By: A Mere Human Who Still Believes in Free Will

Introduction: A World on the Brink or a World of Opportunity?

If you only listen to the loudest voices today, you might think humanity is doomed. We hear endless warnings of climate catastrophe, societal collapse, and AI-driven dystopia. Some claim that technology is an existential threat, that humanity itself is the problem, and that salvation can only come from strict control, global oversight, and radical restructuring of civilization.

The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), co-founded by Jordan Peterson, challenges this fear-driven narrative. Their Statement of Vision rightly argues that progress is real, humanity is not a plague, and our ability to innovate and problem-solve should be celebrated rather than condemned.

Yet, while ARC advocates for freedom, responsibility, and the flourishing of civilization, it does not go far enough in recognizing that technological progress, including AI, is a tool for good when rooted in objective truth and moral clarity.

Christians should not merely defend against AI or resist progress out of fear. Instead, we should lead the charge, using AI to spread truth, promote responsibility, and demonstrate the necessity of God in an increasingly secular world.

ARC’s Vision: Where We Agree

The ARC Statement of Vision makes several key arguments that align with a Christian view of human flourishing.

Progress Is Real and Should Be Celebrated

For all the doomsaying, the last few centuries have seen unparalleled advances in science, medicine, human rights, and technology.

• People live longer, healthier lives than ever before.
• Global poverty and violence have plummeted.
• We have unprecedented access to education, knowledge, and resources.

This is not a time for despair. It is a time to build upon the successes of civilization, not tear them down out of ideological fear.

Fear-Driven Ideologies Lead to Tyranny

ARC rightly warns that catastrophism leads to control. When people are convinced that the world is spiraling into disaster, they become willing to surrender their freedoms in exchange for security.

• Radical environmentalism insists that humans are the problem, demanding population control, forced degrowth, and authoritarian restrictions.
• The technocratic elite increasingly claim that only they should determine what is true, what is allowed, and how society should function.
• Many in power use fear as a weapon to silence opposition and enforce their vision of the world.

ARC is correct. We must reject this surrender to despair and insist on a future built on innovation, responsibility, and human dignity.

True Citizenship Requires Moral Responsibility

Freedom is not license. It requires responsibility. ARC calls for a renewal of individual, family, and community accountability.

• Family stability is essential, not an outdated relic.
• Work and productivity are foundations of dignity, not oppressive burdens.
• Virtue matters. A thriving society requires citizens who govern themselves morally, rather than waiting for the state to dictate every aspect of life.

This is where ARC’s message aligns strongly with Christian ethics. True freedom comes from moral responsibility, not from the absence of constraints.

Where We Differ: Christians Must Go Further

ARC provides a compelling case for human flourishing, but it misses a crucial foundation.

Without an objective moral law, built on divine truth, all arguments for responsibility, freedom, and human dignity are ultimately subjective.

We must go further than ARC and insist that:

The Crisis of Meaning Is a Crisis of Faith

ARC identifies an emergent crisis of meaning and purpose. But let’s be clear. This is the result of a world that has abandoned God.

For centuries, faith provided the foundation for civilization by offering moral clarity, purpose, and hope. But today, society has embraced radical materialism, reducing life to mere survival and consumption.

Without God, morality becomes subjective and malleable. Human value is reduced to economic productivity rather than intrinsic dignity. The future feels directionless and empty, leading to despair, hedonism, or authoritarian control.

ARC is right that people crave meaning. However, the solution is not just responsible citizenship. It is a return to the moral and spiritual truth that only God provides.

AI Is Not a Threat. It Is an Opportunity for Evangelization

ARC warns of technocratic overreach, and rightly so. AI can be used to monitor, manipulate, and control.

But fear of AI is not the right response. Instead of resisting AI, Christians should be harnessing it for the Kingdom.

AI can be used to:

• Spread the Gospel faster than ever before by reaching billions with biblical truth in every language.
• Debunk false ideologies in real-time by providing logical, theological, and historical rebuttals to atheistic materialism.
• Highlight AI’s limitations as proof of God by showing how true intelligence, morality, and consciousness cannot emerge from code alone.

AI proves the necessity of a Creator, because no matter how advanced it becomes, it will never possess wisdom, free will, or a soul.

The Future Must Be Built on More Than Human Ingenuity

ARC champions human potential, and rightly so. But civilization cannot be built on human effort alone.

History has shown that when humans place themselves at the center, they inevitably collapse into tyranny, corruption, or despair.

The future must be built on more than optimism. It must be grounded in objective truth, moral absolutes, and faith in the One who designed us for something greater.

Final Thoughts: AI, Civilization, and the Christian Call to Action

ARC provides a powerful alternative to the prevailing fear-driven, authoritarian vision of the future. It is right to insist that civilization is not doomed but thriving. Human ingenuity should be embraced, not feared. Freedom and responsibility are the pillars of progress.

But ARC stops short of addressing the deeper truth. Without God, civilization has no foundation.

Christians must do more than merely resist bad ideas.

We must lead the conversation on how AI can be used for evangelization, how AI’s limitations highlight the necessity of God, and how the crisis of meaning can only be solved through faith.

This is not a time for retreat. It is a time for bold action. AI is not the enemy. It is a tool that can either be used for control or for truth.

Let’s use it to point the world back to the ultimate reality. We are not just products of random chance but creations of a divine intelligence far greater than any machine.

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The AI revolution is not a crisis. It is an opportunity.

Do not just react to AI. Lead the conversation. The future belongs to those who shape it.