AI writes a good sermon. Don't let it write yours.
Here, in this little pocket of religion, is a place to take a stand.
Rabbis are using AI to write sermons.
I don’t think this is really a secret, although it’s not the sort of thing that rabbis really like to talk about (which perhaps tells you something?). It’s easy to reach for AI when the words aren’t flowing or you’re just tapped out. Yes, many rabbis are repulsed by the idea—but many are not.
Well, I think it’s a bad idea, and I think now is the time to take a principled stand against it. The cost of forgoing AI for sermon writing is absolutely worthwhile and the time to create a norm is right now, before we start forgetting what it is to write without AI.
My argument is here. I’d love to know what you think.