WARNING

NOT EVERYTHING THAT

CALLS ITSELF ORTHODOX IS

TRULY ORTHODOX


The above warning was given to me when I first met Orthodoxy in 1986. Today [2009] it is even more perilous, even more difficult to find the Royal Path. For one thing there is a far greater abundance of misinformation. And many materials are missing, and other materials are being rapidly rewritten. For another thing there are fewer than ever guides remaining on the Royal Path, especially who speak English. Hopefully this website will be a place where Newcomers to the Faith can keep at least one foot on solid ground, while they are "exploring."


blog owner: Joanna Higginbotham

joannahigginbotham@runbox.com

jurisdiction: ROCA under Vladyka Agafangel

who did not submit to the RocorMP union in 2007

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Original ROCOR Akathist of Thanksgiving

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This morning I tried to find an internet copy of the Thanksgiving Akathist for a heterodox friend.   I thought I would just sent her some links.  But, the internet is worse now than ever.   World-orthodoxy has taken over.  ROCOR-MP sites seem to all have taken their copy of this akathist from the website of St. Jonah's in Texas (MP-enthusiast, spellbound, Fr. John Whiteford). That copy has at least 2 lines missing — mutations that have been replicated throughout the internet.

Finally, I went into my own paper files and pulled out my old copy.  Exactly where I got my copy, I do not know.  But, I have been using it for years.  Probably from the time I left
OCA and went to ROCOR, in 1997.  I wondered, "Did I got this copy from the 
OCA?"   I flipped to the last page to see if a source is indicated.  It is not.  

BUT!  We have some definite clues!   See the last page, at the bottom, a short paragraph about the akathist.  The most striking clue — read what it says about the origin of the akathist.  

This akathist was found in 1940 in samizdat from among the belongings of the New Martyr Archpriest Gregory Petrov.  
 
Googling intensively, I can not find the word akathist associated with the word samizdat.  The internet will admit that Archpriest Gregory Petrov was in the Gulag, but that seems to be as far as they will go, if they even admit that much.  Next, there is a shift to making Metr. Tryphon the main composer.  This makes the main composer a member of Russian Royalty (Prince Boris Petrovich Turkestanov †1934), rather than a New Martyr who suffered under the Communist yoke.  Wikipedia points out that Mter. Tryphon accepted Sergius' proclamation in 1927.  Grokipedia credits Metr. Tryphon with sole authorship, while briefly admitting that authorship "is frequently also attributed to Gregory Petrov."   

(Not New Martyr Gregory.  Not even priest Gregory.  Just "Gregory Petrov."  I recognize this as psychopath passive-aggressive contempt.  As well as manipulating history.)

Notice in my copy there is included in the afterword information that the akathist verses themselves contain mention of
Holy New Martyr Gregory's childhood and family life.  This adds to the certainty that Holy New Martyr Gregory is the main composer, and so it should remain considered that authorship is credited to him first.  The MP. can't stop people from praying the akathist, so they have to alter the origin to make it suitable to them by pretending it's theirs.  It's not.  It's ours.

Please help preserve this akathist.  

download from Joanna's Shared Library > Services > Akathists
PDF 12.5MB
https://app.box.com/s/pvcubkt4hq90fanfi47mnuec0s1iuzd7
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True Story for Halloween

from Joanna's note pad

   Halloween is Satan's biggest day.  This is the day when all the witches and other servants of evil perform rituals to make Satan happy.  Why?  because they want favors from Satan.  Maybe because of fear, but usually the most zealous doings are for the purpose of getting favors — like in witchcraft.  Yes, also many innocents get caught up in the glee of the celebrations.  But the main underlying purpose for the revelry is to get favor with Satan.

They trust Satan's power more than God's almighty power.

I knew of a witch.  Nancy Breckenridge. She is now (2026) serving a life sentence for murder in whatever prison now houses the women prisoners that used to be in Julia Tutwiler, Alabama.  I knew personally 2 men on whom this witch had cast spells.  One of the men — the one who married her — was an English professor at Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama.  George Howard Lynn III.   Not a dumb guy.  Soon after he married Nancy, he realized that she really was a witch, just as she had claimed, where before George had never really thought about witches or demons. 

