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Your source does not say what you claim it does. Hirsch, "Hebrew word of uncertain etymology" You, "no conclusive answer on the definition of "Sheol" it seems to be uncertain." Not the same thing. My previous discussion the poster never clarified his objections.
It looked like he did in this Post
So uncertain is conclusive in your opinion? "Sheol" tends to have more than one proposed meaning, that's why I said uncertain. Hirsch used the same word.
Machines are made of metal and plastic and silica and rubber and what have you. Put them all together without software they do nothing at all. But with software. they do what the instructions written by the programmer(s) tell them to do, neither more nor less. The machine itself is as conscious as a toaster, or maybe even a humidifier. The software has whatever ideas the coder(s) write into it.. What's hard to understand there? The "robot" or "AI" or whatever has as much understanding of Christian soteriology as a ball peen hammer has of Aristotlean philosophy. It is a machine, doing what its circuitry and a stored program make it do. Dat's all. No Mechanical Men outside of science fiction.
Sorry to be a killjoy (OK. not really) but there is no such thing as a sentient AI, and there are no mechanical men. Don't scratch too hard, you'll wear the hair offf that spot.theres a difference between sentient AI and what i posted however "Mechanical men' do exist
I'm afraid this argument isn't very compelling...
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And therein lives a danger.
Do you know the difference between Hirsch "uncertain etymology" and You "uncertain meaning?" How has the meaning changed between OT and NT? Gehenna is a place of fiery punishment in both.
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Agreed. Computer programs essentially only follow a series of yes "1" and no "0" (aka binary) instructions. These software extrapolate human morality. A good person can do more good with technology, just like how a bad person can do more bad with the same technologies.
The word the OP used is sheol and so did I. They may be similar, but they're not the same. And yes I know what etymology means, and Hirsch said "uncertain".
Glad I could contribute to your vocabulary.
It might be if there was such a thing as a "sentient AI", which there is not. But since there isn't any such thing, you can feel free to define it any way you like.
Kinda like Wanda the Walking Doll.
Uncertain etymology does not mean they did not know the meaning of a word. In the Jewish Encyclopedia Gehenna article they used "sheol" synonymous with "Gehenna."
OK it means they "guess" at the closest meaning then. That makes no difference to my understanding.
I've supplied evidence of these "mechanical men"?
Good, now you know the meaning of etymology. Where does this quote say the meaning of sheol changed over time? What is your point about it? If it does, so what? Many words change meaning over time. I linked to the JE Gehenna article above. In the article sheol is used synonymously with Gehenna and is referred to as hell.
I quoted it in my post, perhaps read it in full?
It ain't my opinion. I quoted the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, Gehenna article, it's good enough for them, that's good enough for me. Of course, since it contradicts your assumptions/presuppositions, it probably isn't for you.
