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AI's Role in Religion: Guidance or Isolation?
10/3/2025
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Story summary
- AI is increasingly influencing religion, with religious chatbots and apps providing spiritual guidance.
- Rabbi Gilah Langner warns AI lacks emotional connection and could isolate users from faith traditions.
- The app Text with Jesus lets users interact with biblical figures, drawing mixed reactions and claims of blasphemy.
- Pastor Jay Cooper experimented with an AI-delivered sermon, attracting attendees but lacking emotional depth.
