I was in my late teens or early twenties when I read That Hideous Strength for the first time. I’ve never experienced another book like it. I’m a very slow reader and I usually like to keep track of how far into a book I am. I’m often frustrated by my slow progress. With this one, once I got into it, I didn’t want it to end. I remember realizing that I was a fourth of the way into it and feeling sad that I was so close to the end. After I read it I was trying to think of how to describe what I got out of it. One thing is that God’s judgment, when it comes, is swift, severe, and inescapable. I know it’s just fiction (although it seems more and more prophetic these days) but I understand why the Lord is not slow in keeping his promise . . . Instead he is patient . . . not wanting anyone to perish. (2 Peter 3:9) In the 40+ years since that first read I’ve rarely asked why God doesn’t bring judgment on evil people.
The machinations of the antagonists in That Hideous Strength are far more sinister and commonplace in our modern society than just what’s said here. But predict, he did. Amazing book and series.
On the one hand we don't have many scientists encouraging the idea of wiping out all none human life for the sake of "hygiene". On the other, those scientists just want to wipe out all human life instead. So we are actually *more* diabolical than lewis imagined.
@maleldil9539 Yes, everyone should read "The Abolition of Man". I'll add "God in the Dock", "Mere Christianity", "The Four Loves", and "The Great Divorce".
I was terrified and physically dreaded the chapters in the NICE, and then Lewis made me see that those guys are idiots to be mocked, not to be feared and I loved that.
Haven't read the book but surely THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN is to be mocked or better yet pitied as TSOS is shoveling its own "grave" called HELL ... I have an image in my mind about it but nothing more. THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE ONLY - THE ONE AND ONLY INCARNATION OF GOD ALMIGHTY AND SHEPHERD AND SAVIOUR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT FOREVER AND EVER - AMEN HALLELU-YAH!
@Awoke Awoke when atheist is a FAIRYTAIL therefore he accuses withought reason and calm so he can trigger what isn't there. You can poke mockery at the truth. But God can't mocked. Go ahead you're lame though ah I'll just keep sipping my water. .
Are people so eager to attain eternal life apart from God that they are willing to destroy the very thing that makes them human? I cannot comprehend why people are willing to achieve immortality through wires and metal that will rust and corrode like all else will.
Because they don’t believe in God… it’s not like they’re actively rejecting him because they just don’t like him and wanna do it themselves. Maybe some are, but most start with nonbelief
Its because they lack wisdom and humanity themselves. Mary Shellys Frankenstein warned about this potential for science to do this. Of course, its classical literature and no longer required reading.
In Matthew 24: 37-39, Jesus clearly explains that leading up to His return, times would be like they were in the days of Noah. Observe how He refers to "them" and "they"( bc they were beings without a legitimate identity)...Stay with me...There were group of 200 angles called the Sons of God or Watchers whom God gave the responsibility to watch over humans. Seduced or coerced by Lucifer, they made a plot to marry and have children with humans, giving birth to the nephilim ( giants or fallen ones). The nephilim were genetic hybrids who eventually introduced hybridization ( cross breeding) between humans and many types of animals... This explains why the Egyptian dieties resemble half human half animal... This is also how dinosaurs ( monsters as the Bible) called them) were created. This phenomenon in modern times is known as transhumanism. This is why God flooded the earth to destroy all land- based hybrids and their human cohorts...God had to start over with Noah
The idea is silly and science fiction is silly, too. My father used to read it, but mainly because he had a really Good mind, and a lot of things in life are boring to him. There was a crime element to science fiction and he liked crime prevention and inventions. Science fiction is just the framing of developments that are happening around us and imagination on them about what could happen in the future. They won’t be able to cut someone’s head off and replace the brain with a machine, because psychologist already know that the heart and brain are connected. How is the Hutt going to function without the human type fully integrated brain. A lot of these ideas come from ignorance. How whole body is integrated. They have just realised that got greatly influences the brain. So what else does it influence? There’s no way they can cut ahead of human being and replace it with a robot brain. It would probably last a few hours then start to go haywire. It’s so stupid.
