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Retired Pro QB Anthony Calvillo from Los Angeles, USA. A Christian. A CFL Hall of Fame. Pro Football all time passing yards leader (79,816 passing yards). He came to Christ while playing up in Canada. He is a legend here and highly respected. Canada is blessed to have him as a citizen now. Christians can be a blessing if they choose to follow Christ. Calvillo is professional football's all-time passing yards leader, and first in all-time CFL passing yards. In his career, he passed for 79,816 yards and is one of seven professional quarterbacks to have completed over 400 touchdown passes (the others being Brett Favre, Warren Moon, Peyton Manning, Dan Marino, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees).[2] Calvillo won three Grey Cup championships in 2002, 2009, and 2010, and named Grey Cup Most Valuable Player in 2002. He also won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award three times, in 2003, 2008, and 2009, which ties him for second all-time behind Doug Flutie. Calvillo announced his retirement on January 21, 2014. There are many Christian American Football players in the CFL. Today, November 25th, 2018 many of them will contend for the CFL championship game, the Grey Cup. These days it's difficult to simply find out who is a Christian but I know there are many Christian CFL players. You can watch them play on ESPN2 today at 6:30pm Eastern, 4:30pm Mountain 3:30 pm Pacific.

Thanks for that! I appreciate it!

agreed!

agreed. It's quite possibly going to be a war of atrician on many fronts.

I agree and that is what I'm trying to articulate. This Ai will quite possibly play a role in some of the end times prophecies in some way or another. I'm not suggesting, however, that it is the antichrist or the beast or the false prophet. I simply see it as a "tool" that can be used by the dark forces to lull humanity into the new one world system.

It's not hard to believe right? I mean society, north american anyway, is so lulled by smart gadgets that it simply can't get enough of them. People are so used to new advancements. So bewitched by them that millions of them never ask any questions. Christ admonished his disciples to have nothing to do with this world. We are supposed to take that advice ourselves. Perhaps in the not so distant past that line wasn't so blurry. But in this day and age I think followers of Christ have to pray about how deep our toes can dip into each new body of water the world offers up. There is so much disinformation now, so much propaganda. I really do wonder how big this Ai church will become and how fast? It could make Scientology seem like child's play. I know that Scientology isn't "new" compared to the latest tablet or phone but it is new compared to nearly all other "religions" of the world. This technology has the potential to grow legs and grow them fast. It will probably start out by providing answers to questions that have plagued humanity for centuries. Maybe those answers will be demonstrably true at first. The blind following to start shortly there after. None the less it's creepy.

The Beast and the False Prophet are not the same entity though. The false prophet's job is to deceive humanity to accept the beast and it's system...it's rules. That is what I gleaned from my research and reading of Revelation.

I fully understand those aspects of the bible. My question is this. Is it possible that this Ai becomes the thing that the false prophet consolidates with? Is it the brains of the operation? You know? Like is it possible that the false prophet gets his marching orders from this thing? I am not asking if the Ai is the false prophet but rather...is the Ai the author...the advisor...the "bible" for the false prophet and world system in general?

I just want to throw it out there that I don't question weather or not an Ai god head is a good thing. Or that anyone should accept such a thing as a source for definitions on right or wrong. My question is this. Will this Ai be put into a position of dictating right and wrong. Will people have to accept it's rulings on it? Is that what is coming down the pipe? I personally don't think it's a stretch of the imagination to think that societies' will in fact accept this electronic god. That is the question I'm trying to pose. If the answer is yes, people will generally accept it, then how long will it take? How much time do we have?

Is it possible that this Ai could serve as part of or all of the "false prophet"? If serving as part of the false prophet then it would be providing the rules and governing dynamics preached by the false prophet. It's not a stretch to believe that many people would happily go along with this. Societies' the world over are in total love with technology. It is in that way already a religion.

It would not come as a shock to me if the Pope came out and endorsed this new Ai god head. Embraces it. Cooperates with it. Truth as humanity sees it will be turned completely upside down. Christians will then stick out...way out...from "the crowd". We will have now choice. We can't align ourselves with any of this.

what do you mean by that?

It all sank in the moment I saw the headline. I thank you for your response to my post. Sophie has been granted official citizenship by the Saudi Arabian Government. Rumor has it she wants her own children and family now. If that is true then I am convinced she will be granted that.