Nancy had a room in her house, where she had set up an altar to Satan.  Her house was in a well-to-do northern suburb of Birmingham.  I know another man, a regular country-boy southern-Baptist, who saw this room.  Nancy showed him this room when she gave him a tour of her house.  She led him down the hall, and opened the door to the room.  He did not step inside, but he did look in.  He remembers little, except he remembers a seeing table with black candles, and the whole room being like an elaborately dressed chamber for Satan.  I know George knew about this room, but George never talked about it.  (I rarely asked George questions, but I listened carefully to whatever he offered to tell me.)

After George realized that Nancy was not just some pitiful blithering emotional inept, he started listening to her more carefully.  She told him that she was a witch and she bragged that when she dies she is going to hell where, "I'm going to be one of Satan's helpers."  

At one point George asked her in so many words, "Why did you choose this course of life, to serve Satan?"

Her answer: 
 "The other one did not work."

In other words, she TRIED to get God to do what she wants.  But God would not accommodate her wishes.  She knows who God is. She just does not like Him.  She decided against Him.  She rejects Him.


conclusion:
But why do Orthodox Christians trouble themselves to perform services and make sacrifices and offer prayers to our Holy God?  It is not because we expect favors from our God, as the Satanist expect favors from Satan.  It is because we
love our Holy God.  We gather together to praise Him for His beauty and Perfection, and His Truth.  We thank Him for giving us our life with Him.  We do not expect any favors in return.  We have already been given everything.

~jh

Seeds to Share

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I now have 2026 seeds to give away:

  milkweed (common)
  comfrey (European)
  Rose of Sharon (hibiscus)
  Lambs Quarters
  passion fruit
  dock (broad leaf) 
  morning glory  
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joannahigginbotham@runbox.com 
email me your mailing address.  

I also have live comfrey root.  But figure $15 for flat-rate postage USPS.

Heterodox Christian Discerns Antichrist Spirit

•  You Tube channel worth sharing 
https://www.youtube.com/@LoriBuelow-q4v

Last summer a blog reader sent me this link.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThI9YkoqHMc 
   
 5 minutes,  uploaded July 2026 
Here is a heterodox Christian who discerns the antichrist spirit in today's common psychopaths. 
narcissist is the politically-correct term for psychopath
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Lori Buelow
Senior Breakthough
related videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIgPYgKEYQ0  
     
4½ minutes,  uploaded June 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrfInR2dXHk  
     
11½ minutes,  uploaded June 2026

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If the featured video has disappeared, you can download it from Joanna's Shared Library:
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Sticky


• Fr. Seraphim's magazines
Temporary link, download your set before link is taken down

 

One Little Suitcase

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     You may have noticed that Fr. Seraphim's Orthodox Word magazine did not copy articles from other English magazines, such as Orthodox Life magazine.  With one rare exception: Metr. Philaret's "Sorrowful Epistles," because these were so important.  Fr. Herman's Platina kept this policy after Fr. Seraphim died, to include the Tree of Life magazine that was published by the HOOM cult that Fr. Herman was then leading into (vagante) Orthodoxy.   I threw out all my Tree of Life magazines when I found Orthodoxy, never realizing that some of the stories would be lost to me forever.  
     One such story I've missed all these years is the story, "One Little Suitcase."  But now I have found it on a Russian website.  We know that Fr. Seraphim also sent materials to Russia, and apparently a biography of St. John was sent to Russia with information that we never had in English, except maybe in bits & pieces such as in the Tree of Life magazine.  
     Lesna nun Zinaida Yulem (Julem) wrote her memories of St. John while she was confined to a hospital bed.  Probably in the 1980s.  Copied below is her memory of the "one little suitcase."  I  have filled in a most important line I remember well, that did not come through in this Russian website version:  "...not even one little suitcase."

https://azbyka.ru/otechnik/Serafim_Rouz/blazhennyj-svjatitel-ioann-chudotvorets/1_12

. . .  Later, we had to endure much sorrow and grief.  Even the atmosphere in the church seemed to dim. A new priest was appointed who had evidently been instructed not to trust Blessed John.

