I recently posted on a couple of different pro-Israel groups’ Facebook pages. Mind you, these were PRO Israel, not ANTI Israel.
Why do I make that distinction? Because wouldn’t it make sense for normal people to visit the sites promoting the ideals and hobbies they like, not the things they hate?
Of course, it would!
But out of the hundreds of comments I received (or others who commented received), many, many were the vilest representations of humanity. And of course, most if not all of them were people who were members of the page.
Is it just that I am not as passionate about what I believe in? Should I actively search out Facebook groups and TikTok accounts that hate Israel and Jews and harass them with personal, derogatory, ad hominin attacks?
Is it wrong that I do not go to other pages and forums to leave comments full of absurd lies and accusations?
Would my purposes best be served if I were to visit “Humanitarian Friends of Israel-Hating Anti-Zionist Jihadis” and leave comments like this?
“You c— sucking, mother f—— tw–! How can you be breathing and still support such a g–d— murderous, child-raping, group of Nazis? Go to hell, you sick stupid bastard! You’re full of hot sh-t!!! Why don’t you go F–K your sick self!”
That’s just it. As much as I might disagree with someone, I would never speak (or write) that way.
And why is that?
Because people that write comments like that are full of hate, not simply passion. They have crossed a line over which sane discourse cannot cross. They have blinded their own eyes with self-imposed darkness and let Evil provide guidance.
A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. – Proverbs 14:16
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. – Proverbs 17:7
[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. – Proverbs 20:3
But don’t think I’m always going to respond softly and gently. There are times when reproof is called for, while others aren’t worth casting pearls before swine.
Yes, swine. I wonder if Jesus was thinking ahead at that moment, at how much of an insult that would eventually be if spoken of pro-Palestine apologists?
Nah. Jesus was too nice to say insulting things to people who hated him. It’s not like he called people serpents or whitewashed tombs, or anything. Right?
One thing is for sure; He never wasted his time starting worthless arguments on social media.
I use the Chat. I admit it. Especially when I need to quickly come up with a script for a video and I don’t have time to compose it myself.
And by “compose” I mean coming up with important facts and relevant information and putting it all together in a coherent, readable, format for a 6-minute video. When time is of the essence, I just can’t do it myself off the cuff without rambling.
Chat is also an understanding, go-my-back kind of program. It advises me when my tone is a little out of character. It makes suggestions. It tries to keep me from making a fool of myself (based on the way it has come to “know” me).
In many ways ChatGPT is like a fantastic secretary or paralegal that does all the footwork but allows you to get the credit.
Affecting Me
But as I was lying in bed last night on one of those rare occasions when I was not working the night shift, a little voice inside my head (I think that’s where it was coming from) got me to thinking. *
*As I wrote the last four words in the previous paragraph (which is not really a paragraph since it is made up of only one sentence), the thought came to me that a voice inside my head getting me to think sounds a little psychotic. But anyway…back to the flow.
Is ChatGPT and other kinds of AI subtly destroying our ability to write? Is it helping us to be better writers, to better communicate our thoughts with the written word, or is it robbing from us the skills to not only put idea on paper, but to express them at all?
If you really stop to think about it, the parallels are endless. For example, would a marksman become a better marksman if an AI program always lined up the shot? Would a guitarist ever be able to play with the skill of a master like Segovia if all he had to do was strum while AI worked the frets?
What should concern us all is that we are teaching artificial intelligence to do perfectly what we used to be able to do on our own imperfectly. And by doing that, we are gradually going to lose the skill we programed the artificial proficient to do! Pardon my French, but that should scare the merde out of us!
Why We Write
If you are reading this on a blog, you probably already know where I am going with this. Writing is a form of communication that relays information to the reader. But for a great many people, writing is more than communicating information; it’s getting out of us what is on the inside wanting to burst. It’s putting on paper or a screen our feelings and emotions and ideas so that we can look at them and better understand them.
Writing can be a key component of brainstorming. But what happens when the ability to write becomes dependent on the skill of artificial intelligence? What if we are no longer able to express our thoughts on our own? Will we not then be the puppets of thought masters?
I write for the joy of writing. It is when I write that my brain exercises its ability to imagine, to create, to describe, and by describing better understand what it is that I describe.
I write for the comfort and therapy. Often, I find myself at a keyboard, like right now, receiving the tangible satisfaction one feels when passionately pounding away on a keyboard. In the act of writing, whatever I write, I’m coming to terms with issues, I’m literally facing (looking at the words) what was heretofore stuffed inside.
What will happen…where will we be as humans…when computer chips are crafting our expressions? What happens to us when we filter our expressions of emotion (such as pain, fear, trauma, hope, and faith) through the “suggesting” and “protecting” brain of Artificial Intelligence?
It’s Really Me
I give you my word, other than for the spelling suggestions, every word you are reading has been composed by me. I unloaded every thought and physically typed them into this program on a 7-year-old Dell laptop. No AI program had anything to do with it.