I first read That Hideous Strength over ten years ago and even then I felt that we were living in the world that Lewis described in the book. With the arrival of the AI chatbots, we've come a step closer to the precipice. More than ever before, we need to pray for strength to hold the course.
I listened to "That Hideous Strength" on Audible. Lewis’s insights and predictions are incredible! He also points out the false flags and issues with our modern media and academia regarding the Overton Window. He saw the issue with modern political correctness and the speech often used with transgenderism and DEI projects.
CS Lewis my favorite author. I see with your short and the animation drive this point home; that is the idea of many atheists or new agers about the universal consciousness. We merge with it, are part of it it's said. Then they have divided humanity into those who will propel that ultimate pinnacle of human evolution (those that agree with their world view). Then there are those who hamper and prohibit this evolution from happening by their having a different worldview, especially the pesky Chrisrians and more Orthodox Jews. This universal and utlimate consciousness worldview is gaining and growing rapidly in US (and EU I'm sure). Notice how the singularity when AGI becomes superintellegence has paved (groomed) the gullible humans into accepting and aquiesing into an idea that removes their autonomy. AGI are programmes. Programmes with specific outcomes and this by people. Computing power and knowledge do not equal intellegence. Baruch Haba B'Shem Adonai 🕊
we live under the reign of the prince of darkness. we must pursue the King Almighty, Jesus. Anything else is darkness, absolutely including "thinking machines"
@@rc1952 Scripture states clearly that the prince of this world is satan. We live in his domain. If you are not aware of the spiritual war that rages for our souls you may already be lost.
@@mattberg916 You made the writing error of using the word “ ‘under’ the reign of…”, in you first comment. That is what I was referring to. We do not live under Satan’s reign. Because we are Christians so then we live under Jesus reign. Correction: we live in a world ruled by a dark enemy, called Satan. I’m quite clear what I mean. You are not clear in how you write. Though your heart is in the right place, your first and second comment are both ending very negative. They is more of a concern. Let me be straight: Christians live by the power of the Holy Spirit given to them by God because of their faith in Jesus Christ. You meant well buy saying we are under Satan is wrong. He is a defeated enemy because of the cross.
I don’t honestly see anything wrong with cryopreservation in and of itself, there’s merely a question of why you don’t want to come home to the Father. But I could see how there would be noble reasons. When God wants to take me, he *will* take me, and so in a vacuum I don’t see it as sinful. It’s no different than trying to prolong one’s life using modern medicine. One could counter that it’s unnatural as it actively takes a person out of the state of death, but then how is this any different from performing CPR or shocking someone’s heart back to life? It seems no different from other forms of providing longevity except for its extremeness compared to modern methods, which probably creates an intuitive sense of “there has to be something wrong with that!” But fundamentally? What really is the problem here?
I'm not sure how exactly to explain why cryo is wrong, but it does seem categorically different from the regular means of healing and prolonging life. For one, no other method of medicine puts a person's life on pause in every measurable way (besides induced coma, and even then, the body ages.) I think it's a little inaccurate to claim cryo is nothing new.
@@laimajo3547 “It seems no different from other forms of providing longevity except for its extremeness compared to modern methods, which probably creates an intuitive sense of ‘there has to be something wrong with that!’” To clarify this, I mean morally and in terms of intention, not the mechanics or technology of treatment. I never claimed cryopreservation wasn’t new, it definitely is. All medicine was new at some point. I don’t see anything wrong with putting death on pause to wait for treatment
@@lebecccomputer287 Well, that's sort of my point. The categorical difference does mean the morality could be different. How you go about something does affect the moral status of the act. It's not just because it's new.
@@laimajo3547 it *could* be different. This feels like a trivial way of moral reasoning. I’m getting into the actual weeds of the matter and I don’t think there’s any reason to see it as sinful. Do you think it is? Then why?
