Saint John Paul II (or JP2, as we theology nerds affectionately call him), once said, "the human person. . . is a creature that God willed for his own sake. At the same time, he can fully discover his true self only in a sincere giving of himself."

You only find out who you are when you give yourself away. That's part of what it means to be a person.

A person, rather than, say, a machine.

This raises questions around what certain digital "machines," like AI tools, do to our work as human persons.

One way of coming at those questions is to consider some non-human persons: Angels. Would they use AI?

Sources: Genesis 1:26-27,31 (NIV)

Matthew 16:25 (NIV)

Mark 10:31 (NIV)

Joshua 5:13-15 (NIV)

St. Pope John Paul II, "The Human Person Becomes a Gift in the Freedom of Love," (General Audience, January 16, 1980).

Read Mercer Schuchardt, "The Future of the Church Is Analog, Not Digital," Theology, Christianity Today, September 23, 2016.

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