People Can Text with Jesus on a Controversial New App. How Does It Work?

People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?

A new wave of apps is attempting to create a hotline to heaven for users who are interested in strengthening their religious faith. The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power. Text with Jesus is part of a rising trend of faith-based digital technologies that Axios calls a “digital awakening” and it’s in good company with apps such as bible.…

People Can Text with Jesus on A Controversial New App. How Does It Work?

What is the Text with Jesus app? How faith based apps are helping people connect with their faith and are also courting controversy.

'Isn't this blasphemous?' Chatbots let users talk to 'Jesus' — and even 'Satan'

As Americans drift from organized religion and congregations consolidate, pastors are turning to artificial intelligence to shoulder parts of their ministry — while some worshippers are turning to AI for something else entirely. Certain AI tools help clergy manage schedules or craft sermons; others invite believers to text directly with “Jesus,” or even “Satan.”Calling it a “new digital awakening,” Axios reports that “AI is helping some churches…

'What Could Go Wrong?': Religious AI Chatbots Let You Text With 'Jesus' — or 'Satan'

As Americans drift from organized religion and congregations consolidate, pastors are turning to artificial intelligence to shoulder parts of their ministry — while some worshippers are turning to AI for something else entirely. Certain AI tools help clergy manage schedules or craft sermons; others invite believers to text directly with “Jesus,” or even “Satan.” Calling it a “new digital awakening,” Axios reports that “AI is helping some churche…