@Lebecc The Computer It's actually not trivial at all. The act itself must be weighed when considering whether something is moral or not, not just the intent or the outcome, which are the only two criteria you mentioned. Besides that, my argument is that the intent, the outcome, and the act itself are *all* different from other medical acts. Putting life on pause (act) in an attempt to extend life *indefinitely* (intent & hopeful outcome) is not the same as attempting to prevent death (intent & hopeful outcome) in the moment by means of CPR (act) to extend life by a few *years* or *decades*. The intent of most medical practices (any good practice, that is) is still to ensure a lifespan close to the average for most humans, rather than one that is cut short by a tragedy or illness. (This is why elderly people often have a DNR order.) It is not to ensure endless life. Cryo would go against our basic nature and reject natural law by attempting to remove the limits of death. We are meant to age and die. Humans have limits. I guess I figured out how to voice my qualms.
I'm glad you're pointing this out. The Ransom trilogy get so few mentions. It was blatantly obvious when listening to this one in particular that Jack was onto something. It's unfortunate that more Christians don't know about his works other than The Chronicles of Narnia.
We use a CS LEWIS board book for my daughter. I think he is a literary influence for COTTAGECORE fashion with a Saint Brigid Kildare fairy bedroom. Our board LION, WITCH, & THE WARDROBE with pictures by Joey Chou. Thanks!
I read that trilogy in my 20s. I used to own it. I made the mistake of lending it to someone who asked to borrow it and never saw it again. (Stopped lending books eventually due to that kind of thing). I really need to repurchase it....
"Artifical Intelligence" is a misnomer. It is not independantly creative, it can only predict and "remix" data that is already given to it. It cannot create anything on its own accord. It's input -> output. I used to worry about AI like in the movies until I realized how goofy most AI projects actually are. The auto text stuff, the visual "art" not being able to make proper hands, self-driving AI crashing itself lol. I do agree, however, people turn to AI and aliens because they lack God in their lives and are trying to find that "greater thing" to give themselves purpose. But God is more compelling than AI and more otherwordly than aliens, plus He's been with us for so much longer ;)
You could argue humans are the same, and our input is sensory stimuli initially, followed by internal synthesis which is self driven by a programmed set of incentives. These both seem feasible to exist within an algorithm, even if it is farther away than we think
Yes, AI cannot "create" stuff on its own. However with its learning abilities, and within the limits set to it, it can pretty much arrive to conclusions and dominate various tasks much faster than the vast majority of us humans can. The trouble with it is really its absolute bent towards efficiency. That unless limits were sufficiently set it will disregard anything that hinders its task. Its not that it will destroy Earth and humanity, it will simply render humanity's learning and search for meaning obsolete, creating a vacuum where humans can't find meaning anymore. That's just my 2 cents.
It is completely absurd to suggest that people turn to alternative concepts because they don't have "God". That's just absurd and wholely speculative, just like your believe in "God".
Luciferian apotheosis: Man becomes God, an inversion of Christian divinity God becomes Man, a double cascade, rather than Man becomes Machine, tragedy becomes horror, Machine becomes Man, The Deincarnation.
Oh no, not the evil scientists trying to live longer! What's funny is that everybody seeks eternal life, even religious people. That's why they made up Gods and make false promises about heaven if only you believe and follow the rules.
You claim to be about science, but science is nothing more than exploring theories, testing them, and either discarding those said theories and starting again. What you and many others that claim to be about science are really nothing more than converts to scientism. You claim that we made up God and have to follow made-up rules to go to heaven. No, we worship the creator of the universe. In your world, nothing creted everything. I even heard a scientist claim that nothing is something when faced with this delima. I am sorry, but that is a terrible argument. You may say your God flooded the earth and killed millions. Ignoring the fact that God punished sinners who refused to turn away from their evil, in your world view, it does not matter what happened those people was insignificant since they were nothing more than water bags governed by chemical reactions. We are seeing what a humanist and secularist world leads to-chaos. The world got a taste with the hundreds of millions killed by godless communists. You may say religious wars killed more, which is demostrably wrong. Yes, some took the mantle of Christ and used it for evil. Humans are sinners, which is why God sent his Son; however, in your worldview, humans are insignificant specks in the universe. What I find funny is how the humanist world has stolen from the Christian world view and claimed it as its own. I pray the Lord will lead you to repent and bow the knee to him, your King, in this life, because you bow it in the next whether you like it or not. I truly hope and fervently pray that you will seek Christ and would gladly welcome you into the flock.
