There was a time, in times past, when that word referred only to God—rightly so—still true today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But when we look to things man has invented, created, developed, and built, our perception of omnipresent is changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We enjoy many things we have made, and we expect no limits to what more we can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We also fear things we have made, and what else we might make, and we wonder if we are better off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We can create for good because we we are created “in the image of God”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We can create for evil because we have a fallen nature, sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the millennia of history, man has created for good, to improve this life—and man has created for evil, to cause suffering and destroy this life.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our history is indeed omnipresent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NOW, new on the scene—TECHNOLOGY.
+ Computers
+ Cell Phones
+ Internet<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And NOW, new on the scene of technology—ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
+ Where did AI come from ?
+ How is AI coming so fast ?
+ What are the limits of AI ?
+ Should we fear AI ?
+ We do fear AI !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Artificial Intelligence ?
+ Omnipresent—yes, so it seems.
+ Omnipotent—no, never.
+ “But God . . .”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are worried about AI,
If you fear AI,
Then use a bit of technology to find all the Bible verses that say, “But God . . .”
You will find all over again that “God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few lines from old hymns that renew our faith, like the lines from ‘old’ Bible verses that never get old:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Trusting in my Father\u2019s wise bestowment,
I\u2019ve no cause for worry or for fear.”
—–from Day By Day, And With Each Passing Moment (read all the verses)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Truth forever on the scaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne,
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above his own.”
—–from The Present Crisis, by James Russell Lowell, ardent abolitionist of the 18th century (read the entire poem)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*”And do not fear those who kill the body [this life], but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
—–Jesus
“The thief (satan) comes to kill, steal, and destroy—I came that you may have life, and have it more abundantly.”
—–Jesus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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