Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton.
One of about a dozen that will be appearing on the blog, including Evangelical, Anglican, Unitarian, Orthodox, Aboriginal, Hip hop, Gregorian, Dawkins meets Ojibwe wisdom, Hindu, and Klingon! These were all created to be experienced as read aloud, not to be simply read silently. The twin purposes for the project are to (a) provide at least a framework for a daily time of preparation, in the form of prayer or a meditation, and (b) more interestingly, to observe how AI navigates the the intersection of faith, prayer and AI!
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Tablet I
1. Thou shalt remember who thou art before thou goest online.
Before thine eyes behold the glowing screen, set thy heart in order, that thy devices may serve thy calling, and not thy calling be bowed down to thy devices.
Echo: "Know ye not… ye are not your own?" (1 Corinthians 6:19–20)
2. Thou shalt not bow down unto the idols of distraction.
Thou shalt not serve the endless scroll, nor worship the multitude of vain notifications; for these devour thy days as locusts in a field.
Echo: "Little children, keep yourselves from idols." (1 John 5:21)
3. Thou shalt keep thy speech online as holy as thy speech in the assembly.
Let no corrupt communication proceed from thy keyboard; speak truth, show kindness, give grace.
Echo: "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth." (Ephesians 4:29)
4. Thou shalt set apart times and places where no screen hath dominion over thee.
Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy; yea, and remember also to unplug, that thy mind and body may rest.
Echo: "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy." (Exodus 20:8)
5. Thou shalt honor the boundaries of others, and teach thy children to do likewise.
Train up a child in the way he should go, even in the path of digital wisdom.
Echo: "Train up a child in the way he should go." (Proverbs 22:6)
Tablet II
6. Thou shalt not steal, neither shalt thou share in the spoil of thieves.
Thou shalt not pirate, defraud, hack, nor take that which belongeth to another; neither shalt thou turn a blind eye when others do so.
Echo: "Thou shalt not steal." (Exodus 20:15); "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness." (Ephesians 5:11)
7. Thou shalt guard thy heart and thine eyes; commit no adultery in thy thought-life nor on thy screen.
What thou hidest from others, thou canst not hide from God.
Echo: "Thou shalt not commit adultery." (Exodus 20:14); "I made a covenant with mine eyes." (Job 31:1)
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness, nor like, share, or forward a lie.
In an age of rumors and counterfeits, be thou a lover of truth.
Echo: "Thou shalt not bear false witness." (Exodus 20:16); "Speak every man truth with his neighbour." (Ephesians 4:25)
9. Thou shalt protect thy name, thine identity, and thy household's security as a sacred trust.
Use the tools of protection and counsel wisely—services for monitoring thy identity and securing legal help for thy family—not out of fear, but out of stewardship.
Echo: "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches." (Proverbs 22:1)
10. Thou shalt make a nightly reckoning of thy way online.
At even shalt thou commune with thine own heart and be still, considering what thou hast done with thine eyes and hands; the good shalt thou hold fast, the evil shalt thou lay down and forsake, that the morrow may be wiser than this day.
Echo: "Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still." (Psalm 4:4); "Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord." (Lamentations 3:40)
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Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton.
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