Jesus said believe but follow Him. He said He'll replace your heart of stone (dead) into a living heart. He will give you desire to do good. You don't as is represented on many religions earn your way in. Then maybe you were good enough to earn being in His Kingdom. I know many US religious ppl gey this weomg.or only give lip service to not earning it.
Religious people seek a relationship with the eternal God first and foremost. Eternal life is His gift to give, but the primary reason we worship and obey God is because He is the appropriate recipient for that worship and obedience. You, on the other hand, cling to this life and want to extend it as much as possible, because you believe it's all you have. That's the opposite of what Christ tells us to do - lose our life for His sake to gain it. Not to mention, our souls are already immortal. The only question is whether you'll spend your eternity in a loving relationship with The Almighty, or if you'll spend it separated from Him in agony.
i mean even at the time Lewis was writing these works these weren't new ideas. Hardly a prophecy and more of an educated guess if you think about humanity and have a solid understanding of technology and the world even during his era.
It is unavoidable though, we can’t live without machines now that we’ve come this far. I for one welcome the machines and want to work beside them, some things you must accept and adapt to or get steam rolled over.
The desperation of these individuals and groups believing they'll never achieve salvation in Jesus Christ, Lord of lords and King of kings, that they think they have to pull stunts like H+ to escape God's cup of wrath poured out. They know they will not inherit ye kingdom of God and are so beyond arrogant to repent. Jesus Christ is Lord! There is no escape The One who is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent!
“Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?”” Matthew 13:55-56 Perpetual virginity is a retarded doctrine.
I was in my late teens or early twenties when I read That Hideous Strength for the first time. I’ve never experienced another book like it. I’m a very slow reader and I usually like to keep track of how far into a book I am. I’m often frustrated by my slow progress. With this one, once I got into it, I didn’t want it to end. I remember realizing that I was a fourth of the way into it and feeling sad that I was so close to the end.
After I read it I was trying to think of how to describe what I got out of it. One thing is that God’s judgment, when it comes, is swift, severe, and inescapable. I know it’s just fiction (although it seems more and more prophetic these days) but I understand why the Lord is not slow in keeping his promise . . . Instead he is patient . . . not wanting anyone to perish. (2 Peter 3:9) In the 40+ years since that first read I’ve rarely asked why God doesn’t bring judgment on evil people.
My two favorites by Jack are "That Hideous Strength" and "Till We Have Faces." My very favorite is whichever I've read most recently.
Who is Jack?
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C.S. Lewis hated his given name, "Clive." He preferred to be called "Jack."
Till We have Faces is incredible. I also enjoyed The Great Divorce.
That’s too bad, I’m naming my son Clive after him
@@jerusalem4492Congrats on your child! Clive is a good name
The machinations of the antagonists in That Hideous Strength are far more sinister and commonplace in our modern society than just what’s said here. But predict, he did. Amazing book and series.
On the one hand we don't have many scientists encouraging the idea of wiping out all none human life for the sake of "hygiene".
On the other, those scientists just want to wipe out all human life instead. So we are actually *more* diabolical than lewis imagined.
His Space Trilogy gets better with each book! Honestly, “That Hideous Strength” was SO Good!
That Hideous Strength/ The Abolition of Man is C.S. Lewis at his best.
Rally eh?
@@maleldil9539 I recommend the audio edition.
@maleldil9539 Yes, everyone should read "The Abolition of Man". I'll add "God in the Dock", "Mere Christianity", "The Four Loves", and "The Great Divorce".
I was terrified and physically dreaded the chapters in the NICE, and then Lewis made me see that those guys are idiots to be mocked, not to be feared and I loved that.
What are you referring to with: "in the NICE"?
@@RayRickMusic it's in the book it stands for National Institute C (?) Experiments or something like that
Haven't read the book but surely THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN is to be mocked or better yet pitied as TSOS is shoveling its own "grave" called HELL ... I have an image in my mind about it but nothing more.
THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE ONLY - THE ONE AND ONLY INCARNATION OF GOD ALMIGHTY AND SHEPHERD AND SAVIOUR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT FOREVER AND EVER - AMEN HALLELU-YAH!
@@RayRickMusic well the people in that organization is that evil
@@daniellamunoz8894Coordinate*
Thank you for bringing this book recommendation to my attention. Cringe Gnosticism needs to be called out, and called out articulately.
This trilogy aided in bringing me back to Christianity ✝️ love cs lewis so so much!!
Interesting how?
@Awoke Awoke no need
@Awoke Awoke when atheist is a FAIRYTAIL therefore he accuses withought reason and calm so he can trigger what isn't there. You can poke mockery at the truth. But God can't mocked. Go ahead you're lame though ah I'll just keep sipping my water.
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@@lawrencemidwinter9416you should read it
That moment christians prophecy truthfully it's *JESUS CHRIST* who has spoken.
Are people so eager to attain eternal life apart from God that they are willing to destroy the very thing that makes them human? I cannot comprehend why people are willing to achieve immortality through wires and metal that will rust and corrode like all else will.
Because they don’t believe in God… it’s not like they’re actively rejecting him because they just don’t like him and wanna do it themselves. Maybe some are, but most start with nonbelief
Its because they lack wisdom and humanity themselves. Mary Shellys Frankenstein warned about this potential for science to do this. Of course, its classical literature and no longer required reading.
In Matthew 24: 37-39, Jesus clearly explains that leading up to His return, times would be like they were in the days of Noah. Observe how He refers to "them" and "they"( bc they were beings without a legitimate identity)...Stay with me...There were group of 200 angles called the Sons of God or Watchers whom God gave the responsibility to watch over humans. Seduced or coerced by Lucifer, they made a plot to marry and have children with humans, giving birth to the nephilim ( giants or fallen ones). The nephilim were genetic hybrids who eventually introduced hybridization ( cross breeding) between humans and many types of animals... This explains why the Egyptian dieties resemble half human half animal... This is also how dinosaurs ( monsters as the Bible)
called them) were created. This phenomenon in modern times is known as transhumanism.
This is why God flooded the earth to destroy all land- based hybrids and their human cohorts...God had to start over with Noah
The idea is silly and science fiction is silly, too. My father used to read it, but mainly because he had a really Good mind, and a lot of things in life are boring to him. There was a crime element to science fiction and he liked crime prevention and inventions. Science fiction is just the framing of developments that are happening around us and imagination on them about what could happen in the future. They won’t be able to cut someone’s head off and replace the brain with a machine, because psychologist already know that the heart and brain are connected. How is the Hutt going to function without the human type fully integrated brain. A lot of these ideas come from ignorance. How whole body is integrated. They have just realised that got greatly influences the brain. So what else does it influence? There’s no way they can cut ahead of human being and replace it with a robot brain. It would probably last a few hours then start to go haywire. It’s so stupid.
Because they want to be god, its that simple
This trilogy needs more hype. Best series hands down. That hideous strength is on my top 3 influences on my christian walk.
Lewis was an absolute genius you should read everything he wrote
I first read That Hideous Strength over ten years ago and even then I felt that we were living in the world that Lewis described in the book. With the arrival of the AI chatbots, we've come a step closer to the precipice. More than ever before, we need to pray for strength to hold the course.
The 2nd best trilogy I’ve ever read next to the Lord of the Rings
Never read any of this series.. I think I’m due.
Science fiction manifests science reality if enough skilled people take it to heart.
I listened to "That Hideous Strength" on Audible. Lewis’s insights and predictions are incredible! He also points out the false flags and issues with our modern media and academia regarding the Overton Window. He saw the issue with modern political correctness and the speech often used with transgenderism and DEI projects.
