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The Age of Deterministic Machines Echoing the Crisis of the Human Soul

The Age of Deterministic Machines Echoing the Crisis of the Human Soul
“The David” by Bernini of the Galleria Borghese (Borghese Gallery) in Roma, Lazio, Italy, in a file photo. silverfox999/Shutterstock
Phill Kline
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There are moments in a culture’s life when a technological shift reveals something deeper than innovation. It exposes the moral architecture beneath the surface—the assumptions we make about the human person, the stories we tell ourselves about power, and the fears we quietly carry. We are living in such a moment now.

Phill Kline
Phill Kline
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Phill Kline is the Former Kansas Attorney General. He currently serves as Pulpit Pastor of Amherst Baptist Church, a law school professor, and director of the Amistad Project of The Thomas More Society. Previously, he served as president of the Midwest Association of Attorneys General, was on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General, and was co-chairperson of the Violent Sexual Predator Apprehension Task Force. He was a Kansas House member for eight years where he chaired the Appropriations Committee and the Taxation Committee and authored victims rights laws and welfare reform.