Robot Priest

This ‘Robot Priest’ Heralds Christianity’s Death In Europe. European churches marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation this year are also marking the end of Christianity on the continent.

http://thefederalist.com/2017/06/02/robot-priest-heralds-christianitys-death-europe/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=86ffcb8267-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-86ffcb8267-83813741

Excerpt: As part of an exhibition to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a church in Wittenberg, Germany, has unveiled what it calls a “robot priest,” a machine that emits lights from its outstretched hands and dispenses blessings in five languages. The robot, called BlessU-2, will spout out whatever blessing a parishioner selects from a touchpad screen on its chest. The boxy, metallic thing looks like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, and moves like one, too. A video of BlessU-2 in action shows it slowly raise its arms over its head, gears whirring, before it blurts out a pre-recorded blessing in German. Aside from the creepy aesthetic of the robot, the very idea of programming a computer to bless people is itself a searing indictment of the collapse of Christianity in Europe.