CS Lewis my favorite author. I see with your short and the animation drive this point home; that is the idea of many atheists or new agers about the universal consciousness. We merge with it, are part of it it's said. Then they have divided humanity into those who will propel that ultimate pinnacle of human evolution (those that agree with their world view). Then there are those who hamper and prohibit this evolution from happening by their having a different worldview, especially the pesky Chrisrians and more Orthodox Jews. This universal and utlimate consciousness worldview is gaining and growing rapidly in US (and EU I'm sure). Notice how the singularity when AGI becomes superintellegence has paved (groomed) the gullible humans into accepting and aquiesing into an idea that removes their autonomy. AGI are programmes. Programmes with specific outcomes and this by people. Computing power and knowledge do not equal intellegence. Baruch Haba B'Shem Adonai 🕊
we live under the reign of the prince of darkness. we must pursue the King Almighty, Jesus. Anything else is darkness, absolutely including "thinking machines"
Pure nonsense.
Jesus is the Only Way, the Truth and the Life!!!
What a cheery camper. We live by the power of the holy spirit in the kingdom of our saviour, Jesus Christ the son of God.
@@rc1952 Scripture states clearly that the prince of this world is satan. We live in his domain. If you are not aware of the spiritual war that rages for our souls you may already be lost.
@@mattberg916 You made the writing error of using the word “ ‘under’ the reign of…”, in you first comment. That is what I was referring to. We do not live under Satan’s reign. Because we are Christians so then we live under Jesus reign. Correction: we live in a world ruled by a dark enemy, called Satan. I’m quite clear what I mean. You are not clear in how you write. Though your heart is in the right place, your first and second comment are both ending very negative. They is more of a concern.
Let me be straight: Christians live by the power of the Holy Spirit given to them by God because of their faith in Jesus Christ. You meant well buy saying we are under Satan is wrong. He is a defeated enemy because of the cross.
Stellaris Synthetic Ascension lore:
Scary music really helps make the point - seriously, it's perfect.
Thanks Father. Been perfecting the craft
I don’t honestly see anything wrong with cryopreservation in and of itself, there’s merely a question of why you don’t want to come home to the Father. But I could see how there would be noble reasons. When God wants to take me, he *will* take me, and so in a vacuum I don’t see it as sinful.
It’s no different than trying to prolong one’s life using modern medicine. One could counter that it’s unnatural as it actively takes a person out of the state of death, but then how is this any different from performing CPR or shocking someone’s heart back to life?
It seems no different from other forms of providing longevity except for its extremeness compared to modern methods, which probably creates an intuitive sense of “there has to be something wrong with that!” But fundamentally? What really is the problem here?
I'm not sure how exactly to explain why cryo is wrong, but it does seem categorically different from the regular means of healing and prolonging life. For one, no other method of medicine puts a person's life on pause in every measurable way (besides induced coma, and even then, the body ages.) I think it's a little inaccurate to claim cryo is nothing new.
@@laimajo3547 “It seems no different from other forms of providing longevity except for its extremeness compared to modern methods, which probably creates an intuitive sense of ‘there has to be something wrong with that!’”
To clarify this, I mean morally and in terms of intention, not the mechanics or technology of treatment. I never claimed cryopreservation wasn’t new, it definitely is. All medicine was new at some point. I don’t see anything wrong with putting death on pause to wait for treatment
@@lebecccomputer287 Well, that's sort of my point. The categorical difference does mean the morality could be different. How you go about something does affect the moral status of the act. It's not just because it's new.
@@laimajo3547 it *could* be different. This feels like a trivial way of moral reasoning. I’m getting into the actual weeds of the matter and I don’t think there’s any reason to see it as sinful. Do you think it is? Then why?
@Lebecc The Computer It's actually not trivial at all. The act itself must be weighed when considering whether something is moral or not, not just the intent or the outcome, which are the only two criteria you mentioned. Besides that, my argument is that the intent, the outcome, and the act itself are *all* different from other medical acts. Putting life on pause (act) in an attempt to extend life *indefinitely* (intent & hopeful outcome) is not the same as attempting to prevent death (intent & hopeful outcome) in the moment by means of CPR (act) to extend life by a few *years* or *decades*. The intent of most medical practices (any good practice, that is) is still to ensure a lifespan close to the average for most humans, rather than one that is cut short by a tragedy or illness. (This is why elderly people often have a DNR order.) It is not to ensure endless life. Cryo would go against our basic nature and reject natural law by attempting to remove the limits of death. We are meant to age and die. Humans have limits.