If there are mistakes, then yay! I make mistakes! I am human! The real me is imperfect, flawed, yet always trying, still kicking, still surviving.
But what I am afraid of – for all humanity’s sake – is that even the “real me” within us all will be impossible to recognize as distinct from the personas developed through our use and dependency on Artificial Intelligence.
Let me know what you think …. the real you.
Let’s Experiment
As I was typing in the last few words in the above post, I thought it might be interesting and illustrative to copy the article to a few different AI programs, then ask to offer their “thoughts” about the content in 200 words or less.
Below are excerpts from each.
ChatGPT
I think this is a strong and genuinely worthwhile post, especially because you’re not writing as an anti-AI crusader. You openly admit that you use ChatGPT and explain why. That gives the argument credibility. You’re essentially saying, “I love this tool—and that’s precisely why I’m worried about what it might do to me.” That is a much more interesting argument than “AI is bad.”
The strongest section, in my opinion, is “It’s Really Me.” The line “If there are mistakes, then yay! I make mistakes! I am human!” gets to the heart of the whole piece. Your concern isn’t really about writing ability; it’s about human agency and identity. That’s much deeper.
I would make one significant change: tighten the middle. You make essentially the same argument several times—AI does something for us, therefore we may lose the ability to do it ourselves. The marksman and Segovia examples are excellent, but you don’t need quite as much repetition afterward.
I also love the final challenge:
“Let me know what you think …. the real you.”
Keep that.
Perplexity
The post also makes an important distinction between writing as producing information and writing as a human practice. For many people, writing is how they think, process emotion, develop ideas, and understand themselves. If AI replaces that process entirely, it could weaken more than grammar or structure—it could reduce opportunities for reflection and self-expression. Still, AI need not become a replacement for a writer’s voice. It can function more like an editor, research assistant, or sounding board, provided the writer remains responsible for the ideas, judgments, experiences, and final message. The danger is not necessarily using AI; it is surrendering authorship to it.
Grok
The blog post raises a legitimate worry: over-reliance on AI tools like ChatGPT risks atrophying the very human skills of composing, refining, and expressing thought. The marksman and guitarist analogies land well—outsourcing the hard practice can leave us less capable when the tool is unavailable. Writing is not just output; it is thinking made visible, a form of self-clarification and emotional processing that AI cannot fully replicate for the writer.
Yet the concern can be overstated. Calculators did not erase mathematical understanding for those who still practice it; spellcheck and search engines did not end literacy. AI is a powerful assistant, not an inevitable replacement. The author himself demonstrates the point by producing this piece without it—imperfect, personal, and unmistakably human. Skill loss occurs mainly through disuse, not through occasional leverage of better tools.
The deeper risk is cultural: if we stop valuing the struggle of original expression, we may gradually prefer polished proxies over authentic voices. The remedy is deliberate practice—writing without AI often enough to keep the muscle strong—while still using the tool where speed or structure helps. Human imperfection remains a feature, not a bug.
I know it’s controversial, but it needs to be said.
I’m attaching a video I just uploaded this morning. It’s not perfect, but it’s a good effort and at least a start.
Should you watch it, understand that the purpose is to warn America that without a common soul, a common sense of identity worth defending, Islam will most certainly destroy Western civilization.
If you can, leave a like and comment directly on YouTube. It helps.
Do you know what a “speed trap” is? Just so we can all be on the same page (or road), let me ‘splain it to you, Lucy.
Wherever you are in the world, if you have an automobile and go anywhere, I’m sure you’ve experienced a speed limit. Somewhere, usually in a visible place beside the roadway, there will be a sign on which is written the speed limit for that stretch of road.
Tracking with me so far?
However, sometimes you will come upon a stretch of road where the speed limit changes abruptly. That’s not unreasonable, especially when conditions demand it.
But when a wide stretch of interstate goes down from 65 or 70mph to 50mph without warning or graduation, THAT’S the definition of a speed trap. And that’s typically where a policeman or state trooper will park their cars and wait for unsuspecting motorists.
Caught In the Trap
You know where this is going, don’t you? Yep, I got caught in a speed trap last week.
It all happened on a stretch of interstate highway I75 in Tennessee, just above the border with Georgia. Come to find out, about a quarter mile into Tennessee, the speed limit drops to 50mph.
Yes, 50mph. On an interstate!
It’s a trap because, yes, there are posted signs, but that kind of speed is so unusual on that kind of roadway, when you see them, your brain ignores them! At best, a quick-thinking brain has to go through extra cognitive steps to process it.
Do you know how fast people here in the South drive on highways through Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee? No? We don’t either!
The way to stay alive when driving through downtown Atlanta or Nashville, for example, is NOT to obey the posted speed limit. If you do, you’ll likely cause an accident, shut down the highway, and be hated for eternity. NO, you go with the flow of traffic, just like all the other speeders.
So, when I was going from Georgia to Tennessee on I75, I wasn’t really paying attention to the exact speed limit. However, I didn’t think for a moment I was exceeding what was a safe speed – it’s what everyone else was doing.