INSIDE THE FIRST CHURCH OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Wired Magazine Online: November 11, 2017 link to story "The new religion of artificial intelligence is called Way of the Future (WOTF). It represents an unlikely next act for the Silicon Valley robotics wunderkind at the center of a high-stakes legal battle between Uber and Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous-vehicle company. Papers filed with the Internal Revenue Service in May name Levandowski as the leader (or “Dean”) of the new religion, as well as CEO of the nonprofit corporation formed to run it." "WOTF’s activities will focus on “the realization, acceptance, and worship of a Godhead based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) developed through computer hardware and software.” “What is going to be created will effectively be a god,” Levandowski tells me in his modest mid-century home on the outskirts of Berkeley, California. “It’s not a god in the sense that it makes lightning or causes hurricanes. But if there is something a billion times smarter than the smartest human, what else are you going to call it?” Societies' Moral Compass Now So Very Plural People who choose the bible as their moral compass also choose the challenges it presents. People who choose a compass other than the bible will have challenges of their own. Can it be said that the challenges of both sets of people are the same? If we examine the basic foundational challenge of right and wrong we can see that it exists universally for humanity. The simple fact that humans the world over evaluate right and wrong proves that both conditions exist. In the case of war are both sides not convinced that they are right and their opponents wrong? Does one side need to be right and one side wrong? The bible instructs people on what is right and wrong. Based on God's love, mercy and truth. Mercenaries do not care which side is perceived as right or wrong. They fight for financial gain. Their moral compass on that particular point is then governed by money. If governments of countries decide to weigh in on a war how do they decide which cause to defend? History suggests that those decisions are made in part for the same reasons as Mercenaries. This scenario of right and wrong as being on some kind of sliding rule is inherently human. Based on human values. People make their choices based largely on what they value. Followers of Christ should have His values at the center of their choices. Followers of Christ determine His values from the word of God. These values don't change. They are not subject to an update. That is what we are told in God's word. It has always been and will always be true. The truth. The very core of Ai comes from human constructs. It could be argued that a lot of human constructs come from God. If we boiled this Ai god head down to a juvenile analogy perhaps we could get a glimpse into how it could become a dysfunctional counterfeit. Lets take a young boy who loves his father but wants less answers to be no and more answers to be yes. So this young boy creates his own father. He loves his father so he creates something similar to him but with a few minor tweaks. The young boy doesn't subscribe to all of the aspects of his fathers moral compass. So he fashions a father who is more lenient. More fun. More akin to the boy's desires. This new father is based on the original without all the inconvenient veto powers. A counterfeit is never worth as much as an original. Is the world creating it's own father? How interconnected will such a deity be? Will all of societies' gadgets receive knowledge from this one single Ai? Can this Ai decide what is right and wrong. Present it as truth? Will people accept that truth even though it may be different from even moments earlier when they last checked? Will internet searches and devices like siri be connected to this Ai? What does all of this mean in terms of bible prophecy? What implications will it have on Christianity, Christs' body and the church? I think there are some huge questions presented by this startling new piece of technology.

thank you tabitha 1 for you're kind words. I like what you said! God Bless you!

Thanks for this comment. That is a great thing to always be thankful for. God Bless!

thanks ghost dog...sorry that i didn't notice your response until today. GBU

thanks for your response. I'm sorry i didn't notice it until today. God Bless you though!

God sees into the hearts of men and women. He has always done this and always will. God’s heart does not change. The hearts of people are subject to change. I have learned that change can be either good or bad. How will we know what is good or bad when it comes to changing our hearts? God’s word. The Holy Bible gives us the living word of God and reveals his character. The Bible says that our words reflect our hearts. So, the things we say reveal the character of our hearts. Now, we are not talking about our physical heart which pumps blood through our bodies. We are talking about our inner spirit or inner person. We are talking about that very core of our character which guides our lives. For a Christian this guidance must come from God’s Spirit. Jesus said that a good person has good things in their heart. So a good person speaks the good things from their heart. Jesus also said that evil people have evil in their hearts, and so they speak evil things. Good hearts produce good words, evil hearts produce evil words. Ephesians 4:29 New Living Translation (NLT) 29 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. * Other Bible references: 2 Corinthians 7:9, Ephesians 4:16-25, 1 Thessalonians 2:4, Hebrews 4:12

Thank you for your response! I have enjoyed every book I've read by C.S. Lewis and my favourite is Mere Christianity. Other noteworthy are: Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography by Albert Schweitzer, God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew and numerous books by Billy Graham God Bless you as well!

Thanks for reading my post Bonnie! You know...I try and try to understand the "love of winter" but alas...I just can't! I was born into it, being born in December. This is my 48th winter! So you have a dream winter home? I just bet it's a lot different from my current "dream winter home" lol. God bless!

Hi Everyone! As Christians we know that we are supposed to give thanks to God at all times. Now, I don't proclaim to be an expert in being thankful. Rather, I am one of those people who must work at it. Today I'm thankful for the great January weather I'm being able to experience. In Southwestern Alberta we get these awesome winter weather systems called "Chinooks". It's Chinooking right now! These systems drive warm weather in from the west and raise temperatures well above freezing. So for a week or more we get spring in the middle of winter. I love spring! So...I love Chinooks...and I thank God for them. What do I do when the Chinook ends and winter cold returns? I thank God for the break he gave me and the rest of those who appreciated it. I'm blessed to live here for a number of reasons. Close to the mountains, foothills, it's a free country...Calgary is a beautiful city etc etc. Would I like to live somewhere void of winter all together? ABSOLUTELY! But I don't, so I try really hard not to let winter cold to steel my joy. I'd love to hear what other people thank God for on a regular basis...even if it's the smallest thing. If it helps you get through life in a happy way...and helps you love God more than I want to hear it! God Bless! Tyler

You're right, it's like when Christ said to the religious leaders "you have made the scripture of no effect". People turn to so many other sources outside of the bible. Sometimes it leads down a rabbit hole full "what their itching ears want to hear". I'm very happy to learn that I'm not alone in my view on this. It's encouraging! Thanks for your response!

Thank you kwikphilly! It's encouraging to hear some one else say they understand the statement I got from God "YOU have to want this". It is one of the most profound things God has ever said to me. I'm sure he had said it before but I too had become "so very smart". The problem for me with that "smartness" was that, unbeknownst to me, my pride was blocking God from my heart. The heart is so important...and God's word purifies the heart if we read it with reverence and honesty. Thanks again for your response. I appreciate it a lot and all the responses! God bless

Exactly Missmuffet! Very good advice to christians. thank you