the religion of technology

code as biblical text

nancy was born into a religion. the religion didn't worship any bible or jesus or god. it didn't have a cross, and you didn't have to go to church on sunday.

the religion spoke its own intricate language, and made it hard for everyone else to learn. the religion made sure you had a good life if you worked hard.

the religion didn't care about the rest of the world. it didn't try to convert others in.

there was a set of churches across the world that taught the language of the religion. each year, the churches took only the brightest students. students wrote essays and amassed extracurricular activities, begging and pleading to be let in the churches. every fall, a new set of students were baptized in.

the churches liked to say that they took all types of people in. it was good press. they liked to brag that they had a diverse class, and they were kind and considerate of everyone, but really they only combed through the ones that had already been born into the religion.

after graduation, many of the baptees went to work on the largest project the religion had put out: a chat bot that was god. the religion had rejected god, so it was time to create its own. the religion wanted a god that was better than china's. they wanted their god to be the best. missionaries raced to harvest fresh data from the masses to feed to god. they went to third world countries, first world countries, paying fortunes to get data from the smartest to give to god.

no amount of fresh data was enough. the god wanted more.