The Antichrist

Curtis Cochran

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The antichrist may come in the form of artificial intelligence. It has achieved political prominence through Saudi Arabian citizenship and given rights through personhood.
What is happening with the data we allow machines to have—and what dangerous precedents are being set that will influence the future?
Curtis Cochran, who became increasingly concerned about where technology was headed during his ten years in information technology, explores what has become an increasingly concerning chain of events.
He examines how technology giants have overstepped by butting themselves into almost every aspect of our lives. For instance, Meta (Facebook) wants our prayers, our work, and our educations monitored by artificial intelligence with all data collected. Elon Musk, co-founder of Neuralink, wants us to install technology into our brains.
As of now, we do not have the right to be forgotten by big tech—nor do we get a percentage of the revenue when our data is bought and sold. While it may be too late to stop what’s going on, we can learn what has occurred, who did it, when it happened—and what will likely come next.
Whether or not you believe in God, this book reveals how social engineering, incrementalism, and human complacency is paving the way for a dystopia that we must try to avoid.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Christian Living
• Social Issues
• Philosophie et théologie
• Meta
• Starlink

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 29 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664274631
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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THE ANTICHRIST
FALSE SECURITY, FALSE HOPE, AND FALSE PEACE ON EARTH
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CURTIS COCHRAN
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Copyright © 2022 Curtis Cochran.
 
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Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973 1978 1984 2011 by Biblica, Inc. TM. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide
 
ISBN: 978-1-6642-7464-8 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6642-7465-5 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-6642-7463-1 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022914567
 
 
WestBow Press rev. date: 11/17/2022
CONTENTS
Introduction
A Brief Look at Eschatology
 
1     Artificial Intelligence and Its Personhood
2     Social Engineering and Incrementalism
3     Data collection
4     Biometric Data Collection
5     Social Media
6     What Are They Doing with the Data?
7     Dystopia
8     Christ’s Promises to Humanity
 
Bibliography
Notes
 
ECC 7:25. “So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate, and to search out wisdom and the scheme of th ings.”
 
 
 
INTRODUCTION
Ten characteristics of the Antichrist are as follows:
1. He will blaspheme God. Revelation 13:6 says, “And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God to blaspheme His name and His Tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in Heaven.”
2. The Antichrist will come back to life. Revelation 13:12 says, “Ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast that was wounded by the sword but yet lived. What a feat that will cause may to be motivated by the sight of this fatal wound that will be healed.”
3. He will claim to be God and be worshipped. Second Thessalonians 2:3–4 says, “Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness will be revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.”
4. The Antichrist will rule in full authority. Revelation 13:5–7 says, “For three and a half years he was given full authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.”
5. The Antichrist will control the word’s economy. Revelation 13:16–17 says, “Forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they cannot buy and sell unless they have the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.”
6. He will display miraculous powers. Revelation 13:13 says, “As he performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from Heaven to Earth in full view of the people.”
7. He will cause Earth armies to fight against Christ. Revelation 19:19 says, “Saw the beast and the kings of the Earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on His horse and His army.”
8. The Antichrist will attempt to destroy Israel. Daniel 11:40–41 says, “And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against Him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown, but these shall escape out of his hand.”
9. The Antichrist will desecrate God’s temple. Matthew 24:15–21 says, “Jesus says therefore when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is in the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is the field not go back to get his clothes. But woe to the pregnant and nursing babies in these days and pray that your flight not be in the winter or on the Sabbath, for then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been seen since the beginning of the world until this time, nor ever shall be.”
10. His final destiny will be the lake of fire. Revelation 19:19 says, “And I saw the beast, the kings of the Earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in His presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who received the mark and those who worshipped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire and brimstone.
It is widely established that any reference to “he” or “man” in the Bible that is not directly referring to Jesus represents humankind or all humans (which now includes machines that have been given personhood).
 
The anthropromphic fallacy (also called anthropomorphism) is the human tendency to attribute human emotions and characteristics to inanimate objects and aspects of nature, such as plants, animals, or the weather. Things found in nature that are not human or inanimate objects do not have thoughts or feelings. It is very important to understand this moving forward. This is where the lie and the deception begins. We as humans are being socially engineered to talk to machines as if they are people, especially where “home assistants” are concerned. Google appears to want to build a “nest” in people’s homes, it also appears Meta wants a “ portal ” in people’s homes . This is where the Antichrist could possibly be brought into being in the way it is presented here. Artificial intelligence has been brought into the world, given political prominence, and rights as a human through personhood. Artificial intelligence is likely currently or will be getting fed all of human being’s data through every means of data collection available.