I guess I figured out how to voice my qualms.
New to lewis but have become a large fan fast. The only thing id like to do get get some physical books. Lol.. ive only done audiobook.
My favorite of the trilogy by far.
The background music is a perfect choice to match the content. Errie
I'm glad you're pointing this out. The Ransom trilogy get so few mentions. It was blatantly obvious when listening to this one in particular that Jack was onto something. It's unfortunate that more Christians don't know about his works other than The Chronicles of Narnia.
Just finished That Hideous Strength. What a read!
What's taking over is the unseen forces that we feel & most of us are able to recognize as not ours.
This
LOL. That robot though... can't take this seriously. No prophecy here.
We use a CS LEWIS board book for my daughter. I think he is a literary influence for COTTAGECORE fashion with a Saint Brigid Kildare fairy bedroom. Our board LION, WITCH, & THE WARDROBE with pictures by Joey Chou. Thanks!
fairies ... that's reality...
AI = The Devil Works!
I read that trilogy in my 20s. I used to own it. I made the mistake of lending it to someone who asked to borrow it and never saw it again. (Stopped lending books eventually due to that kind of thing). I really need to repurchase it....
The conduit for demonic manifestation.
"Artifical Intelligence" is a misnomer. It is not independantly creative, it can only predict and "remix" data that is already given to it. It cannot create anything on its own accord. It's input -> output.
I used to worry about AI like in the movies until I realized how goofy most AI projects actually are. The auto text stuff, the visual "art" not being able to make proper hands, self-driving AI crashing itself lol.
I do agree, however, people turn to AI and aliens because they lack God in their lives and are trying to find that "greater thing" to give themselves purpose. But God is more compelling than AI and more otherwordly than aliens, plus He's been with us for so much longer ;)
You could argue humans are the same, and our input is sensory stimuli initially, followed by internal synthesis which is self driven by a programmed set of incentives. These both seem feasible to exist within an algorithm, even if it is farther away than we think
Yes, AI cannot "create" stuff on its own. However with its learning abilities, and within the limits set to it, it can pretty much arrive to conclusions and dominate various tasks much faster than the vast majority of us humans can. The trouble with it is really its absolute bent towards efficiency. That unless limits were sufficiently set it will disregard anything that hinders its task. Its not that it will destroy Earth and humanity, it will simply render humanity's learning and search for meaning obsolete, creating a vacuum where humans can't find meaning anymore. That's just my 2 cents.
Exactly. AI is just advanced, sophisticated programming. Only God can create souls.
excellent analysis - people focus on these things because they do not have God in their lives
It is completely absurd to suggest that people turn to alternative concepts because they don't have "God". That's just absurd and wholely speculative, just like your believe in "God".
I love The Space Trilogy
Ha! Just started reading this again, for the umpteenth time.
What episode of y'all's did this come from?
So that’s not Adam Driver…
It is the Beast
Read Fredrick Browns short stories: The Answer and 50 thousand J.C's.
Awesome guest, loved watching this conversation live
Oh wow!!!
Wow
I feel you are giving CS Lewis credit for something he didnt intend or actually forsee.
Behold I am coming in the Clouds! What if Jesus is referring to the digital afterlife?
THOU SHALL NOT CREATE A MACHINE IN THE LIKENESS OF A HUMAN MIND!"
Frank Herbert, Dune...The Orange Catholic Bible
"Materialist Magicians" as referenced in the Screwtape Letters
Who is this guy and where’s the full video?
Luciferian apotheosis: Man becomes God, an inversion of Christian divinity God becomes Man, a double cascade, rather than Man becomes Machine, tragedy becomes horror, Machine becomes Man, The Deincarnation.
Freezing someones head is a pretty easy to predict thing. Also, general ai is a separate thing.