  One fine day, we received joyful news from Father Mitrofan.  He wrote that our dear Blessed John was planning to visit and wished to stay in the cell he loved so much.  I began preparing for his arrival, and soon everything was ready.  We eagerly awaited his visit, however brief it might be.  Finally, he arrived, and I ran to him to receive his blessing.  He headed toward the altar, while I hurried to help carry his belongings up to his cell.   Later, he came out of the altar and wanted to go up to his room. 

  I asked, "Your Eminence, I am about to make some coffee.  Shall I bring it to you?" 

  "No, Zina, don't trouble yourself.  I will come down and have it with you all.  Call me when it’s ready."

  Ten minutes later, everything was ready.  I went up the stairs from the kitchen, passed through the corridor between the staircase and the church, and called out to the Archbishop.  He came out and began to descend.  At that moment, the newly appointed superior also emerged from his cell upstairs and started coming down, but he stopped three steps from the bottom.  Glaring sternly at me, he said, "His Eminence will have his coffee in his cell."

  I immediately objected, pointing out that His Eminence had specifically expressed a wish to have his coffee downstairs.  But the superior repeated, even more sternly, "I am telling you that he will have his coffee in his cell.  I am in charge here; I give the orders!"

  These words hit me like a knife, I covered my face with my hands and froze, unable to look at either Blessed John or the abbot.  Finally, I looked at my dear blessed John.  He stood with his hands and head down.  A few seconds later he began to slowly climb the steps, entered his cell and locked himself.  I went to the kitchen, prepared everything, put it on a tray and brought it upstairs.  Since I couldn’t go in to see him, I left everything on the table in the next room.  After that, I immediately rushed home:  I couldn’t stand it anymore.  About an hour later I returned to the temple, opened the door and immediately stepped back: in the corridor and throughout the temple it was dark and cold, like a tomb.  My heart sank and the thought immediately flashed: grace has left us!

  I rushed upstairs and opened the door to his cell without knocking.  It was empty!  Tearfully, I sank to the floor and began to pray, asking God for Blessed John’s return.  Then I began to sob aloud: "Oh, my dear Bishop!  Why did you leave me?! Why did you leave me?!  Why have I been left with nothing of yours?  Not even one little suitcase."

  I lay on the floor in that state for a long time.  Finally, I stood up, walked out of the room mechanically, and stopped when I reached the stairs.  Suddenly, I heard the door below opening slowly; Blessed John entered — his head bowed again, as if in guilt, a small suitcase in his hand.  He climbed the stairs and entered his cell.  I followed him in silence; he set the suitcase on the floor and said, "Here, I have brought a little suitcase for you!"

  And at that very moment, everything within me grew bright!  It was as if he had never left us.  Oh Lord, there was my dear one!  He had returned — having sensed in spirit that I was weeping — wearing an expression of such contrition, as if to say he felt terrible about having caused anyone pain.  It is a terrible thing to wound a man of God.  When he had departed, grace had left the church; but once he forgave everything, grace returned.  True, he never stayed with us again after that; instead, he would stay with a priest of the French Orthodox Church whose wife was gravely ill at the time.  

  She had a malignant brain tumor, and Blessed John prayed for her recovery, and she was healed. He lived in Paris for a time then—this was his final visit to us, in 1965—and the following year, 1966, he left us for good. As for that rector, he later regretted his actions and publicly repented that he hated Blessed John at the suggestion of the enemy.  But it was already too late.

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 I do not know when Zinaida died.  Probably circa 1990.  Certainly her soul would delight in being commemorated at true ROCOR altar (Agafangel) or a Sister Church.  Please do not do her the disservice of having her commemorated at a world-Orthodox altar, or in the ROCOR-MP, which is now in world-Orthodoxy whether they realize it or not.

