Makes me wonder about this:
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And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
| In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled AI Generated Images of Actual People, Salamander wrote: |
Makes me wonder about this: |
I think you're right. I 've seen an article recently wherein the claim was made there is an AI image of Christ (modern interpretation of him maybe) dispensing religious instruction and people are beginning to worship it.
interesting take. Hadn’t thought about it that way.
Yes, but that power is not a technological power. Read the entire chapter 13 of the book and you will see that the power being spoken of in that chapter is miraculous, not technological as many have wrongly interpreted:
Verse 2: The first beast receives his “power” from the dragon (Satan):
“And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.”
Verse 12: The second beast exercises the same “power” as the first beast:
“And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”
Verse 14: Reveals that the second beast has the power to do miracles:
“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.”
So the image moving and talking isn’t technological, it’s a miracle, a supernatural act, just a miracle that is worked by Satan instead of by God. The entire world will not be conned by some clever technological fraud like the Wizard of Oz. They will see a legitimate miracle, only they will not realize it comes from Satan instead of God.