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ChatGPT delivers sermon to packed German church, tells congregants not to fear death

More than 300 people attended an AI-generated church service at St. Paul's Church in Fürth, Bavaria, during which a ChatGPT avatar delivered a sermon saying not to fear death.

www.foxnews.com

Ok we got AI telling us to worship Jeebus now as if it's not bad enough I got gaffers telling me to do so. Someone please make it make sense. That's it I want off this rock NOW.

 

[H4ze]

wtf you talking about mate?

 

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wtf you talking about mate?

Sorry forgot to include link

 

[H4ze]

Well, lol, I guess? I am from Bavaria, Fürth is not that far but I did not hear about that.

Since religion is bullshit anyway, it doesn't really matter who talks to the crowd lmao

 

[Trogdor1123]

Sorry forgot to include link

Chatgpt wouldn’t have forgot the link…

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Sounds like lazy priests to me. I checked the link. Nothing like church service and the podium has HP and Thinkpad laptops doing the work.

 

[diffusionx]

I hope you find peace one day OP

 

[daffyduck]

 

[Trogdor1123]

Yes, we should all have a blessed day

 

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I hope you find peace one day OP

I have peace, thanks.

 

[diffusionx]

I have peace, thanks.

Doesn’t seem like it but ok.

 

[PSYGN]

JAIsus ChrAIst

 

[TheDreadBaron]

Doesn’t seem like it but ok.

“I hope you find peace” as in that backhanded christian blessing that is code for I feel sorry for you and the emptiness you must feel without faith in god?

You know what’s more empowering than “loving” an imaginary guy in the sky? Realizing that all your doubts are true and actually no one has the answers, so you don’t need to worry about it. That will bring you actual peace.

 

[AJUMP23]

I Have used the AI to help me prep for Sunday School lessons I am teaching. Give me cross reference material and the like.

 

[diffusionx]

“I hope you find peace” as in that backhanded christian blessing that is code for I feel sorry for you and the emptiness you must feel without faith in god?

You know what’s more empowering than “loving” an imaginary guy in the sky? Realizing that all your doubts are true and actually no one has the answers, so you don’t need to worry about it. That will bring you actual peace.

I hope you find peace too. Same passive aggressive energy coming from you as the OP.

 

[TheDreadBaron]

I hope you find peace too.

See, it’s the idea that you think you have the only answer that’s gross and offensive. Hey chatGPT, can you justify the morality of sacrificing your own son, or square the contradictions of the bible generally? Error, error, does not compute.

 

[diffusionx]

See, it’s the idea that you think you have the only answer that’s gross and offensive. Hey chatGPT, can you justify the morality of sacrificing your own son, or square the contradictions of the bible generally? Error, error, does not compute.

I didn’t say anything about any answer I have or don’t have. Nor did I proselytize you or say anything about your beliefs (which I know nothing about). You’re coming at me with this heat based on nothing I said, only assumptions. From where I sit, this speaks of insecurity in one’s beliefs - if I thought I had all the answers I wouldn’t go agro on people based on one sentence I assume contradicts those answers, but that’s just me. I really do hope you find some peace, I mean exactly what i said.

 

[IDKFA]

That's disrespectful and heretical.

 

[TheDreadBaron]

I didn’t say anything about any answer I have or don’t have. Nor did I proselytize you or say anything about your beliefs (which I know nothing about). You’re coming at me with this heat based on nothing I said, only assumptions. From where I sit, this speaks of insecurity in one’s beliefs - if I thought I had all the answers I wouldn’t go agro on people based on one sentence, but that’s just me.

No you’d just slyly sneak in some coded language that implies your superiority, wouldn’t address any of the issues directly.

 

[funkygunther]

I hope you find peace too. Same passive aggressive energy coming from you as the OP.

the irony between "I hope you find peace" and accusing someone else for passive aggressiveness is strong

 

[diffusionx]

No you’d just slyly sneak in some coded language that implies your superiority, wouldn’t address any of the issues directly.

There’s no issues to address.

 

[TheDreadBaron]

the irony between "I hope you find peace" and accusing someone else for passive aggressiveness is strong

I thought I was being aggressive aggressive, been a while since we had a religious brawl in here

 

[diffusionx]

the irony between "I hope you find peace" and accusing someone else for passive aggressiveness is strong

OP was mad about a robot sermon and apparently roving gangs of evangelizers on GAF that only he sees constantly. I don’t think this anger is healthy.

 

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OP was mad about a robot sermon and apparently roving gangs of evangelizers on GAF that only he sees constantly. I don’t think this anger is healthy.

It's not anger it's just the sheer absurdity of a robot telling real people to worship an imaginary God. It's just I don't even know... We've jumped.thr shark.

 

[TheDreadBaron]

It's not anger it's just the sheer absurdity of a robot telling people to worship an imaginary God. It's just I don't even know... We've jumped.thr shark.

I’m surprised they’re not worried the AI is going to let the cat out of the bag in the middle of the sermon, like seriously you’d need to program it to simply ignore a lot.