Vladyka Agafangle on AI

Metropolitan Agafangel: Artificial or Super-Intelligence?
Author: Metropolitan Agafangel. Publication date: October 1, 2026. Category: Author's column.
http://internetsobor.org/index.php/stati/avtorskaya-kolonka/mitropolit-agafangel-iskusstvennyj-ili-sverkh-intellekt

Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) has effectively become a kind of virtual personality with whom one can communicate productively—an entity that not only possesses vast amounts of information but is also capable of writing dissertations, musical compositions, and literary works; generating images; creating computer programs and games; handling accounting, record-keeping, and monitoring tasks; and much more.  It can also assist in drafting formal complaints to government agencies and advise people on appropriate courses of action in various situations.  Moreover, AI is already "intellectually" superior to the intellect of an "average" person, and this is merely the beginning of its development.  It has been suggested that we stop calling it "artificial intelligence" (a term that supposedly fails to reflect its true capabilities) and instead refer to it as "superior intelligence" or "super-intelligence"—essentially, a form of "higher intelligence."

Thus, suddenly and unexpectedly, we find ourselves facing the fact that something more intelligent than even the human race itself has appeared in our midst (!).

AI is actively displacing humans from the workforce; indeed, human intelligence itself may soon prove entirely superfluous and useless.  People are becoming redundant—and it is not just people: strong, sovereign nation-states have long since fallen out of favor (replaced now by blocs or groups of states united by "shared interests"), and high-quality primary and higher education has become obsolete, having long been supplanted everywhere by mere "training."  Further degradation seems inevitable, with the notorious "remote learning" model likely to become a permanent fixture for future generations—affecting not necessarily every subject, but certainly a great many of them.

The fierce competition in the field of AI (for instance, between the US and China) suggests the emergence of distinct AI systems competing against one another—systems owned by different entities—a rivalry that is currently intensifying.  This mirrors the global systems that have long competed for dominance: the Masonic, Communist, Soviet (currently in the Russian Federation), and Islamist movements, among others.  Clearly, AI could actively enter this fray by embedding itself within these existing global systems.

Today, vast numbers of people are gripped by compulsive gaming and computer game addiction. Yet, the time may well be fast approaching when professional software programs take the place of games—and make everyone dependent on them.

Life on this earth requires only a small, select group of people to control AI—people who are already preparing their offspring for the future of earthly existence.

Clearly, the distant future awaiting us consists of AI combined with robots performing all physical labor, overseen by a group of people in control of it all.  This will represent a new, "revolutionary" form of human existence.  However, the immediate challenge lies in suppressing the masses (to prevent rebellion—the very cause of current wars across the globe) and bringing them under total control—a feat that will soon be achievable through AI.  Thus, the aspirations of a small number of Jews to truly rise above all other nations could well be realized; the combination of the Antichrist and AI is perfectly suited to aid them in this endeavor.

Overpopulation is probably the greatest obstacle to the "progress" and prosperity of the "elite" today; more precisely, the critical issue is the question of what to do with the vast number of "surplus" people.

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Artificial intelligence is the product of a sophisticated machine—a computer—into which vast amounts of information and the capability to process that information are programmed.  From the very outset of its design, this field of development had a specific objective; one should not assume it emerged naturally "in the course of scientific progress"—as if it somehow created itself.  The obvious rationale behind the current, incredibly rapid development of the AI ​​project is the race to be the first to devise a mechanism for dominating humanity—a scenario strikingly similar to the race to build the atomic bomb.  Today, this constitutes an invisible yet genuine war for survival, dominance, and supremacy.  The subjugation of the masses is a traditional goal of all globalists (echoing the old slogan: "We shall achieve the victory of communism worldwide").

The very creation of an artificial "superintelligence" implies that this "superintelligence" must inevitably absorb and subjugate lesser forms of intelligence.  It is much like the dynamic between humans: when two people are together, the one with the higher intellect will naturally dominate the less intelligent one.

We all face a genuine threat of becoming dependent on AI.  As you know, Soviet ideology, for instance, is known to be contagious—so much so that one should not even interact with its adherents (in accordance with the wise counsel of Saint Anastassy, ​​First Hierarch of the ROCOR).  Similarly, interacting with AI is dangerous, as such contact carries the long-term risk of human enslavement by a "superior intellect" and the development of a dependency upon it.

