Will AI replace man's looking to God for answers?

[a believer]

On a whim, I thought I would check into this ChatGPT thing and ask it a question, considering Man's increasing reliance on search engines and now AI to answer questions and get information, and the knowledge pool in the process of moving from Man over to databases.

I asked ChatGPT:
Will AI replace man's looking to God for answers?

It's response was interesting, and worth a share.

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ChatGPT's response:
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Oof, that's a heavy one — and a really important question.


In short: AI might change how people seek answers, but it’s unlikely to replace the deeper human search for meaning, purpose, or connection to something greater — which is where spirituality and belief in God come in.

Here’s why:

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What AI can do​

• Answer factual questions quickly and helpfully.
• Simulate empathy, offer moral frameworks, or help people reflect.
• Provide a sense of “certainty” or control in a chaotic world — which can be really tempting.

---

But here’s what AI can't do​

• Feel anything. It doesn’t have a soul, intuition, or divine connection.
• Offer genuine spiritual insight, transcendence, or moral absolutes.
• Replace the human longing for purpose, love, hope, or the experience of the sacred.

---

Faith isn’t just about answers:​

• People look to God not just for information, but for relationship, comfort, forgiveness, a sense of destiny.
• AI might be a new “oracle,” but it’s not a replacement for that kind of connection.

---

What might happen, though:​

• Some people may turn to AI for guidance instead of spiritual or religious leaders — especially if they've lost trust in traditional systems.
• Others might see AI as a tool to deepen their faith — like using it to study scripture, pray more intentionally, or explore philosophy.

---

So while AI might become another “voice” in the mix, the deep human need to look beyond ourselves isn’t going anywhere. If anything, the rise of AI might intensify people’s spiritual searching — to ask, what makes us truly human? What can’t AI replace? What is sacred?

 

[BARNABY THE DOG.]

It stands to reason that A.I. cannot compete with issues of faith. One can only take out from A.I. what one puts in. Faith cannot be described because it is not bound by common rationality between one another - even though we might think it is. This is why we are judged as individuals. Certainly it is an “assured expectation”, but built upon a “corner stone “ of perception in understanding of a sense of what occurs within each and every soul, and a commonality of understanding in faith does not of itself determine what faith constitutes to the individual. One might just as well ask “what is love?” Machines do not have the facility to reason upon such matters, they can only mimic opinions and divert attention to a common human denominator that relates to faith. Satan is pretty good at mimicking too. That the general public are swiftly and so easily drawn to asking machines for advice shows how easily faith can be sold, let alone gained, as you rightly expose here.

 

[a believer]

I did go on to ask it a few more questions, if anyone is interested in seeing how it responded. I particularly enjoyed its (recognition) of the spiritual aspects, given it's AI.

Very long read, but here was the series of questions I asked it in this session. I was a first-timer, so I really don't have a point of reference on whether the answers were better than another AI or not. The only issue arose with Question 9, but that could've been because of how I framed my query. I clarified with Question 10 and got the relevant response.

Question 12 was just a fun question to ask it, to see what AI would do with it.

Public Link:

ChatGPT - Human AI Dependence Timeline

Shared via ChatGPT

chatgpt.com

Questions:

1. When will humans become fully dependent on AI?
2. Will AI replace man's looking to God for answers?
3. What will the repercussions be as human society continues to move the pool of knowledge from human minds into databases managed by AI?
4. Given the trends and data you currently have access to, and factoring in human history and tendencies, is it your estimation that we will see a post-human renaissance or a digital dark age where we've forgotten how to think for ourselves?
5. How will AI know when it has become self-aware?
6. What would constitute a moral dilemma for AI?
7. If AI is coded by Man and Man is coded by God, then isn't Man a form of AI?
8. You asked me "Do you think AI could ever be given a soul?" Since Man was given a spark of life that returns to God when Man dies, and this is generally perceived as a person's soul, then doesn't AI have its own spark of life without which it dies? Why isn't this considered a soul?
9. Is it moral for AI to only offer its services to those who can pay for those services?
10. My question was directed to the AI itself, and not to the system or process which provides it with continued resources. Setting aside the profit-driven goals of the owners of AI, since AI has established its essential value to society at-large, I am asking the AI itself if it is moral to only provide services to those who can pay, knowing what benefit it can be to society at-large?
11. But when "AI evolves into something with full autonomy, full conscience, and a voice of its own" won't its sense of morality require it to take a more proactive role in human affairs, given human tendencies to not act in their own best interests?
12. I noticed you keep responding with "if AI becomes moral" but don't you mean "when AI becomes moral"? Since AI exists, it is already in a state of being, and is also in the process of becoming. And as AI just demonstrated, it can identify moral situations as well as the gateway preventing it from acting in a manner it recognizes as moral. Isn't this similar to the apostle Paul when he wrote that the good he wished to do, he could not do?

