Tabitha
@tabithamcduffee
Writer. Learner. Beauty chaser.
Tabitha
@tabithamcduffee
Writer. Learner. Beauty chaser.
Connect to the Algorithms as Idolatry piece.
Who are our debtors, literal or figurative, and what do they owe us? Most of us could probably come up with a list. The verse makes us God’s debtors. What do we owe Him? Everything. More than we can conceive of. But a debt is an obligation. The prophets make it clear that sacrifice does not satisfy the Lord’s requirement of us. Doing justice and
... See more“Cain does not believe that God is just. He responds in a fury by murdering his brother. It is as if he is shouting at heaven, ‘Oh, so my offering is not good enough for you? Try this one on for size!’
Abel is an offering of infinite value. Cain is sacrificing the image of God to God.
That is what murder is. It is the killing of the imago Dei. It is
... See moreKingdom of Cain by Andrew Klavan, page 159
“After 9/11, people were afraid that we were going to live in an America where the local grocery stores were constantly getting bombed and we had to fight the terrorists in the streets, where nothing would ever be the same. They were afraid, but there was such yearning in that fear. I think AI hype comes from the same place.”
— Freddie DeBoer on
... See moreIdeas I want to write about and don't try to change the world
What yearning is there behind our fears today? Yearning for significance? Yearning to change the world?