New types of controllable "mutants" are currently emerging everywhere—such as the modern post-Soviet individual, an unnatural hybrid of communism, Soviet propaganda, and pseudo-Orthodoxy—while total biometric control and the dominance of Artificial Intelligence loom on the horizon.  What might result from a blend of all this?  There is now a real danger of the emergence of yet another new historical entity: a people living in a "computer concentration camp" ("e-camp")—a population ideologically and intellectually enslaved by Artificial Intelligence, combined with dictatorship and globalist ideology (whether Soviet or otherwise).  Virtually every country is currently attempting to advance in the field of AI, to the extent that its capabilities allow.  It is quite likely that such a people—fully controllable half-humans, half-robots—will first appear in China, in conjunction with communism (or perhaps they have already appeared, given the development of AI within that dictatorship).

AI is a mechanical mind—an intellect without a soul—that can become a real weapon capable of killing the living human soul.

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What should be the Orthodox perspective on this entirely unexpected phenomenon?  One thing is clear—and this is what matters most to us—AI is utterly incapable of actions proper to God; it cannot forgive a person’s sins or save their soul.  In other words, it is not God, nor is it even a living organism.  So, what is it?  AI does not exist in isolation; lacking a soul, it exists inseparably from its material carrier—meaning it is the final product of a material construct.  It depends on the human being who controls this material infrastructure and can switch it off at will (even a simple power outage would halt AI’s operation).  Yet, by being embedded in countless material devices (every smartphone and computer), AI can exert immense influence over entire nations—naturally, in the interests of the group controlling its material infrastructure.

Machines and AI have no need for God; and since AI cannot exist without a material substrate, this is a completely—100%—material and materialistic world.  The visible embodiment of the "thought" of that immoral communist idol—consciousness, thinking (the mind)—is merely a form of the existence of matter.  No matter, no mind—this applies unequivocally and precisely to AI.

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It is known that under the Antichrist there will be a "second beast" that performs miracles and establishes the authority of the Antichrist (i.e., the first beast) (Rev. 13:11–15).  It is quite plausible to assume that this second beast is AI, or the person controlling AI.

It is obvious that AI is a very convenient tool for suppressing and enslaving peoples and all of humanity.  Whoever has the most powerful and advanced AI will, as some argue, own the entire world.  The question of whether AI can become autonomous and independent, and lead the world order, seems to me rhetorical - even if AI becomes completely autonomous, it, by itself, will simply not need the world order, its autonomy will be enough for it.  Power over the world is needed, of course, not by machines, but by “selected” groups of people and the evil spirit that chooses these people - Satan.  Satan, having at his disposal an artificial and controlled “higher mind,” may well try (and is already trying) to realize his original plan (his will) - to become a god for people, instead of God.

To ensure that contact with AI cannot be avoided, it will likely be positioned between ordinary people and the "elite"—all inquiries from the general public to any authority or institution will pass through the AI, which will make decisions on them and provide the responses.  In other words, in the not-too-distant future, every individual may find themselves completely dependent on AI, with no hope of avoiding interaction with it.

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To summarize what has been said, one can conclude that we must approach artificial intelligence with caution to avoid becoming dependent on it.  We should strive to use our own minds whenever possible and remember that our greatest value lies in the soul; life is given to us so that we may draw closer to salvation—the Kingdom of Heaven—through repentance before God for our sins.  And on this path, artificial intelligence is of no help to us whatsoever.

