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\"madness2_Fotor\"by Shawn Van Deale<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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THERE <\/strong>is no other word to describe what is happening in our world today: madness. Sheer madness<\/em>. Let us call a spade a spade, or as St. Paul says,<\/p>\n

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Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them… (Eph 5:11)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…or as St. John Paul II bluntly stated:<\/p>\n

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Given such a grave situation, we need now more than ever to have the courage to look the truth in the eye and to call things by their proper name, without yielding to convenient compromises or to the temptation of self-deception. In this regard, the reproach of the Prophet is extremely straightforward: \u201cWoe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/strong> (Is 5:20). \u2014POPE JOHN PAUL II, Evangelium Vitae<\/em>, \u201cThe Gospel of Life\u201d, n. 58<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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INSIDE THE STORM OF MADNESS…<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nearly every few weeks now, a news story appears warning that AI or “artificial intelligence” threatens the future of humanity. Scientists,\u00a0such as the renowned Stephen Hawking, are warning that mankind is at risk of being destroyed by “autonomous” AI. [1]<\/sup><\/a>futureoflife.org<\/a><\/span><\/span>