Like the snake in the Garden of Eden before them, Silicon Valley researchers have now experimented at arguing against strongly held beliefs using AI systems, and repeatedly "fact checking" people into reducing (or doubting) their previously strongly held beliefs.
Results showed up to a 30% drop in that strongly held belief, snd that drop was still there for at least 2 months.
This is as warned in George Orwell's book 1984. Early in the novel, Winston reads a history book written for children, to indoctrinate them into the Party's modified history.
As Winston thinks, “For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable—what then?”
"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy."
Quote from Book One, Chapter VII, "1984", as Winston looks at a children’s history book and marvels at the Party’s control of the human mind.
Then the government arrests him, and "helps" Winston see things differently.
The mathematical sentence 2 + 2 = 5 thus becomes a motif linked to the theme of psychological independence.
The motif comes full circle at the end of the novel after the torture [mental, physical, and psychological] Winston suffers in the Ministry of Love breaks his soul; he sits at the Chestnut Tree Café and traces “2 + 2 = 5” in the dust on his table.
Ref: https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/1984/quotes/
This AI, similar to Winston in the book "1984" will likely soon to be used against Christians by Satan.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Best to be practicing your Biblical Apologetics, especially as commanded in 2 Tim 4:2; 1 Peter 3:15
[2Ti 4:2 KJV] "2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."
[1Pe 3:15 KJV] "15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:"
I was a luke-warm Christian for 63 years. As such, I used to be a sitting duck; good as dead for doubt, willing to consider pragmatic paths of convenience, and likely willing to avoid immediate pain & inconvenience by taking the disguised Mark of the Beast.
Those who study the Bible, but never apply it, or never defend it, are as good as dead.
If people merely hear the Word, they will naturally forget 50% of the info presented within 1 hour. Within 24 hours, they have forgotten an average of 70% of new information, and within a week, forgetting claims an average of 90% of it.
Memorizing the Bible isn't much better.
In the 1970's & 80's, Catholic Priests were tortured in prison for smuggling Bibles into Iron Curtain countries. They reported that they quickly lost all Bible verses they had memorized & quoted on a daily basis for decades; unable to quote a single Bible verse to themself while in prison solitary confinement.
Ref.: https://www.acton.org/religion-liberty/volume-33-number-3/brother-andrew-gods-smuggler
That is why we are commanded as we are, to pick up our cross and follow Jesus, be fishers of men, give our testimony and preach the Gospel to every creature.
Ref.: Lev 5:1; Matthew 4:19, Mat 5:14-15, 19; Mat 10:7-8, 23, 27, 32; Mat 24:14; Mat 28:18-20; Mar 4:21-25; Mar 5:19; Mar 13:10; Luk 3:3; Luk 4:43; Luk 8:16-18, 39; Luk 9:60; Luk 10:2; Luk 16:16; Luk 21:13; Luk 24:46-47; Jhn 12:17; Jhn 13:15; Jhn 15:27; Jhn 21:15-17; Act 1:8; Act 4:33; Act 8:4-5, 12; Act 9:20; Act 10:42; Act 15:35; Act 20:27; Act 22:15; Act 28:23, 31; Rom 1:15-16; Rom 10:9, 14-15; 1Co 1:17-18, 23; 1Co 2:13; 1Co 9:14, 16; Eph 2:20; Col 4:6; 1Ti 4:13; 2Ti 1:8; 2Ti 2:2, 24-26; 2Ti 4:1-2; Tit 1:3; Tit 2:1-15; 1Pe 3:15.
Think of a street preacher's experience, of persevering for 10 years all the abuse, being spat upon, assaulted, yelled at, presented crazy Atheistic or Islamic arguments by a crowd of hundreds while the preacher is the only Christian.
This street preacher builds muscle memory of the Word by survival, the Word marinates their flesh, as does the Holy Spirit. They know the blessings of God for the depth of their faith. They have lived the Word, similar to the Apostles.
They believe the Word better, stronger, deeper than they believe their own name.
Salvation & Protection
Get close to God.
