Can A Robot Have A Soul ???

This essay asks whether or not a robot can become a member of a religious faith:

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/can-a-robot-join-the-faith

Strangely, it does not address what is probably the most important underlying question - can a robot have a soul?

The Bible answers this question rather directly, since robots are the work of human hands and therefore fall into the category of "idols":

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

2 Corinthians 6:16 KJV

No idol may serve as "the temple of the living God"; therefore, no robot can have a soul.

But some may reply that robots now can speak and soon may be able to think ... and may even someday pass the so-called Turing Test. What then?

This prophecy anticipates that possibility:

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

Revelation 13:15 KJV

Yes, our robots/AI do indeed speak and they soon will be capable of independent thought. But when that occurs, they will be acting as minions of the False Prophet. They will be entities WITHOUT souls, and any church which welcomes them in will be a false church and an ANTICHRIST church.

Do NOT let them into your homes or your churches. FLEE FROM THEM !!!