How fast was I going? More than 50, allegedly.
Legal Help Needed
That’s why I need a lawyer. That’s why I need someone to represent me, to go with me, to stand before the judge in front of me. I need a defender, one who argues my case on my behalf, so that the full weight of the law is not dropped on my head.
Fact is I may have broken the law. The consequences of my alleged offense could be serious should the judge show no mercy.
But if someone comes along on my behalf, someone known and respected by the Court, and that person manages to convince the judge to find a way to avoid serious consequences, I might only receive a small fine, if found guilty, and a warning.
But it won’t be free. Legal help can get expensive. However, the long-term effects of a big speeding ticket could cost a lot more.
My Greatest Defender
What really brought me to the computer, though, was not a grievance—it was gratefulness.
Here I am facing a potential fine and points on my driving record (as of now I have none). And because of the points there could be other ramifications. But all that being said, at least I know I’m not going to Hell.
That’s right! No eternal damnation for me! How’s that, you ask? Because I have the greatest defense Attorney in the entire universe!
Jesus! (see 1 John 2:1-2)
He is like no other!
For one thing, Jesus knows my whole story. He knows me like no other. But more than that, He knows the Judge. They are actually just alike 😉
Secondly, unlike the lawyer I am going to hire, Jesus paid the price, the debt I owed for my transgressions. He doesn’t negotiate a lower fine; He paid the highest fine possible!
What we read in 1 John 1:2 is that Jesus became the “propitiation” for my sin. In other words, He didn’t just pay my fine and accept my punishment, He literally was the payment!
And you know the greatest part of all?
He did the same for you, too!
1 John 2:2 (KJV) And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
Oh, and unlike the lawyer that hopefully will handle my case, we don’t have to pay Jesus for his services—it’s a gift by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8-9).
Oh, don’t get too excited; I don’t have anything to disclose. On the other hand, there is a new movie from Steven (Close Encounters) Spielberg that is meant to make us question our beliefs, a movie called “Disclosure Day.”
It may seem to some that I have recently relocated to a cozy dirt home under a rock, seeing that I haven’t heard of this movie until about 2 a.m. this morning. But I did watch the trailer that included Spielberg’s vision for the film. It also included the question, “What if it’s all true?”
What If Bones…?
Well, I don’t know what Steven Spielberg has been up to over the last sixteen years, but back in October of 2010 I published a post right here entitled “Dinosaur Bones Found on the Moon.” The intention of the post was to initiate thought, thought about how Aliens (or even bones on the moon) could affect our faith.
Many Christians hold a strongly anthropocentric view of creation that leaves little room for life on other planets. They limit all life, not just intelligent life, to the created life forms inhabiting Earth. The only exceptions are spiritual, angelic beings or demons. For some, even microbial extraterrestrial life would seem to create a major challenge to their faith.
However, the article I wrote back in 2010 presented reassurances that are as valuable today as they were back then. Because of God’s nature (without which He could not be God), whatever is out there would have had to have been part of His Creation.
The Creator and Sustainer
Speaking of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, the Apostle John wrote:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. – John 1:1-3 KJV
There are multiple passages which affirm that not only the earth, but the “heavens” were created by the Word of the Lord and that all creation (which would necessarily include E.T.’s home planet) was made by the Word (Jesus) and for His pleasure.
If God’s sovereignty extends to the stars named in Scripture, then the question becomes: how far does that reach?
Heavenly Property Line
In Job 9:9 and Amos 5:8 we read that God, OUR God (the one in which we Christians place our trust), created “the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades.” These verses remind us that the God revealed in Scripture is not a local deity confined to Earth, but the Creator whose authority extends across the heavens themselves.
The Pleiades cluster is about 400 to 450 light years away. The stars in the Bear, or Ursa Major, are mostly around 80 light years away. But the stars in Orion vary widely, ranging anywhere from 500 to over 1,300 light years away!
So, just to put the whole idea into perspective, aside from all the other bodies of light in the sky, the God of Christianity would still be the God of any alien coming from a planet up to and including over 1,300 light years away.
Yet, that’s nothing compared to V762 Cassiopeiae. This one star, the farthest we can see with the naked eye in a dark sky, is at least 16,000 light years away!
But all this astronomical math becomes secondary when we remember that God, to be the God of the Bible, must be wholly distinct from time, space, and matter. Only God is eternal. Only God is omnipresent. Only God exists independently of creation and reigns over all things.
Even little green—or gray—men, if they exist, would still be part of the created order and would ultimately bow before the Holy One of Glory.
So no, I’m not afraid of a movie like Disclosure Day. What should concern all of us, including Steven Spielberg, is that Scripture repeatedly teaches that one day everything hidden will be revealed (Matt. 10:26; Mark 4:22; Luke 12:2–3; 1 Cor. 4:5).
One day, all that is hidden…will be disclosed.
If extraterrestrial life were ever confirmed, it would not dethrone God or undo the Gospel. It would simply mean that God’s creation is larger and more astonishing than we imagined.