Even if you have a reinforced steel & concrete bunker under your house, you need to be close to God so as to receive His protection.
Only with God (ie. only as a Born Again, obedient child of God, with a loving intimate relationship with Jesus Christ) are you truly safe.
As a True Christian, that likely means you pray to God more than 5 times each day, read your Bible at least an hour each day, have gotten all iniquity out of your life (ie. pre-planned, wilfull, or chronic sin), love God with all your heart mind soul & strength, love everyone else as you love yourself, forgiven everybody who has trespassed against you & hold no grudges or bitterness, hate all sin just as God hates all sin, at least weekly you pick up your cross & follow Jesus, be a fisher of men by giving your testimony and preaching the Gospel to every creature.
True Christians trust in God's promise that God will ensure no sin is so tempting that they are unable to resist. They also trust in God's promise that God will always ensure that an avenue of escape exists, so that they can flee from the temptation (1 Cor. 10:13; Match ⁷26:41; Gal. 5:16; James 1:12-16, 4:7; Luke 15:7; Ezek. 18:21; Ps. 32:2).
For those who are not yet qualified as a True Christian (see above), then you are a luke-warm Christian, or a hypocrite, or a wolf in sheep's clothing, or a non-believer. In this case, the following is for you:
Workers of Iniquity
Repentance means "1 and done", where a sinner turns away from their former sin, and turns towards God, and they never repeat that same sin again, nor any similar sin. They have permanently learned their whole lesson.
If someone claims to have repented, but they repeat the same or similar sin, they have done a false repentance, and are now doing chronic sin.
Chronic sinners will sin and confess, then sin and confess again, on & on they go. They never get to true repentance.
Chronic sins are iniquity. Chronic sinners repeatedly do iniquity. They have therefore become a "Worker of Iniquity".
Workers of Iniquity are unrepentant sinners.
For unrepentant sinners, God hates their evil deeds (Psalm 5:5), is angry at them every day (Psalm 7:11), hates their actions (Proverbs 6:18), hates their worship (Proverbs 15:8), hates their ways (Proverbs 15:9), hates their thoughts (Proverbs 15:26), is far from the wicked (Prov. 15:29), and refuses to hear their prayers for help (John 9:31, Isaiah 59:1-2, Lam 3:44, Prov 15:29, Jer. 7:16, Mica 3:4; Ezek 8:18, 1 Pet 3:12).
Prayers of an unrepented sinner are an abomination to God, and become sin in themselves (Prov 28:9, Ps 109:7).
Unlike the unrepentant sinners, God hears the prayers of the righteous (Prov. 15:29, Ps. 34:17-19), & helps the righteous, obedient, children of God:
[Psa 34:17-19 KJV] "17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all."
2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
Unrepentant sinners will be tried by God & convicted, then thrown alive into Hell (ie. The Lake of Fire), where they will have no rest, neither day nor night, but suffer burning & torment for ever & ever (Rev. 14:11, 20:10, 15). There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 8:12, 13:42, 50; 22:13, 24:51, 25:30; Luke 13:28)
If you want to go to Heaven, and avoid Hell, you must confess & repent all your sins to God, and ask for God's forgiveness; be a Born Again Christian who received the Holy Spirit's baptism by fire; fully believes in the true Jesus Christ who is fully God and fully man; love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength; loves all others as you love yourself; forgives the trespasses of all others; seeks to lovingly obey God's commandments; get all iniquity (pre-planned, or chronic sin) out of your life; hate sin; pick up your cross & follows Jesus by sharing your testimony, preaching the Gospel, and doing good works as proof of your salvation; don't do the Unforgiveable Sin; and don't take the Mark of the Beast.
If you aren't a fool, here is a link to what you need to know & do immediately.
This is urgent, as WW3 likely begins within a few hours to a few months, so don't delay. All are welcome to fully join God's winning side.
The following is a summary of 300+ Bible verses to help you quickly get started.
God's 26 Commandments for Christians
https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/12/gods-26-commandments-for-christians.html
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