We'd be better off if we untangled religion from <i>all</i> debates. Let people believe whatever fairy tales they want and have gatherings based on them, but stop giving preferred tax status and leave it out of informed debates.
<i>Is it inevitable that we infuse our AI debates with religious rhetoric?</i><p>Yes --- because LLMs are being trained on it --- even if inadvertently so.<p>How can it be otherwise when the majority of people are trained on it as well and the information is pervasive?