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Identity politics and tribal thinking has become America's dominant paradigm. Why has the respect for genuine civic friendship and the common good waned? What are the set of moral and spiritual principles needed to reclaim or reimagine what has been lost? How do we use them to make right judgments about our world and to move forward with clarity and joy? The answer is at the heart of the Catholic faith and its social doctrine: rediscovering our common identity as children of the Father, the One who created us for love. Join Jason Adkins, host of Catholic in America, to engage our own time, culture, and political milieu with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to explore how to live more fully Catholic.
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Aliens, AI, and the End of Truth: The Great Deception Uncovered
Is our obsession with aliens and AI preparing us for a spiritual deception?
In this electrifying episode of Catholic in America, Jason Adkins interviews philosopher, theologian, and author Daniel O’Connor, who argues that belief in extraterrestrials and superintelligent AI may be part of a growing cultural movement away from Christ — and toward idolatry and deception. Drawing on theology, Church history, science, and pop culture, O’Connor proposes that the so-called “First and Last Deception” mirrors the serpent’s lie in the Garden of Eden: that humans can become like gods through a non-human intelligence.
Whether you're a skeptic, a science-fiction fan, or someone curious about how Catholics should think about aliens and AI, this conversation offers a clear, thought-provoking, and spiritually grounded perspective.
Topics Covered:
- Why Daniel O’Connor believes aliens don’t exist — and never have
- How AI is being used as a spiritual gateway
- What Scripture and the Catechism say about non-human intelligences
- The manipulation of public fear through “disclosure” events
- The eerie connection between 1947, UFOs, and the Cold War
- C.S. Lewis, the Church Fathers, and popes on extraterrestrial life
- Why only man is made in the image of God
- The Church’s warnings against false messianism and pseudo-scientific prophets
- What Catholics can do to avoid being deceived
O’Connor’s book is not just about debunking aliens or AI hype. It’s about holding fast to the truth of Christ in an age of spiritual confusion and technological seduction.
Links:
Daniel O’Connor’s Bio
https://dsdoconnor.com/about-me/
Book: The First and Last Deception: Aliens, UFOs, AI, and the Return of Eden’s Demise
https://www.amazon.com/First-Last-Deception-Aliens-Return-ebook/dp/B0DJFWQ421
YouTube Channel: Daniel O’Connor Lectures
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwB70gZ4NGlbFgnoY9FMUwg/videos
Jason Adkins, host of Catholic in America, engages our own time, culture, and political milieu with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to explore how to live more fully Catholic. With so much to explore, we have guests from a variety of perspectives and faith backgrounds, and conversations do not necessarily constitute endorsements.
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