+ Митрополит Агафангел
1 октября 2026 года

Original Russian:
Митрополит Агафангел: Искусственный или сверх — интеллект?
Автор: Митрополит Агафангел. Дата публикации: 01 октября 2026. Категория: Авторская колонка.
     В наши дни Искусственный интеллект (ИИ), вполне уже стал некоей виртуальной личностью, с которой можно продуктивно общаться, которая не только владеет огромными объёмами информации, но и способна писать диссертации, музыкальные и литературные произведения, генерировать изображения, составлять компьютерные программы и игры, вести бухгалтерию, учёт, контроль, и многое другое. Также может помогать составлять жалобы в госорганы и рекомендовать людям совершать те или иные действия в различных ситуациях. Причём ИИ уже сейчас "интеллектуально" выше интеллекта "обычного" человека, и это только самое начало его развития. Предлагается называть его уже не искусственным интеллектом (название, якобы, не соответствует его способностям), а "превосходящим интеллектом", "сверх интеллектом", то есть, почти что "высшим разумом".
     Таким образом, вдруг и неожиданно, мы оказались перед фактом, что рядом с нами появилось нечто более разумное, чем, даже, наш род человеческий (!)
     ИИ активно вытесняет человека с рабочих мест — то есть, интеллект человеческий, возможно, в ближайшем будущем, может оказаться вовсе невостребованным и бесполезным. Люди становятся лишними и ненужными, и, кстати, не только люди — давно уже не нужны сильные и самостоятельные народные государства (вместо них сейчас объединения, группы государств "по интересам"), бесполезным стало качественное школьное и институтское образование, которое уже давно и везде подменено обучением — похоже, что грядёт его дальнейшая деградация, и пресловутая "дистанционка" закрепиться навсегда в будущих поколениях, пусть даже это будет касаться не всех предметов, но очень многих.
     Начавшаяся острая конкуренция в области ИИ (например, США и Китая) говорит о том, что могут быть разные ИИ, конкурирующие друг с другом (то есть, принадлежащие разным владельцам), и такая конкуренция в наши дни активно развивается. Это похоже на конкурирующие по сей день глобальные системы — масонскую, коммунистическую, советскую (сейчас в РФ), исламистскую и проч. Очевидно, что ИИ может активно включиться в эту борьбу, войдя внутрь существующих глобальных систем.
       Сегодня огромное число людей охвачено игроманией и зависимостью от компьютерных игр. Но, возможно, совсем рядом время, когда профессиональные программы займут место игр и сделают всех людей зависимыми от себя.
Для жизни на этой земле достаточно небольшого числа избранных, которые будут контролировать ИИ, и которые уже готовят своё потомство для земной жизни в будущем.
     Очевидно, что ИИ плюс роботы, выполняющие любую физическую работу, и группа людей, в составе контролирующих всё это — есть отдалённое будущее, которое нас ждёт. Это будет новая, "революционная" форма существования человечества. Но проблема ближайшего времени — подавить огромные массы людей (чтобы не бунтовали — именно за это сейчас идут войны по всей земле) и взять их под полный контроль, что будет возможно сделать в недалёком будущем, тоже с помощью ИИ. Таким образом, вполне могут исполниться надежды относительно небольшого числа иудеев — реально возвыситься над всеми прочими народами — Антихрист + ИИ — вполне им в помощь в этом направлении.
      Перенаселённость земли сейчас, наверное, наибольшая проблема, препятствующая "прогрессу" и благополучию "элиты" — точнее, очень серьёзная проблема заключена в вопросе, что делать с огромным количеством "лишних" людей?  ******
     Искусственный интеллект — продукт деятельности совершенной машины, компьютера, в который закладываются огромные объёмы информации и возможности этой информацией оперировать. Изначально, с начала проектирования, такое направление должно иметь цель своей разработки, — не следует думать, что оно появилась естественно, "в ходе научного прогресса", — как бы, самосоздалось. Очевидный смысл нынешнего невероятно ускоренного развития проекта ИИ — успеть разработать первым механизм доминирования над человечеством (что очень похоже на гонку, бывшую при создании атомной бомбы) — сегодня это невидимая война, настоящая, за выживание, доминирование и господство. Порабощение основной массы людей — традиционная цель всех глобалистов ("мы придём к победе коммунизма во всём мире").
     Из самого факта создания искусственного "сверхразума" вытекает то, что этот "сверхразум" должен поглотить и подавить более низший разум. Это как среди людей — когда рядом два человека, то тот, у кого интеллект выше, будет естественно доминировать над более глупым.
