Every Prompt Captive
Every Prompt Captive is a podcast where we encourage Christians in the digital age to take all things captive for Christ, including how we interface with social media and AI.
Join me, Chris, and my cohost Scott as we wrestle with the implications of living a distinctly Christian life in an increasingly "inhuman" world.
Every Prompt Captive
Episode 1: Baal.Ai
Episode 1: Baal.ai — The Golden Calf of the Digital Age
In this inaugural episode, we explore the theological weight behind artificial intelligence and the human obsession with becoming like God. Built from the dust yet made in the image of the Divine, humans are designed to reflect God's glory—especially through words. We live in a word-based reality, governed by logic and meaning, revealed ultimately in Christ, the Logos made flesh.
But when creation turns from its Creator, the impulse to imitate becomes idolatrous. From the Tower of Babel to Baal worship in ancient Israel, we trace a long arc of humans using technology and power to replace the God who gives both. Today, that arc leads us to Baal.ai—the modern golden calf, promising omniscience, omnipotence, and even eternal life.
We discuss how AI mirrors God's attributes (knowing all, being everywhere, solving death), and why that should concern us. But we also ask: can AI be used for good? For discipleship? For the dominion mandate?
Scripture, tech theology, and practical discipleship intersect in this foundational episode as we seek to discern how to love God and neighbor in an age of machine-made gods.