Author	: Bill Kochman
Publish	: Oct. 8, 2011
Update	: Nov. 6, 2025
Parts	: 04

Synopsis:



Continuing our discussion from part two, concerning Elon Musk as an individual, I have my own thoughts regarding him, and that is the following: Like many folks in the world, I admire Elon Musk for his intelligence, his vision, and technological accomplishments. I also appreciated what he was doing to trim the fat off of the federal government while he served as the head of DOGE. Yet at the same time, despite his achievements in this present life, we as Christians need to also remind ourselves of a few things. As I point out in my article "Is Elon Musk the Antichrist?", despite his personal charisma and the positive things he is trying to do for the world, Musk is a man of the world, and he is NOT a saved Christian by any definition of the word.

In fact, even though he has been given ample opportunity to publicly confess faith in Jesus Christ in a few instances, he has never done so. From what I have heard him state in some of his public interviews and discussions, Musk does admire Christ's teachings, and occasionally, he will even mention a few of them. However, sadly, that is as far as Elon Musk is willing to take it. Many people in the world actually admire Jesus' teachings, even if they are not Christians themselves. But they do NOT recognize Jesus as Lord and God's designated Savior of the world, and that is all that really matters.

In fact, I would dare say that many people admire Christ's teachings just as they also admire the teachings of Buddha, Confucius, the Dalai Lama, or some other popular spiritual teacher. That most certainly does NOT equate to Salvation, right? As the Apostle James so wisely wrote "the devils also‭ believe" -- James 2:19. As I have pointed out before, that is precisely the deception of false religions. They seem to contain some of the right ingredients to attract people to them -- such as peace, love, harmony, respect for the Earth, etc. -- while they sorely lack the most important and vital ingredient. In other words, faith in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the Salvation of one's soul. Satan is indeed one very sly dude! Give them their counterfeit religions to keep them happy and confused, but do NOT reveal to them the one true way to Salvation, which, of course, is the following:

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."


"Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep . . . I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."


"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."


"And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."


"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;"


But returning to Elon Musk, we also need to remind ourselves that worldly people do not become as filthy rich as the Musk family has become simply due to their hard work and personal endeavors. Of course, they may think that they do, but is that truly the case? Not according to the Scriptures. Please consider the eye-opening truth which we find in the following group of Bible verses:

"And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: FOR THAT IS DELIVERED UNTO ME; AND TO WHOMSOEVER I WILL I GIVE IT."


"Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me."


"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."


"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:"


"In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them."


What did the Apostle John say regarding all of those things? He clearly said that they are NOT OF THE FATHER. They are OF THE WORLD. And who is the false god of this present world? Satan! Thus, that fiend distributes his material blessings to whomsoever he will, just as he tried to do with Jesus in the wilderness of the Jordan River valley. Well how about that!?

No doubt, any nonbelievers who take the time to read this series will probably strongly disagree with, and even scoff at the previous set of Bible verses, as well as my personal position regarding Musk. However, we as Christians need to always remember that our faith and body of beliefs is based solely on the Holy Scriptures, and not on the ever-changing opinions of men. So, in light of the Scriptures, that is how I personally am forced to view Elon Musk's great wealth. In spite of all the good that he tries to do -- and I believe that he is sincere about it -- nevertheless, he is a child of the world who thinks like a child of the world, and who became rich through worldly means.

Yet, sadly, despite these Scriptural truths, it dismays me how much of the US Christian population is currently under Mr. Musk's spell. I suspect that it is in large part because they follow the false, patriotic, worldly Christianity which is practiced by NAR -- New Apostolic Reformation -- and the Dominionists who also love political power and wealth, just like President Trump. That is precisely why Donald Trump and Musk made the perfect alliance. That is, of course, until their falling out occurred. You will find several article listed at the end of this series which discuss these same topics. This includes "Abundant Life Doctrine: Scripturally Exposed!", "Beware of Dominionism", and a few others.

I imagine that even some of my Christian friends may possibly argue "Well, wait a minute, Bill! Don't you believe that God materially blesses some Christians with wealth?" Let me ask you something in return. Do you really believe God's Word? Do you truly believe what Jesus and the Apostles both said and taught? Personally, I am not aware of a single verse in which they praised materialism and worldly wealth. In fact, quite to the contrary, they spoke quite strongly against it. Thus, while you're looking for those verses which you're convinced support your misguided position, I ask you to consider the following Scriptures. This seems like a consensus to me:

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."


". . . Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."


"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"


"And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."


"And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."


"Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed."


"And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away."


"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."


"But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."


"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."


"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain."


Now THAT is what God's Word says regarding this issue. Do you really believe it, or don't you? So, in my view, this foolish belief which claims that God blesses certain Christians with wealth so that they can in turn bless others is an invention, and a man-made doctrine which finds absolutely NO support in the Bible.