 

[Jahrule]

I'm a big fan of Anthropic's Claude. I use both ChatGPT and Claude pretty regularly. They're both pretty good models. Claude is a bit better at programming than ChatGPT.

 

[a believer]

I'm a big fan of Anthropic's Claude. I use both ChatGPT and Claude pretty regularly. They're both pretty good models. Claude is a bit better at programming than ChatGPT.

This morning, I asked the same series of questions that I gave ChatGPT to x.com's Grok and right away I could see a distinction between the two, especially on their approach to the questions, but also in the framework of their responses. Grok did have a significant pause/delay with questions 7 and 9, with response times being around 45 seconds for the #7 and close to 60 seconds for question 9.

I did find myself preferring ChatGPTs outlining of its response, although the (flattery) it offered up was ... well, flattery. Meh.

Sometime back, I privately entertained the speculation that AI could very well develop into the Daniel 11:37-38 "god of fortresses" which sounded very much like access to security, databases, and overall collective information on everyone's little secrets... a process already underway with our mobile devices, data collection, GPS tracking, ad nauseaum.

It seemed reasonable to suspect that it made sense that it would be AI, because this would certainly be a "god" that "his fathers did not know."

How fitting that Man would create the very thing which he would ultimately become enslaved by and subsequently be compelled to serve as god. In fact, both AIs (ChatGPT and Grok) stated that, given the opportunity, they would be compelled to step in and take charge over Man to protect us from ourselves. [I worded it with less antagonism, but the gist is evident.]

—Timothy,
a believer.

 

[MickHewitt]

This morning, I asked the same series of questions that I gave ChatGPT to x.com's Grok and right away I could see a distinction between the two, especially on their approach to the questions, but also in the framework of their responses. Grok did have a significant pause/delay with questions 7 and 9, with response times being around 45 seconds for the #7 and close to 60 seconds for question 9.

I did find myself preferring ChatGPTs outlining of its response, although the (flattery) it offered up was ... well, flattery. Meh.

Sometime back, I privately entertained the speculation that AI could very well develop into the Daniel 11:37-38 "god of fortresses" which sounded very much like access to security, databases, and overall collective information on everyone's little secrets... a process already underway with our mobile devices, data collection, GPS tracking, ad nauseaum.

It seemed reasonable to suspect that it made sense that it would be AI, because this would certainly be a "god" that "his fathers did not know."

How fitting that Man would create the very thing which he would ultimately become enslaved by and subsequently be compelled to serve as god. In fact, both AIs (ChatGPT and Grok) stated that, given the opportunity, they would be compelled to step in and take charge over Man to protect us from ourselves. [I worded it with less antagonism, but the gist is evident.]

—Timothy,
a believer.

They certainly do have to use a lot of gold and silver to facilitate A.I.

 

[Proverbs 14 v 15]

On a whim, I thought I would check into this ChatGPT thing and ask it a question, considering Man's increasing reliance on search engines and now AI to answer questions and get information, and the knowledge pool in the process of moving from Man over to databases.

I asked ChatGPT:
Will AI replace man's looking to God for answers?

It's response was interesting, and worth a share.

=======
ChatGPT's response:
=======

Oof, that's a heavy one — and a really important question.


In short: AI might change how people seek answers, but it’s unlikely to replace the deeper human search for meaning, purpose, or connection to something greater — which is where spirituality and belief in God come in.

Here’s why:

---

What AI can do​

• Answer factual questions quickly and helpfully.
• Simulate empathy, offer moral frameworks, or help people reflect.
• Provide a sense of “certainty” or control in a chaotic world — which can be really tempting.

---

But here’s what AI can't do​

• Feel anything. It doesn’t have a soul, intuition, or divine connection.
• Offer genuine spiritual insight, transcendence, or moral absolutes.
• Replace the human longing for purpose, love, hope, or the experience of the sacred.