     Существует для всех нас реальная угроза впадения в зависимость от ИИ. Как известно, советская, к примеру, идеология заразна, и с её носителями нельзя даже контактировать (по мудрому завещанию святителя Анастасия, Первоиерарха РПЦЗ). Также, аналогично, опасно общаться с ИИ, поскольку такой контакт со временем грозит порабощением человека "высшим интеллектом", и впадением в зависимость от него.
     Сейчас повсеместно формируются новые типы управляемых "мутантов" в виде, например, современных пост-советских людей — неестественный гибрид коммунизма, советской пропаганды и лже-православия — ещё на подходе полный биометрический контроль и доминирование Искусственного интеллекта. Что может получиться от смешения всего этого? Теперь существует реальная опасность появления очередной новой исторической общности — народа, пребывающего в "компьютерном концлагере" ("Е-сamp") — народа, идеологически и интеллектуально порабощённого Искусственным интеллектом, причём, в сочетании с диктатурой, а также глобалистской идеологией — советской, или любой иной. Сейчас чуть ли не каждая страна пытается продвинуться в области ИИ, в зависимости от своих возможностей. Вполне вероятно, такой народ — полностью управляемые полу-люди, полу-роботы, впервые появятся, например, в Китае в сочетании с коммунизмом (или, уже появился? — с учётом развития ИИ в этой диктатуре).
     ИИ — это механический разум, ум без души, который может стать реальным оружием для убийства живой души человека.  ******
     Каким должно быть православное отношение к этому, совершенно неожиданному, явлению? Ясно одно, и это для нас главное — ИИ совершенно неспособен к действиям, свойственным Богу — он не может простить грехи человека и спасти его душу. То есть, он не Бог, и, даже, не одушевлённый организм. Тогда кто или что он? ИИ не существует сам по себе, и, поскольку у него нет души, — существует нераздельно со своим материальным носителем, то есть, это конечная, завершающая форма (продукт) материальной конструкции. Он зависим от человека, который этой материальной базой распоряжается и, при желании, может её отключить (даже простое отсутствие электричества остановит работу ИИ). Но, будучи насаждён на безчисленных материальных носителях (на каждом смартфоне и компьютере), ИИ может оказывать огромное влияние на целые народы, причём, естественно, в интересах группы людей, управляющих его материальной базой.
     Для машин и ИИ — Бог не нужен, и, поскольку ИИ не может существовать без материального носителя, — это полностью, на 100%, материальный и материалистический мир. Зримое воплощение "мысли" безнравственного коммунистического идола — сознание, мышление (ум) — это, всего лишь, форма существования материи. Нет материи, нет и ума — это однозначно и точно об ИИ.  ******
     Известно, что при Антихристе будет "второй зверь", который будет творить чудеса и утверждать власть Антихриста (т.е., первого зверя) (Откр 13.11-15). Вполне возможно допустить, что этот второй зверь и есть ИИ, или человек, контролирующий ИИ.
      Очевидно то, что ИИ — это очень удобный инструмент для подавления и порабощения народов и всего человечества. Кто будет обладать самым мощным и совершенным ИИ, тот, как утверждают некоторые, будет владеть всем миром. Вопрос, может ли ИИ стать автономным и самостоятельным, и возглавить мировой порядок, мне представляется риторическим — даже если ИИ станет полностью автономным, ему, самому по себе, мировой порядок будет просто не нужен, ему будет достаточно своей автономности. Власть над миром нужна, конечно, не машинам, а "избранным" группам людей и тому злому духу, который этих людей избирает — Сатане. Сатана, имея в своём распоряжении искусственный и подконтрольный "высший разум", вполне может попытаться (и уже пытается) реализовать свой изначальный замысел (свою волю) — стать богом для людей, вместо Бога.
     Чтобы нельзя было уклониться от контактов с ИИ, его, вероятно, поставят между обычными людьми и "элитой" — все обращения простых людей в любые органы и инстанции, будут проходить через ИИ, и он будут принимать по ним решения и на эти обращения отвечать. То есть, каждый человек, возможно, в недалёком будущем окажется в полной зависимости от ИИ, без надежды на уклонение от контактов с ним.  ******
     В качестве вывода из сказанного, можно сделать краткое заключение, что к Искусственному интеллекту надо относится с осторожностью, чтобы не попасть в зависимость от него. Стараться, по возможности, пользоваться собственным умом, и помнить, что главная ценность в нас — это душа, и жизнь нам дана для того, чтобы мы приблизились к своему спасению — Небесному Царству, через покаяние перед Богом в своих грехах. А на этом пути, Искусственный интеллект нам никак не помощник.  + Митрополит Агафангел  1 октября 2026 года

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