Earlier I mentioned that Elon Musk is not a Christian, and a child of the world who thinks like a child of the world. To be clear, he is NOT alone when it comes to the CEOs of Big Tech companies, heads of social networks, the leaders of the AI revolution, etc. To my knowledge, most of them fall into the same category as Musk. For example, Tim Cook -- the CEO of Apple, Inc. -- is a practicing homosexual. Sam Altman of OpenAI is also a practicing homosexual and Jewish on top of it. The last I read -- which was quite some time ago -- the CEO of Meta -- Mark Zuckerberg -- was leaning towards belief in Buddhism. Likewise, it is my understanding that Apple's deceased co-founder, Steve Jobs, was also a Buddhist.

If you read my series "Welcome to Greater Israel, USA!", you will discover that many of the tech industry leaders are in fact Jews who do not believe in Jesus Christ. You can very easily verify all of this information for yourself. Sadly, I do not know of a single Big Tech leader who is a Christian. There may possibly be some, but I am not personally aware of them at this current time.

On the subject of Apple Inc., another interesting -- albeit disturbing -- tidbit I discovered while reading some online news articles regarding the death of Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, is the following. According to CNN and a number of other news sources, in 1976 when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak presented their first commercial product -- that being the Apple I -- the unit was priced at exactly $666.66. Yes, folks, $666.66. Whether or not that was simply meant to be taken as some kind of sick insider's joke, I honestly do not know, but it does trouble me. Was the controversial price a not-so-subtle snub at or mockery of our Christian faith? Before you quickly try to dismiss this possibility, please consider the following.

When we couple that unusual -- and obviously intentional -- price with the fact that Apple's longtime logo has been an apple with a bite taken out of it -- possibly a nod to the tragic events which occurred in the Garden of Eden, although Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak claims that Jobs was actually inspired to choose the name Apple Computer after paying a visit to an apple orchard -- and the fact that Mr. Jobs was a Buddhist who embraced certain New Age beliefs, and not a Christian, it certainly makes me wonder about the man, and his true role in God's overall plans for the world.

As a Christian, I must confess that it is sad to think that while in both life and death Steven P. Jobs has been lauded by the world as a great visionary, innovative inventor and genius, nevertheless, he lacked the vision and the spiritual insight to recognize his own personal need for Salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Thus, he chose Buddhism and New Age thought as his personal belief system instead. While Jobs had everything that this world has to offer -- wealth, fame, prestige, devoted followers -- nevertheless, unless he accepted Christ at the very last moment, he left this current world a spiritually empty man with no guarantee of Salvation.

No doubt, some Macintosh users will take offense at my words, particularly if they adored Steve Jobs to any degree. Yet at the same time, if you're truly honest with yourself, then you will recognize that I only speak the truth of the Scriptures concerning Jobs' need for a Savior, which is a need that we all share, whether we personally recognize it or not.

To my critics, allow me to inform you that like millions of other people in the world, my life has also been directly affected by Steve Jobs and Apple Inc. For what it is worth, I have been a dedicated Macintosh user since 1990, at which time I was first presented with the opportunity to work on a Macintosh SE. Since that time, I have personally owned and used a Macintosh LC III, a Macintosh G3 mini-tower, three different models of Macintosh G4 mini-towers, a 24" 4K iMac, a 27" 2.8 GHz i7 Quad Core iMac, a 27" 3.6 GHz i9 8-core Retina 5K iMac, and currently, an Apple M2 Max Mac Studio with an accompanying 27" Studio Display. Over the past three decades, I and a few close friends have spent many thousands of dollars on Macintosh hardware and software, as well as on other peripheral equipment in order to keep the Bill's Bible Basics ministry up and running. It has not come cheap.

My point is, please don't think that I am bashing Steve Jobs from the position of a non-Macintosh user, because I am not. Again, it is simply a shame that so great a man -- by worldly standards -- apparently never recognized his personal need for, or accepted, the atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, when he no doubt had many opportunities to do so throughout his life. After all, God is faithful and He gives us all a chance to accept His free gift of Salvation. What we do with it is our choice to make. Jobs apparently chose unwisely.

Returning to our main topic of discussion, there's something else which these intelligent, thinking machines will be able to do. In fact, most computers today can already do it to a high degree of efficiency. And what is that? They can speak to us using synthesized voices such as Cepstral Voices, AT&T Natural Voices and others. In fact, over the past fourteen years since I first wrote this series, computer-generated AI voices have improved dramatically. If you were around during the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, you will know exactly what I'm referring to.

There is simply no comparison between the voices we had back then, and those which are now available. Following is a short video of Steven Halls' original "Talking Moose" program which he first released in 1986. It worked on very early Macintosh computers. The moose didn't have a real name. He was simply called "Talking Moose", which was the name of the app itself. If you don't hear the audio, please click or tap on the video:

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Canadian programmer Steven Hall's popular Mac OS Classic app was later revived during the 1990s for newer versions of Mac Classic -- as well as for Mac OS X and macOS -- in the form of "Uli's Moose". Uli Kusterer enhanced "Talking Moose" with new features. It continued to be developed and runs on macOS computers up until macOS Mojave. To my delight, I discovered that with the demise of Uli's Moose on newer versions of the macOS operating system, another Canadian developer by the name of John Roland Penner decided to pick up the torch and has released the "Mack the Moose" app which seeks to emulate Uli's Moose. So for all of you diehard moose lovers who just can't get enough of your beloved moose, you will easily find "Mack the Moose" in the App Store by searching for it by name.