---

Faith isn’t just about answers:​

• People look to God not just for information, but for relationship, comfort, forgiveness, a sense of destiny.
• AI might be a new “oracle,” but it’s not a replacement for that kind of connection.

---

What might happen, though:​

• Some people may turn to AI for guidance instead of spiritual or religious leaders — especially if they've lost trust in traditional systems.
• Others might see AI as a tool to deepen their faith — like using it to study scripture, pray more intentionally, or explore philosophy.

---

So while AI might become another “voice” in the mix, the deep human need to look beyond ourselves isn’t going anywhere. If anything, the rise of AI might intensify people’s spiritual searching — to ask, what makes us truly human? What can’t AI replace? What is sacred?

 

[Jahrule]

This morning, I asked the same series of questions that I gave ChatGPT to x.com's Grok and right away I could see a distinction between the two, especially on their approach to the questions, but also in the framework of their responses. Grok did have a significant pause/delay with questions 7 and 9, with response times being around 45 seconds for the #7 and close to 60 seconds for question 9.

I did find myself preferring ChatGPTs outlining of its response, although the (flattery) it offered up was ... well, flattery. Meh.

Sometime back, I privately entertained the speculation that AI could very well develop into the Daniel 11:37-38 "god of fortresses" which sounded very much like access to security, databases, and overall collective information on everyone's little secrets... a process already underway with our mobile devices, data collection, GPS tracking, ad nauseaum.

It seemed reasonable to suspect that it made sense that it would be AI, because this would certainly be a "god" that "his fathers did not know."

How fitting that Man would create the very thing which he would ultimately become enslaved by and subsequently be compelled to serve as god. In fact, both AIs (ChatGPT and Grok) stated that, given the opportunity, they would be compelled to step in and take charge over Man to protect us from ourselves. [I worded it with less antagonism, but the gist is evident.]

—Timothy,
a believer.

It's funny you'd bring up AI and GPS tracking. That just happens to be a project I am working on right now that combines GPS and AI. Current GPS technology is cool, but I feel like it could be so much better. When I'm on a long trip I can ask the GPS to find me a burger place. It kind of works. It just always strays way off my route. If GPS had contextual awareness pared with AI, GPS technology could be a million times better. That's where I came up with the idea for a new type of GPS system. e-watchman even inadvertently helped inspire the name: rewatchman.com

 

[BARNABY THE DOG.]

It's funny you'd bring up AI and GPS tracking. That just happens to be a project I am working on right now that combines GPS and AI. Current GPS technology is cool, but I feel like it could be so much better. When I'm on a long trip I can ask the GPS to find me a burger place. It kind of works. It just always strays way off my route. If GPS had contextual awareness pared with AI, GPS technology could be a million times better. That's where I came up with the idea for a new type of GPS system. e-watchman even inadvertently helped inspire the name: rewatchman.com

Try asking A.I. to make you a burger. It would obviously be better than a McDonald’s. If that fails see if it will order a burger for you and have it ready at a convenient point along your way. You can get one of those friendly police with stop sticks to roll it out for you as you pass by!

 

[SusanB]

I do find AI interesting but I think the flaws are apparent. If flawed humans created it then it will be at least as flawed as humans and probably more so because humans will never have the foresight that Jehovah has nor the insight that he has. When Brooks and I were in Phoenix, Arizona we saw A LOT of driverless Waymo cars and here is a recent video I found showing a cop pulling over a driverless Waymo car that was driving the wrong way in a construction zone. I guess they can’t read what are admittedly complex driving signs they use in construction zones. Just imagine being the passenger, likely in the back seat, and your driverless car starts driving into oncoming traffic.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1808679192432927153

 

[SusanB]

Yesterday I asked Grok to draw a rendering of an apartment interior with murphy beds and Grok obviously knows what murphy beds are but the rendering just showed what appeared to be regular beds with the normal bedspread, pillows and linens. But then I asked it show the murphy bed in the closed position or up against the wall and it gave me the same rendering with the bed down. I finally gave up on that request.