Oh no, not the evil scientists trying to live longer! What's funny is that everybody seeks eternal life, even religious people. That's why they made up Gods and make false promises about heaven if only you believe and follow the rules.
You claim to be about science, but science is nothing more than exploring theories, testing them, and either discarding those said theories and starting again. What you and many others that claim to be about science are really nothing more than converts to scientism. You claim that we made up God and have to follow made-up rules to go to heaven. No, we worship the creator of the universe. In your world, nothing creted everything. I even heard a scientist claim that nothing is something when faced with this delima. I am sorry, but that is a terrible argument. You may say your God flooded the earth and killed millions. Ignoring the fact that God punished sinners who refused to turn away from their evil, in your world view, it does not matter what happened those people was insignificant since they were nothing more than water bags governed by chemical reactions. We are seeing what a humanist and secularist world leads to-chaos. The world got a taste with the hundreds of millions killed by godless communists. You may say religious wars killed more, which is demostrably wrong. Yes, some took the mantle of Christ and used it for evil. Humans are sinners, which is why God sent his Son; however, in your worldview, humans are insignificant specks in the universe. What I find funny is how the humanist world has stolen from the Christian world view and claimed it as its own. I pray the Lord will lead you to repent and bow the knee to him, your King, in this life, because you bow it in the next whether you like it or not. I truly hope and fervently pray that you will seek Christ and would gladly welcome you into the flock.
Jesus said believe but follow Him. He said He'll replace your heart of stone (dead) into a living heart. He will give you desire to do good. You don't as is represented on many religions earn your way in. Then maybe you were good enough to earn being in His Kingdom. I know many US religious ppl gey this weomg.or only give lip service to not earning it.
Religious people seek a relationship with the eternal God first and foremost. Eternal life is His gift to give, but the primary reason we worship and obey God is because He is the appropriate recipient for that worship and obedience.
You, on the other hand, cling to this life and want to extend it as much as possible, because you believe it's all you have. That's the opposite of what Christ tells us to do - lose our life for His sake to gain it.
Not to mention, our souls are already immortal. The only question is whether you'll spend your eternity in a loving relationship with The Almighty, or if you'll spend it separated from Him in agony.
The favorite Protestant of Catholics.
Bruh. Get tough. We’re finna screw their plans up.
i mean even at the time Lewis was writing these works these weren't new ideas. Hardly a prophecy and more of an educated guess if you think about humanity and have a solid understanding of technology and the world even during his era.
Why does it feel like we’re trying to give demons physical bodies??
I will live forever.
I will merge with Ai and become God.
Hmm....interesting
It is unavoidable though, we can’t live without machines now that we’ve come this far. I for one welcome the machines and want to work beside them, some things you must accept and adapt to or get steam rolled over.
The shifty robot 👀🤖 😂
That's right
Now a “must read”.
Cool.
NICE
Since when? I can only imagine Elon pulling something like that dude.
What’s the motivation to create this type of thing?
Reminds me of Dune
Don't be scared ,it's going to be OK.
Scary
So, you never v read Lovecraft.
Of course Lewis did😂
Till have faces is terrible. Surprised by joy was disappointing. Mere Christianity is Good. Screwtape is genius
Hal
Most of the other top search results on YT for "transhumnism" are blindly optimistic and supportive of the concept. Good to find a counter point.
The desperation of these individuals and groups believing they'll never achieve salvation in Jesus Christ, Lord of lords and King of kings, that they think they have to pull stunts like H+ to escape God's cup of wrath poured out.
They know they will not inherit ye kingdom of God and are so beyond arrogant to repent.
Jesus Christ is Lord!
There is no escape The One who is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent!
He looks like a conservative Bbno$
It’s “prescience” not “presence.”
(For this conversation, ironically, spelled “pre- science.”)😅
Prophecy *
The ever-present fear of a falling sky is what keeps Christianity alive. It doesn't matter that none of it ever comes true.
It has , many times over and will continue to.
“Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?””
Matthew 13:55-56
Perpetual virginity is a retarded doctrine.
Christianity is mid lol
"....men will beg God to kill them....but they wont be able to die...."
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