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Apparently a right-wing deacon said this (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Remind me which level of Hell the hypocrites are in? Is it higher or lower than the one reserved for Jesus now?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean I've seen some random Instagram stuff where Republicans think that Jesus would not allow immigrants into this country. It truly is another level of delusion at this point

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget that Instagram is owned by Meta. They've admitted to making people up to get more engagement and rage bait.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Was curious and went looking. Is this what you're referencing? I'm not sure since it doesn't sound like they were made just to drum up outrage, they were just inherently shitty because they're AI users who suck at pretending to be people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I can't find it anymore, but there was an AI they created that specifically was spouting Russian misinformation to drive engagement. People found it, watched it, and then found others. I'll keep looking.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chriswestfall/2025/01/02/meta-opens-floodgates-on-ai-generated-accounts-on-facebook-instagram/

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/meta-wants-more-ai-bots-on-facebook-and-instagram.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/03/business/meta-ai-accounts-instagram-facebook/index.html

Edit: Here's one: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/11/1020600/facebook-responsible-ai-misinformation/

Edit 2: Another: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251072726/ai-spam-images-facebook-linkedin-threads-meta

Edit 3: The best one: https://opentools.ai/news/facebooks-ai-generated-people-future-of-engagement-or-privacy-pitfall

These AI entities are designed to boost interactivity and engagement, aligning with Meta's push towards generative AI. While the innovation promises enhanced social media experiences, it also raises significant concerns over data privacy and the potential misuse of user-generated content for AI training. Join us as we explore the implications of this bold move by Meta

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

TYVM, I've got some reading to do lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, the widely practiced "Prosperity Gospel" stuff is like a religious studies PhD designed the most anti-Christian form of Christianity for a thesis, and suddenly people started picking it up and running with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

like a religious studies PhD designed the most anti-Christian form of Christianity

More like some semi-literate huckster looking for a fatter income stream than he was getting from his holy-roller flock of rubes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

First, it is by no means “widely practiced” as it is a niche version of Calvinism that is only common in the USA. The Roman Catholic church does not in any way endorse this view and they are a billion or so of the christian population. Whatever the Vatican does is more or less what is “widely practiced”.

Second as mentioned it is based in Calvinism. If I could slap the shit out of any man in history he’s in my top two.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

it is a niche version of Calvinism that is only common in the USA

Due to their fondness for finding new suckers, it's now common in much of the Christian world, especially Mexico, Central America, Korea and some parts of Africa. Also, the source population for the spread of this contagion to the New World, the Protestants in Northern Ireland, have maintained relations with US fundies and many have adopted broadly similar beliefs.

If I could slap the shit out of any man in history he’s in my top two.

Likewise. It's amazing how much Calivin's followers, when in power, ruled just like the Taliban. He was a power-mad bloodless berk full of hatred for life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Ohhh, friendo, there's about 500 million Christians in Africa that are heavily besieged by Evangelicals pushing this for the political clout. It's rampant.

Plus, that Joel Osteen guy peddled a version of this hard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Who's the other guy?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Subutai

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subutai