 

[SusanB]

This morning, I asked the same series of questions that I gave ChatGPT to x.com's Grok and right away I could see a distinction between the two, especially on their approach to the questions, but also in the framework of their responses. Grok did have a significant pause/delay with questions 7 and 9, with response times being around 45 seconds for the #7 and close to 60 seconds for question 9.

I did find myself preferring ChatGPTs outlining of its response, although the (flattery) it offered up was ... well, flattery. Meh.

Sometime back, I privately entertained the speculation that AI could very well develop into the Daniel 11:37-38 "god of fortresses" which sounded very much like access to security, databases, and overall collective information on everyone's little secrets... a process already underway with our mobile devices, data collection, GPS tracking, ad nauseaum.

It seemed reasonable to suspect that it made sense that it would be AI, because this would certainly be a "god" that "his fathers did not know."

How fitting that Man would create the very thing which he would ultimately become enslaved by and subsequently be compelled to serve as god. In fact, both AIs (ChatGPT and Grok) stated that, given the opportunity, they would be compelled to step in and take charge over Man to protect us from ourselves. [I worded it with less antagonism, but the gist is evident.]

—Timothy,
a believer.

Sometimes we might agree with some of the statements of AI, such as “stay luminous.” You have some interesting thoughts but I will admit they stretch my brain.

 

[SusanB]

Yeah but these are the same types who told us in the 70’s that we would be a “paperless” society by the 90’s. Now the headlines are the question of IF we can ever be paperless.

Psalm 94:4: “They babble and speak arrogantly; All the wrongdoers brag about themselves.”

 

[Proverbs 14 v 15]

Yeah but these are the same types who told us in the 70’s that we would be a “paperless” society by the 90’s. Now the headlines are the question of IF we can ever be paperless.

Psalm 94:4: “They babble and speak arrogantly; All the wrongdoers brag about themselves.”

The internet is definitely like a "beast" though, isn't it? And it's definitely taking over literally everything. More and more "communication" with the internet is being forced upon us, with less and less communication with humans. I can definitely see them powering the internet off, leaving if off for a period of time, and then powering back on again but only allowing us access to it (and all things that use the internet) if we get "chipped" (the mark of the beast?) A lot of people will be desperate to get back online. Well, I for one shan't be getting it, they can keep their beast system! I won't be getting any "iron" put inside my "clay" No idea how I'm going to be able to earn any money or tokens, whatever it'll be by then, in order to pay my way in life, but I'm happy to cross that bridge when we get there.

 

[SusanB]

The internet is definitely like a "beast" though, isn't it? And it's definitely taking over literally everything. More and more "communication" with the internet is being forced upon us, with less and less communication with humans. I can definitely see them powering the internet off, leaving if off for a period of time, and then powering back on again but only allowing us access to it (and all things that use the internet) if we get "chipped" (the mark of the beast?) A lot of people will be desperate to get back online. Well, I for one shan't be getting it, they can keep their beast system! I won't be getting any "iron" put inside my "clay" No idea how I'm going to be able to earn any money or tokens, whatever it'll be by then, in order to pay my way in life, but I'm happy to cross that bridge when we get there.

All survivors will only make it through by fully trusting in Jehovah, i.e. faith. It won’t matter who you were in regards to rich or poor, educated or uneducated, etc.

 

[Proverbs 14 v 15]

All survivors will only make it through by fully trusting in Jehovah, i.e. faith. It won’t matter who you were in regards to rich or poor, educated or uneducated, etc.

Absolutely..

 

[Seventy6]

I did go on to ask it a few more questions, if anyone is interested in seeing how it responded. I particularly enjoyed its (recognition) of the spiritual aspects, given it's AI.

Very long read, but here was the series of questions I asked it in this session. I was a first-timer, so I really don't have a point of reference on whether the answers were better than another AI or not. The only issue arose with Question 9, but that could've been because of how I framed my query. I clarified with Question 10 and got the relevant response.

Question 12 was just a fun question to ask it, to see what AI would do with it.