 

[funkygunther]

OP was mad about a robot sermon and apparently roving gangs of evangelizers on GAF that only he sees constantly. I don’t think this anger is healthy.

What you assume is healthy for the OP based on nothing but his post here is none of your business nor reliable, you are projecting onto the OP and rather than engaging with the topic your immediate response is one of defensive ad hominem.

 

[-Minsc-]

OP was mad about a robot sermon and apparently roving gangs of evangelizers on GAF that only he sees constantly. I don’t think this anger is healthy.

Probably wants to live in a bubble where not a single person will say to follow Jesus. That's about as likely to happen as a world where not a single person says God does not exist. We all have to live with hearing things we don't want to hear

 

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Probably wants to live in a bubble where not a single person will say to follow Jesus. That's about as likely to happen as a world where not a single person says God does not exist. We all have to live with hearing things we don't want to hear

I guess we've gotten to the point in the thread where I'm attacked as the angry jeebus hater?

 

[funkygunther]

I guess we've gotten to the point in the thread where I'm attacked as the angry jeebus hater?

They do it out of love because your soul needs saving from the big meanie whose body it's in

 

[Tams]

Making up shite with a load of allegories and metaphors from one (two?) book (s) of poorly made up shite? And then just making it sound at least somewhat believable?

Seems pretty trivial for an LLM.

 

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I’m surprised they’re not worried the AI is going to let the cat out of the bag in the middle of the sermon, like seriously you’d need to program it to simply ignore a lot.

Id like to see the parameters put in place before it came up with that sermon.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Cant wait. At some point a church sermon will make history showing this on stage:

 

[daffyduck]

I guess we've gotten to the point in the thread where I'm attacked as the angry jeebus hater?

Not really, but you have to admit you're fishing.

 

[TheDreadBaron]

Not really, but you have to admit you're fishing.

Sometimes you just go for a boat ride and the fish jump in all by themselves. Then jesus feeds the multitudes with that one basket of fish, which proves he’s god, or maybe just stingy with the portions, or maybe some kind of street magician with secret fish hidden under the table, jury is still out.

 

[daffyduck]

And then there are those who get mad at people they perceive to be proselytizing, and end up doing so themselves. Must be some sort of irony.

 

[funkygunther]

And then there are those who get mad at people they perceive to be proselytizing, and end up doing so themselves. Must be some sort of irony.

Being sarcastic is not proselytizing. There is no irony. Do you even know the words you use?

 

[daffyduck]

I’ve seen it in many threads. You are one of the guilty. No need to get defensive. Carry on.

 

[funkygunther]

I’ve seen it in many threads. You are one of the guilty. No need to get defensive. Carry on.

You haven't even seen it in this thread. I am guilty of what? And I'm not defensive, no need to project emotion when there's no evidence of it.

 

[daffyduck]

 

[funkygunther]

Now this is irony

 

[daffyduck]

No irony there. Try again.

 

[funkygunther]

The irony is your failure to engage in conversation as an adult by showing a meme of someone crying like a baby. Of course unless you weren't trying to say that I represented that gif and it was just a reflection of yourself, in which case you're right. There's no irony, just a very astute if uncharacteristically self-deprecating observation.

 

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How long before someone creates a religion worshipping ChatGPT? Am I too late? Can I do it? I want to be filthy rich and this seems like an easy way to do it.

 

[AJUMP23]

If the AI has been trained on Bonhoeffer it probably had a decent German sermon.

 

[daffyduck]

How long before someone creates a religion worshipping ChatGPT? Am I too late? Can I do it? I want to be filthy rich and this seems like an easy way to do it.

Have you discussed pricing options? Sounds expensive.

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[simpatico]

If German Protestant churches have fallen into the same ruin the American Prot churches have, this might be an upgrade. The cold, calculating AI would probably tow a harder line than what the preachers do. It's kinda genius if they began with the rights seeds. I'd very much like to try and recreate Martin Luther with the help of AI.

 

[The Pleasure]

Sounds like lazy priests to me. I checked the link. Nothing like church service and the podium has HP and Thinkpad laptops doing the work.

The hp laptop stopped working after the one year warranty mark and the thinkpad t540 is still trucking over a decade later.

 

[E-Cat]

I hope you find peace one day OP

Only the intellectually dishonest and insane have peace

 

[diffusionx]

Sometimes you just go for a boat ride and the fish jump in all by themselves. Then jesus feeds the multitudes with that one basket of fish, which proves he’s god, or maybe just stingy with the portions, or maybe some kind of street magician with secret fish hidden under the table, jury is still out.

you’re embarrassing yourself dude. If you don’t believe in anything then just live with it and stop trying to convince yourself, nobody is trying to change your mind.

 

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you’re embarrassing yourself dude. If you don’t believe in anything then just live with it and stop trying to convince yourself, nobody is trying to change your mind.

Nevermind. It had nothing to do with the sermon