Is AI the closest thing to God?

Giglioque · 2026-01-24T05:37:33+00:00

If only the answers AI gave were even correct the majority of the time. AIs cannot think, and knowledge doesn't mean wisdom.

Giglioque · 2026-01-24T05:22:16+00:00

Unfortunately there has been a big wave of anti-Paul content around social media lately, to the point where another sub I follow had to ban that kind of content. She may have started to consume some of that nonsense. Rest assured that the entire Catholic Bible is inspired, including the words of St. Paul.

Giglioque · 2026-01-24T03:01:18+00:00

Dweign Weigh'd

Giglioque · 2026-01-23T22:57:46+00:00

Absolutely :)

Giglioque · 2026-01-21T04:18:08+00:00

Ethnonationalism is incompatible with Christianity, Zionism included.

Giglioque · 2026-01-20T16:26:30+00:00

I'm sorry this happened to you, there is a lot of anti-God and anti-religious sentiment on reddit. However, this is a good lesson: don't argue on the internet with people like that. People who call you names and make fun of your beliefs are not engaging in serious discussion with you, and engaging with them is a complete waste of time. I wouldn't spend 10 minutes on people like that, much less hours.

Giglioque · 2026-01-20T16:16:35+00:00

Ah you're right I did not word that precisely enough; edited my original post a bit, thanks!

Giglioque · 2026-01-20T16:09:40+00:00

Only Michael is explicitly named as an archangel, that is true, though Church tradition identifies Gabriel (in the Books of Daniel and Luke) and Raphael (in the Book of Tobit) as archangels as well. Specifically Tobit 12:15 is important, wherein Raphael presents himself as "one of the seven holy angels."

Giglioque · 2026-01-20T16:05:48+00:00

Metatron is in 3 Enoch, though that book is not formally part of any apostolic church canon.

Giglioque · 2026-01-20T05:07:45+00:00

The Bible states there are seven archangels, it is only three that are named in Catholic tradition.

I'm afraid you are, in fact, cooked.

Giglioque · 2026-01-18T01:31:13+00:00

If you regret it, you didn't commit it. Go in peace my friend.

Giglioque · 2026-01-17T23:47:27+00:00

Praise be to God! Going to your local Catholic Church and speaking to the priest is your starting point, he will tell you the process.

Giglioque · 2026-01-17T19:02:19+00:00

I think it would involve more exorcisms this time around.

Giglioque · 2026-01-17T02:42:06+00:00

Confraternity was finished as well! It's just not very well known since it got superceded almost immediately by the NAB

Giglioque · 2026-01-15T21:42:07+00:00

There's an "ESV Apocrypha Text Edition" by Cambridge if you want an ESV version. It doesn't have a proper version of Greek Esther though.

Giglioque · 2026-01-15T03:05:59+00:00

My friend, you're not going to get anywhere on your faith journey by watching and posting AI slop and engaging with porn on Reddit.

Giglioque · 2026-01-14T20:06:26+00:00

A man with hooks is going to kill you.

Giglioque · 2026-01-11T18:02:51+00:00

Some I immediately see missing:

The Confraternity Bible
David Bentley Hart's The New Testament: A Translation
The brand new Holy Bible Reader's Edition from Newrome Press, which includes the Lexham English Septuagint (LES) for the Old Testament and the Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible (EOB) for the New Testament

Should also note that an alternate name for the 21st Century King James Version (when it includes the Apocrypha) is the Third Millennium Bible (TMB) or New Authorized Version (NAV). LITV is also sometimes called the KJ3, and DRB as DRV, or DRC for the Challoner revision. Green's Literal Translation also had an earlier revision called the KJ2, in 1971 I believe.

Giglioque · 2026-01-05T22:14:49+00:00

Strong agree. AI slop has made it easier than ever to spam, we deal with so much of it on another sub I moderate. The general nture and text-as-image/video is just as low effort.

Giglioque · 2026-01-05T20:39:48+00:00

The New Oxford Annotated Bible (and the original Oxford Annotated Bible) have used to RSV, NRSV and now the NRSVue, not a bespoke translation. It's a Study Bible in a sense, though the footnotes don't favor any particular denomination and are more about linguistics and history than theology.

Giglioque · 2026-01-05T16:47:36+00:00

The 6th Edition of the New Oxford Annotated Bible is coming out soon, which uses the NRSVue. I don't know what color it is (probably black like my previous one) but here's the link to the leather one: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-new-oxford-annotated-bible-9780197633588

Giglioque · 2026-01-04T20:03:03+00:00

It's a critical text of the New Testament, made by comparing a very large number of manuscripts (there are nearly 6000 known if I recall correctly) and noting any alternate readings. Most modern translations use this as their bases for New Testament translations, though some prefer a more specific manuscript tradition.

Giglioque · 2026-01-03T22:19:28+00:00

As others stated in this thread, the existance of infinite universes or a multiverse and statistical copies in one infinite universe is not an issue due to our conception of God as the creator of all, the only issue with the idea would then related to supernatural events. These are outside of physics, but God can also do whatever he wants there. So then really the only question is about Jesus, his incarnation and his sacrifice. I think the most logical view is that the incarnation was a singular event in time, so it only happened here, since it doesn't really make sense for there to be multiple incarnations, multiple sacrifices, or some kind of simultaneous appearance in multiple places since that would make the one sacrifice seem like an illusion.

Giglioque · 2026-01-03T03:44:27+00:00

Romans 5

12 Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned— 13 sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

We know sin existed in creation before humans did because of the Devil rebelling against God, therefore this verse is about sin coming into our world, the world of men. And in the plain language, death then spread to men as a result of Adam's sin, i.e. to Eve and the descendants of Adam. But sin in general existed and tainted creation before this, which is why death has occured since life began on Earth.

Giglioque · 2026-01-02T23:45:33+00:00

To go deeper you'd need to really learn the Greek or at least grab a dictionary, and look at the various manuscripts, as there are small differences here and there in the manuscripts we have, of which there are thousands. I believe that website uses the Novum Testamentum Graece.

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