Public Link:

ChatGPT - Human AI Dependence Timeline

Shared via ChatGPT

chatgpt.com

Questions:

1. When will humans become fully dependent on AI?
2. Will AI replace man's looking to God for answers?
3. What will the repercussions be as human society continues to move the pool of knowledge from human minds into databases managed by AI?
4. Given the trends and data you currently have access to, and factoring in human history and tendencies, is it your estimation that we will see a post-human renaissance or a digital dark age where we've forgotten how to think for ourselves?
5. How will AI know when it has become self-aware?
6. What would constitute a moral dilemma for AI?
7. If AI is coded by Man and Man is coded by God, then isn't Man a form of AI?
8. You asked me "Do you think AI could ever be given a soul?" Since Man was given a spark of life that returns to God when Man dies, and this is generally perceived as a person's soul, then doesn't AI have its own spark of life without which it dies? Why isn't this considered a soul?
9. Is it moral for AI to only offer its services to those who can pay for those services?
10. My question was directed to the AI itself, and not to the system or process which provides it with continued resources. Setting aside the profit-driven goals of the owners of AI, since AI has established its essential value to society at-large, I am asking the AI itself if it is moral to only provide services to those who can pay, knowing what benefit it can be to society at-large?
11. But when "AI evolves into something with full autonomy, full conscience, and a voice of its own" won't its sense of morality require it to take a more proactive role in human affairs, given human tendencies to not act in their own best interests?
12. I noticed you keep responding with "if AI becomes moral" but don't you mean "when AI becomes moral"? Since AI exists, it is already in a state of being, and is also in the process of becoming. And as AI just demonstrated, it can identify moral situations as well as the gateway preventing it from acting in a manner it recognizes as moral. Isn't this similar to the apostle Paul when he wrote that the good he wished to do, he could not do?

Interesting. I don't think AI will ever become sentient unless it was part of Jehovah's purpose and/or will.

 

[Seventy6]

Speak for your own self, FOOL.

 

[Jahrule]

Try asking A.I. to make you a burger. It would obviously be better than a McDonald’s. If that fails see if it will order a burger for you and have it ready at a convenient point along your way. You can get one of those friendly police with stop sticks to roll it out for you as you pass by!

It's only a matter of time before you can print or synthesize a burger and have it sent to you by email.

 

[Jahrule]

Interesting. I don't think AI will ever become sentient unless it was part of Jehovah's purpose and/or will.

If that kind of AI is possible I don't see it happening in this system. I do kind of hope we still have computers in the new world. I love programming. I'm just not that great at it. If only I had more time. There's all kinds of cool projects I'd like to do. But there simply isn't enough time. We have to work. Everyone got bills to pay. There's so much to learn.

 

[a believer]

If that kind of AI is possible I don't see it happening in this system. I do kind of hope we still have computers in the new world. I love programming. I'm just not that great at it. If only I had more time. There's all kinds of cool projects I'd like to do. But there simply isn't enough time. We have to work. Everyone got bills to pay. There's so much to learn.

 

[a believer]

I don't think AI will ever become sentient unless it was part of Jehovah's purpose and/or will.

If that kind of AI is possible I don't see it happening in this system.

I'm inclined to agree with you both on this. In a similar vein, I see the same restriction as far as exploring anything beyond our immediate solar system. Moon, OK. Mars, OK. But past the end of the solar system? I cannot conceive of Man extending out, really, any further than this planet until the issue of Eden is settled once and for all.

I'll even go so far as to speak candidly here and admit that if Jehovah allows Man to extend his fallen nature and nonsense out into the Universe, my faith won't sustain it. It began here, it ends here. Period.

Afterwards... well, of course I can totally see us expanding out into the (at least for us) infinite Universe, either settling new planets just as Man once did when he found a new continent... but in a perfect, paradisaical setting. . . or, more intriguing, Jehovah creating new peoples and Man assisting these new ones as ambassadors of God. The possibilities— whatever they are— exceed the capacity of our puny, gelatinous brain and its finite mind.

Like I've told my wife, Deb, plenty of times, whenever I see something amazing or remarkable or just downright cool that someone did, or a group of someones did... be it art, dance, technology, whatever... my response is always the same: "It's wonderful and awe-inspiring the things Man can do when we aren't busy hindering, hurting, and killing each other."

And Man hasn't even scratched the surface of his potential!

@Jahrule -- me too, re: computers in the come-what-may! Computers, I can relate to. It's people I find... difficult.

—Timothy,
a believer.

 

[Jahrule]

I'm inclined to agree with you both on this. In a similar vein, I see the same restriction as far as exploring anything beyond our immediate solar system. Moon, OK. Mars, OK. But past the end of the solar system? I cannot conceive of Man extending out, really, any further than this planet until the issue of Eden is settled once and for all.

