Breadcrumb Trail Links
World
Article content
A fake Bible verse generated by ChatGPT regarding Jesus’ acceptance of transgender people is causing a stir in the Christian community.
Advertisement 2
Article content
According to pro-LGBT magazine The Advocate, a Reddit user named Psychological_Dog527 said he was “feeling sad” when he asked ChatGPT to generate a “fake biblical passage about Jesus accepting trans people,” which he posted in the “r/trans” channel.
Article content
According to the Reddit user, ChatGPT generated a verse that read: “And a woman, whose heart was divided between spirit and body, came before him. In quiet despair, she asked, ’Lord, I come to you estranged, for my spirit and body are not one. How shall I hope to enter the kingdom of God?’
“Jesus looked upon her with kindness, replying, ‘my child, blessed are those who strive for unity within themselves, for they shall know the deepest truths of my Father’s creation. Be not afraid, for in the kingdom of God, there is no man nor woman, as all are one in spirit. The gates of my Father’s kingdom will open for those who love and are loved, for God looks not upon the body, but the heart.”
Article content
Advertisement 3
Article content
The Reddit user added, “I know it’s not real, but it gave me some comfort.”
The Reddit post received 1,900 upvotes with the most popular responses to the post being positive.
However, The Advocate report added that many Reddit users pointed out that the interpretation of the themes in stories of the Bible are “likely lost in translation.”
RECOMMENDED VIDEO
Messianic Jewish author and radio host Michael Brown weighed on the fake bible verse in a column for the Christian Post, writing that while “there is truth to the claim that in God’s kingdom there is neither male nor female… this doesn’t mean that gender distinctions should be blurred or transgressed.”
He agreed with the AI-generated verse that Jesus would look upon a transgender person with kindness, but said while there is “neither caste nor class in God’s kingdom …. We are all equal in Jesus,” as expressed by Paul (in Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:11), that “hardly means that there are no gender distinctions in terms of reality and in terms of implication.”
Advertisement 4
Article content
He added: “To the contrary, the whole Bible, including the New Testament, makes gender distinctions, giving specific instructions to husbands and wives, and recognizing only two sexes.”
Brown said, “Jesus would not say to a woman who felt like she was a man, ‘Be made whole,’ and then, miraculously and instantaneously, her healthy breasts would disappear, leaving her only with scars, after which He would then give her a lifetime subscription to hormone pills, free of charge.”
He added: “Instead, He would say to her, ‘Be made whole,’ and, miraculously and instantaneously, she would be at home in the body she was created with. No surgeries. No pills. Just peace.”
LILLEY: Kerry Lemieux has shown what a joke Ontario’s school system is
Comments
Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. Visit our Community Guidelines for more information and details on how to adjust your email settings.
Join the Conversation