Smartphone users warned to be careful of the Antichrist
People's dependence on smartphones and modern technology could bring about the coming of the Antichrist, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has warned.
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Speaking to Russian state TV, Patriarch Kirill said smartphone users should be careful when using the "worldwide web of gadgets" because it represented "an opportunity to gain global control over mankind".
"The Antichrist is the person who will be at the head of the worldwide web, controlling all of humankind," he said.
"The Antichrist is the person who will be at the head of the worldwide web, controlling all of humankind," he said.
How many times do we see anti-Christian rhetoric on the “Interweb”?How often do smart-asses with smartphones come to happy Christian sites and destroy and befoul the joy and peace like the Moabites in Judea?
"Every time you use your gadget, whether you like it or not, whether you turn on your location or not, somebody can find out exactly where you are, exactly what your interests are and exactly what you are scared of," Patriarch Kirill told Rossiya 1.
"If not today, then tomorrow methods and technology could appear that will not just provide access to all information but will also allow the use of this information.
"Do you imagine what power will be concentrated in the hands of those who gain knowledge about what is going on in the world?
"Such control from one place forebodes the coming of the Antichrist."
"Such control from one place forebodes the coming of the Antichrist."
Patriarch Kirill said his Church was not against"technological progress", rather "the development of a system that is aimed at controlling a person's identity". But not all social media users were convinced.
"The Church is not against science and technological progress, but is concerned about the freedom of the individual.
"The Church is not against science and technological progress, but is concerned about the freedom of the individual.
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Dawkins, Hawkins, Darwin, Satan - all the same person!
This idea of “freedom” is much overrated. The freedom to believe The Bible as being the inerrant Word of God is unrestricted in the US,but the “freedom” to say “There is No God” is still restricted by the Bible (Jos:23:16),and that is as as it should be, and has been since Adam was formed from mud.
We must not forget that the Orthodontist Church of Russia is the result of a Schism with Rome. This is a case of some devil falling out with Satan, and is Satan to the power of two!
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