That’s a hell of thing to say to a child.
That’s the variation though, even in one small town, here across the pond.
If you’re curious, the non hate version I experienced was Methodist. The friend’s Hell church was Baptist.
Out of the top of my head, this is at least idolatry, blasmephy, and they literally made a Pseudochristos.
Wait… Did they accidentally make a for real Anti-Christ?
Pretty sure this breaks the no idols commandment.
This is disappointing to hear. I like to think, alongside the garbage, there are good players seeking perspective and a better way to live as they explore religion. And then I read this.
Worse, you could program a Jesus bot to speak hate, in spite of the actual acts of the man.
“Worshipping a golden calf” was just as disappointing to witness, I assume. Maybe a truth to why the warning exists?
Well the hate part is to be expected. With all the prejudice and hate ingrained in the training data it would have to be very well prompted to reduce the chances of two steps to mecha-hitler. And thinking about what I hear about American congregations across the pond, I don’t have much hope that they’d care.
There is so much variation. When I was sent to Sunday school as a kid, there was no hate. I was never confirmed or anything, I don’t go now, but I have no memories of a negative experience. My impression, looking back, is Jesus hit history hard as the first recorded hippie.
Growing up where I did, there were 6 denominations in town. No internet. No cable. I corded phone in the house (see; Napoleon Dynamite). People hung out together looking for places to do that in. So I went to a Wednesday catechism with a friend at a different church. It was an odd experience that still resonates.
The pastor showed up for a brief serman where I was told there’s a Book of Life that predetermines who is going to Heaven or Hell. God knows all and it’s in this book. And you can’t change any of it. If you’re going to Hell you’re going to Hell, no matter what you do, it’s been known from birth.
That’s a hell of thing to say to a child.
That’s the variation though, even in one small town, here across the pond.
If you’re curious, the non hate version I experienced was Methodist. The friend’s Hell church was Baptist.
I’m pretty sure there’s a Ministry, Fear Factory, Meshuggah or industrial metal song/hymn about this.