Golem connection to A.I. (artificial intelligence) and the image of the beast in Revelation 13
This is going to be one of those "off the beaten path" type threads, so take it with a grain of salt.
The Hebrew word "golem" shows up in Ps 139:16 as an unformed substance being formed from the earth.
Jewish folklore has several stories of Jewish mystics creating a golem, a manlike figure formed from inanimate material, such as clay, that came to life through a mystical ritual but had no spirit soul which could only come from God.
In other words, a 'souless' being.
The souless golem was to be a protector and servant of the Jewish people and would follow orders of his creator.
They did not have the ability to reason or problem solve, they just followed orders like a robot.
Legends tells of of Jews dealing in Jewish mysticism who did this.
The ritual that brought it to life was per ancient secret knowledge that was later written in the book called Sefer Yetsirah (Book of Formation).
Supposedly someone who mastered the secret knowledge could ritualistically sculpt a figure of a man out of clay, and then place the 3 Hebrews letters alef - mem - tav, (read right to left) ( אמת ), which is the Hebrew word for "truth" written or carved onto its forehead which activated it to "life".
To deactivate it the alef would be removed from it's forehead which left the remaining two letters which is the Hebrew word for "dead".
Some of the stories have the golem supplied with superhuman abilities along with amulets that supplied supernatural abilities such as being invisible at times and causing fire.
There have been movies made about golems being formed by Jews during times of persecution to protect them.
The most widely known story is probably the Golem of Prague.
What made this story one of the unique ones was that this giant man figure with incredible strength eventually did start reasoning.
He protected the Jewish neighborhood from those outsiders who came to harm and persecute them.
And while there was no protecting to be done he would be instructed to do chores in the synagogue and Jewish houses.
He would watch and listen to the sermons and activities of the Jewish people and began to realize that they were wrong to instruct him to do chores on the Sabbath day and rebelled when instructed to do so.
The Jewish mystic that created him then deactivated him, but the golem was so big that when he "died" he fell on the Jewish mystic and crushed him to death.
Legend is that the golem's lifeless body is still kept hidden just in case it ever has to be activated again.
You will find variations of the stories, but the interesting part of all this is that some have suggested that this same ancient ritual knowledge could be what is used to bring the image of the beast of Revelation 13 to life, but with a more modern spin on it and connected to modern technology of A.I. (artificial intelligence).
With all the talk going around about whether an A.I. could evolve into a conscience reasoning specimen makes this an intriguing concept.
And of course we also have movies of that happening to spark the imagination of it being possible.
This is going to be one of those "off the beaten path" type threads, so take it with a grain of salt.
The Hebrew word "golem" shows up in Ps 139:16 as an unformed substance being formed from the earth.
Psalms 139:16 ESV
(16) Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
Jewish folklore has several stories of Jewish mystics creating a golem, a manlike figure formed from inanimate material, such as clay, that came to life through a mystical ritual but had no spirit soul which could only come from God.
In other words, a 'souless' being.
The souless golem was to be a protector and servant of the Jewish people and would follow orders of his creator.
They did not have the ability to reason or problem solve, they just followed orders like a robot.
Legends tells of of Jews dealing in Jewish mysticism who did this.
The ritual that brought it to life was per ancient secret knowledge that was later written in the book called Sefer Yetsirah (Book of Formation).
Supposedly someone who mastered the secret knowledge could ritualistically sculpt a figure of a man out of clay, and then place the 3 Hebrews letters alef - mem - tav, (read right to left) ( אמת ), which is the Hebrew word for "truth" written or carved onto its forehead which activated it to "life".
To deactivate it the alef would be removed from it's forehead which left the remaining two letters which is the Hebrew word for "dead".
Some of the stories have the golem supplied with superhuman abilities along with amulets that supplied supernatural abilities such as being invisible at times and causing fire.
There have been movies made about golems being formed by Jews during times of persecution to protect them.
The most widely known story is probably the Golem of Prague.
What made this story one of the unique ones was that this giant man figure with incredible strength eventually did start reasoning.
He protected the Jewish neighborhood from those outsiders who came to harm and persecute them.
And while there was no protecting to be done he would be instructed to do chores in the synagogue and Jewish houses.
He would watch and listen to the sermons and activities of the Jewish people and began to realize that they were wrong to instruct him to do chores on the Sabbath day and rebelled when instructed to do so.
The Jewish mystic that created him then deactivated him, but the golem was so big that when he "died" he fell on the Jewish mystic and crushed him to death.
Legend is that the golem's lifeless body is still kept hidden just in case it ever has to be activated again.
You will find variations of the stories, but the interesting part of all this is that some have suggested that this same ancient ritual knowledge could be what is used to bring the image of the beast of Revelation 13 to life, but with a more modern spin on it and connected to modern technology of A.I. (artificial intelligence).
With all the talk going around about whether an A.I. could evolve into a conscience reasoning specimen makes this an intriguing concept.
And of course we also have movies of that happening to spark the imagination of it being possible.