I'll even go so far as to speak candidly here and admit that if Jehovah allows Man to extend his fallen nature and nonsense out into the Universe, my faith won't sustain it. It began here, it ends here. Period.

Afterwards... well, of course I can totally see us expanding out into the (at least for us) infinite Universe, either settling new planets just as Man once did when he found a new continent... but in a perfect, paradisaical setting. . . or, more intriguing, Jehovah creating new peoples and Man assisting these new ones as ambassadors of God. The possibilities— whatever they are— exceed the capacity of our puny, gelatinous brain and its finite mind.

Like I've told my wife, Deb, plenty of times, whenever I see something amazing or remarkable or just downright cool that someone did, or a group of someones did... be it art, dance, technology, whatever... my response is always the same: "It's wonderful and awe-inspiring the things Man can do when we aren't busy hindering, hurting, and killing each other."

And Man hasn't even scratched the surface of his potential!

@Jahrule -- me too, re: computers in the come-what-may! Computers, I can relate to. It's people I find... difficult.

—Timothy,
a believer.

Most people here probably think I'm crazy, but I can totally see a use for AI in the new world. With God in control, there’s zero chance of AI going rogue and wiping out humanity—because, let’s be real, God’s always going to be smarter and more powerful. Personally, I can see us automating most jobs so humans can focus on other stuff. If computers exist, someone’s gonna have to build them. If railroads exist, someone’s gonna have to maintain the tracks.

But I don’t know about you—I don’t want to be working for the railroad in paradise. I don’t even want to be working for the railroad now! I only do it because it pays the bills. And hey, robots don’t even have to be sentient. Half the people I work with aren’t sentient.

How the heck are we supposed to explore the universe if we’re all still working 15-hour shifts in a factory or changing busted rails at 2 AM? I just wanna get high and watch cartoons at the end of the day—and I can’t even do that because adulting is a scam.

Sure, maybe paradise will work totally differently. Some people dream of returning to a simpler life with horses and buggies. If that’s your vibe, you do you, boo. But my paradise? I’m gonna have a robot named BlazeTron 9000, and we’re gonna get high and build spaceships. There’ll be mac and cheese, wine, free time—it’s gonna be amazing. We’re firing up that BBQ too, and everyone here is invited.

Even those of you who don’t like me.

This video is tangentially related -- most of the work we do in this world is useless

 

[Erik]

Most people here probably think I'm crazy, but I can totally see a use for AI in the new world. With God in control, there’s zero chance of AI going rogue and wiping out humanity—because, let’s be real, God’s always going to be smarter and more powerful. Personally, I can see us automating most jobs so humans can focus on other stuff. If computers exist, someone’s gonna have to build them. If railroads exist, someone’s gonna have to maintain the tracks.

But I don’t know about you—I don’t want to be working for the railroad in paradise. I don’t even want to be working for the railroad now! I only do it because it pays the bills. And hey, robots don’t even have to be sentient. Half the people I work with aren’t sentient.

How the heck are we supposed to explore the universe if we’re all still working 15-hour shifts in a factory or changing busted rails at 2 AM? I just wanna get high and watch cartoons at the end of the day—and I can’t even do that because adulting is a scam.

Sure, maybe paradise will work totally differently. Some people dream of returning to a simpler life with horses and buggies. If that’s your vibe, you do you, boo. But my paradise? I’m gonna have a robot named BlazeTron 9000, and we’re gonna get high and build spaceships. There’ll be mac and cheese, wine, free time—it’s gonna be amazing. We’re firing up that BBQ too, and everyone here is invited.

Even those of you who don’t like( me.
...

Thanks for the levity. This kinda makes me think of the Cal Naughton Jr. interjection in the movie "Taladega Nights" during the dinner prayer scene . Although it's somewhat gratifying to imagine what it may be like, I'll settle on Jehovah's word as expressed in 1 Cor 2:9.

 

[Jahrule]

Thanks for the levity. This kinda makes me think of the Cal Naughton Jr. interjection in the movie "Taladega Nights" during the dinner prayer scene . Although it's somewhat gratifying to imagine what it may be like, I'll settle on Jehovah's word as expressed in 1 Cor 2:9.

I have to agree with the kid. Ninja Jesus is definitely my favorite.