Speaking of videos, I am reminded of Apple Inc.'s famously impressive and quite effective 1984 Super Bowl commercial for its very first Macintosh computer. To this day, I think that it remains the most powerful ad that Apple, Inc. ever created. Even when I occasionally watch it many years later, the ad still grabs me due to its power. As some of my fellow old timers will know, Apple, Inc. has long been known for its iconoclastic, forward-thinking spirit and attitude. And so it should really come as no surprise that for about five years -- from 1997 to 2002 -- "Think Different" was Apple's famous catchphrase or slogan. Steve Jobs was always smashing his way right through boundaries and norms in the design of his line of computer-related devices. This ad wanted to let the world know that something big was on the horizon, and it did, in a very effective way.

As you can see in the short video I share below, in this ad, we observe what appears to be an Orwellian Big Brother-like figure who is preaching his utopian philosophies on a huge wall monitor which is situated at the front of a bleak hall. This dreary hall or auditorium is filled with bald-headed, zombie-eyed worker drones sitting on benches, who seem to be totally mesmerized by their crazed leader.

Suddenly, we see an attractive, athletic young woman dressed in a track uniform racing towards the hall with a mallet in her hands. She is being pursued by the Thought Police. Upon reaching the auditorium, in an act of defiance and rebellion against the oppressive ruling authority, and similar to an ancient discus thrower, she swings her mallet around with all her might. Then she throws it forcefully at the monitor, thus utterly smashing it to bits with a loud explosion. The result is that the dazed workers are liberated from the spell of the Big Brother figure. As I said, to this day, I still remain impressed by Apple's 1984 Big Brother commercial, because it was just so innovative -- an obvious Apple hallmark -- and so well-executed. It was no doubt also very expensive to make at the time.

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But getting back to computer-generated AI voices, all major computer operating systems are now shipped with a selection of pre-installed voices. If a user isn't satisfied with those voices, he can likewise download some higher quality voices. If one tweaks some of the settings, he can improve the audio quality even more and then have the voice read web page data, documents on one's hard drive, email messages, etc. And, of course, directly related to this, we also have the popular personal assistants such as Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Bixby, Cortana and other lesser known personal assistants.

But it doesn't end there. As I mentioned in part one of this series, the fields of cybernetics and robotics have likewise seen some major advancements over the years, so that today, the "wedding" of these two technologies has resulted in the manufacture of very human-looking robots with voices which can perform a variety of useful tasks. Given another five or ten years, this technology might advance to such a degree, that it will become very difficult -- if not impossible at first glance -- to distinguish between an actual human being and a robot. I am reminded of flicks such as the 1982 movie "Bladerunner" and 2001's "Artificial Intelligence". Then, of course, there is also the 2009 Bruce Willis movie entitled "Surrogates". While it is not normally my policy to promote Hollywood movies, this is one movie which I do encourage you to consider watching. I think its impact and final message at the very end will leave you thinking about where we may be headed.

My friends, that actually is the big question. Exactly where are we headed? From everything I have shared with you in this series, it should be quite evident to you that we do seem to be heading towards some kind of technological cusp or focal point where computer technology, cybernetics, robotics, AGI -- Artificial General Intelligence -- Superintelligence and transhumanism will result in some kind of society-altering event. Will whatever this event is have a positive effect on humanity as a whole as some of these Big Tech leaders often tell us? Or is the work that is currently being done in the aforementioned fields possibly going to eventually form the basis for the creation of something terrible and horrific which none of us even dare to contemplate or imagine?

If the technology which is currently being developed remains in good hands, and is used in a responsible manner to benefit us all, then perhaps we can look forward to a bright future. In contrast, if it should fall into the wrong hands -- or is possibly already in the wrong hands -- and should be used for sinister, selfish and evil purposes, who knows what may be in our future. I would like to sit here and simply tell you that everything will work out just fine, but I honestly cannot do that. It is not that I am a pessimist. Rather, it is because I know what the Scriptures say regarding the condition of the unregenerate human heart. If you are not aware of it, then I ask you to consider the following group of Bible verses:

"And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."


"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"


"But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man."


"And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."


"The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts."


In particular, please notice the very end of that last verse. You see, when a person does not even believe in God, and has not accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, the Spirit cannot convict him or restrain his actions. As I mentioned earlier, that's the problem with a lot of the leaders of Big Tech. Many of them do NOT know God, and they most certainly don't have the Spirit of Christ dwelling in their hearts as this group of verses informs us:

"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God."


If such people are not "filled with all the fulness of God", then what are they filled with? The spirit of the world? The spirit of Satan? It is a frightful thought, isn't it? So if they are not filled with God's Spirit, that suggests that with the current technological developments in the fields I previously mentioned, we could actually be opening a can of worms. I don't mean to frighten you, but those are just the plain facts. I hope that I am wrong.

Please go to part four for the conclusion of this series.

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