A spotlight on an artificial intelligence app was met with division and concerns of possible blasphemy over the titular opportunity to “Text With Jesus.”
As AI’s potential has continued to grow by leaps and bounds, the number of people embracing the technology to some degree has likewise increased. While contending he’s had an “overwhelmingly positive” response, the CEO behind the Text With Jesus chatbot app admitted there has also been “pushback.”
Currently available in version 5.1, the app, powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is said to provide scripture-quoting responses to questions directed at figures like Jesus Christ and figures from the Old and New Testaments, like Moses or the saints.
“Since launch, most people have come to the app out of curiosity, and it’s been incredible to see how many want to try a conversation with biblical figures,” expressed Catloaf Software CEO Stéphane Peter to Fox Business.
A screenshot on the app store features a user inputting, “I’m feeling anxious about a job interview today,” and receiving the response credited to Jesus Christ, “Remember my child, ‘Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.’ (Philippians 4:6).”
Peter, whose company also offers Text With History and Text With Authors, went on to explain, “We expected some pushback, especially from those who worry about AI taking on roles tied to faith. But, overall, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. The vast majority of users see it for what it is — a fun, accessible way to explore scripture and spirituality in a new format.”
“AI can’t replace lived faith, community, or the human touch of ministry. But it can help lower barriers and spark deeper curiosity,” he went on as the latest version of the app added the opportunity to pose questions to AI pastors and spiritual counselors. “They’ve quickly become a popular part of the app because they give people a safe, approachable way to ask questions about faith, scripture, or life that they might hesitate to raise elsewhere.”
Of course, while Peter leaned heavily into the positive responses to the app, others speaking more broadly on the concerns of artificial intelligence, when it comes to religion, were less sunny.
In July, the Babylon Bee’s Managing Editor Joel Berry reminded us about AI, “It’s a mirror — a twitching, mutated simulacrum, and all it can do is reflect our own depravity back to us. It’s a computer learning from billions of humans all around the world, all endlessly sinning with their hearts, minds, tongues, and keyboards. Garbage in, garbage out.”
Similarly, amid a public spat with AI executives, Elon Musk had said of his own xAI’s Grok that it “doesn’t actually know” things.
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Offering his own commentary at the Second Annual Rome Conference on Artificial Intelligence that echoed the sentiments of his predecessor Pope Francis, Pope Leo said, “Together with its extraordinary potential to benefit the human family, the rapid development of AI also raises deeper questions concerning the proper use of such technology in generating a more authentically just and human global society. In this sense, while undoubtedly an exceptional product of human genius, AI is ‘above all else a tool‘ … By definition, tools point to the human intelligence that crafted them and draw much of their ethical force from the intentions of the individuals that wield them.”
Meanwhile, as other AI-powered Christian apps include Truthly and Magisterium AI, while Muslims and Buddhists have chatbot apps of their own, reactions to the Text With Jesus app on social media continued to be mixed.
Yeah, full stop on this.
— Steve Vanairsdale (@goallind) October 5, 2025
It depends on the intended use and purposes. It’s always best to consult the Bible first.
— Abraham Patriot (@abrahamsh99) October 5, 2025
That’s an awesome app
— Swish (@Swishmeta) October 5, 2025
Disconcerting Tower of Babel vibes.
— Arnie Fufkin (@ArnoldFufkin) October 5, 2025
For people who have been Inconsistent with reading Bible, this app might just be really helpful for them
— DK Moon (@dkmoonn) October 5, 2025
This is wrong.
— Anthony Melei, M.S. (@meleitech) October 5, 2025
Because it is very dangerous, blasphemous and more.
— Creeds & Confessions (@CreedConfession) October 5, 2025
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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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