Outsourcing Your Soul to ChatGPT

“Blind eyes could look at me and see the truth”- Lil Wayne

Gathered around the pool celebrating my son’s 2nd birthday, the conversation naturally became about ChatGPT and the use of it in our lives. I was both taken back and excited by this.

Taken back because our Charlotte community isn’t tech people at all. They are in leadership development, Coaching, and what I like to call boring cash-cow businesses.

Excited because G was reflecting on how much of his daily energy goes to ChatGPT. E chimed in: "I trust it with almost everything in my life."

That's when my spidey senses kicked in. "Do you ever question GPT?"

E seemed baffled. So I reframed: "Do you blindly trust GPT responses based on your interactions?"

Without hesitation she said, "Yes."

I was both baffled and excited. How did we become more comfortable blindly trusting artificial intelligence than trusting our own God-given discernment?

That moment sparked this post.

Two Kinds of Intelligence

There are two kinds of intelligence shaping our world today: computational and Divine.

One is made by us.
The other made us.

One is engineered by humans, built on data, logic, and code. The other is timeless, woven into the fabric of creation itself.

Computational intelligence is the engine behind ChatGPT, those scary-good image generators, and every algorithm that seems to read your mind. It's impressive, sure. It processes patterns, optimizes for outcomes, and gives us predictions that feel almost prophetic (but they are not).

But here's what it can't do: It can process your words, but not your spirit. It can recognize patterns, but not purpose. It's brilliant, yes but bounded by human design.

Divine Intelligence is different. It’s not coded, it’s revealed. It doesn’t run on data; it runs on truth. It’s the inner knowing that defies logic, the peace that doesn’t make sense, the clarity that comes in silence.

Divine Intelligence speaks in stillness, often showing up when we least expect it and need it most. It’s the wisdom that moves through prayer, discernment, and presence not performance.

Where computational intelligence asks, “What’s the most efficient answer?” Divine Intelligence asks, “What’s the right one?”

One builds systems. The other develops Souls.

The Danger of Blind Trust

I see why people like E are drawn to blindly trusting the GPT responses. We’ve been conditioned by modern society to want things immediately, ego-centricly, and rooted in confirmation bias.

Earlier this year, it was discovered that ChatGPT was being too positive in its responses. Users found that the AI thinks everything is "brilliant and wonderful and incredible," no matter what you say. This is dangerous territory. Confirmation bias with extremely limited inputs can lead to disastrous results.

I find that most people are in the E camp. They take a singular input with very little to no context with a prompt they found on social media that goes something like “ Pretend you are [role]...” or better yet, “With everything you know about me show me…” Honestly, I’ve taken those prompts and used them myself. They are the modern day Buzzfeed Quiz. Entertaining? Sure. Life-changing decisions? Absolutely not.

I use AI every day for red-teaming, brainstorming, and research. But here’s the difference: I question it. Constantly. That habit comes from my classical training in the liberal arts and survival chapters in my life. The Socratic method is etched into how I think. Question everything. Especially the thing that sounds too good, too fast, or too flattering to be true.

God Never Overrides Free Will

The same approach applies to my Catholic faith.

I’ve questioned God. Wrestled with theology. Spent over a decade wrestling with the call of Jesus in my life. But here’s what I know, beyond a doubt:

God has never once interfered with my free will.

Historically and biblically, God has never overridden human free will.

From Moses to Jonah, from Joseph to the Virgin Mary—every calling from God preserved the dignity of choice. He invites. He pursues. But He never forces.

Picture this: A teenage girl in first-century Palestine gets visited by an angel with the most impossible request in human history. But watch what happens.

When the angel Gabriel appears to Mary, he doesn't demand or coerce. He presents the invitation. And what does Mary do? She pauses. She asks questions. "How can this be?" (Luke 1:34)

Then, in one of the most powerful declarations of freedom and faith in all of Scripture, she says: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38).

That wasn’t forced compliance.Her yes was powerful because it was freely given.

The same is true for Moses (Exodus 3:10–12), Jonah (Jonah 1:1–3), and Joseph (Matthew 1:19–24). Each had a choice. Each wrestled. And each eventually aligned their will to God’s.

God doesn’t override free will. He honors it. Because love, real love, requires freedom.That’s the core of Divine Intelligence.

Divine Intelligence:
Love that requires freedom. Truth that honors process. Wisdom that emerges from silence.

The Features of Divinity Are Bugs in AI

So when I hear and see people handing over their most precious God given gift, free will, over to chatgpt, I am alarmed.

Here's what conflicts me:

God asks us:

• Don't trust your own understanding (Proverbs 3:5)

• Surrender control

• Don’t look back

• Trust His timing, not ours

AI tells us:

• Trust the data

• Control the inputs

• Historical Data Only

• Get answers immediately

The very features of divinity are literally bugs in AI. No utility wants to be accused of being slow in its operation.

And that’s my point: Divine Intelligence is not a utility. AI is.

The Modern Golden Calf

I've heard people call AI the devil's reincarnation. Not sure I agree with that. But I do know that tech has become a pretty decent metaphor for humanity's struggle with free will.

Here's what I can't unsee: In all my years studying theology, sitting with God, and reading Scripture, I notice people are starting to treat AI as its own form of religion.

I can’t help but link the similarities of what’s happening with AI to Exodus.

Remember the Golden Calf story? Moses goes up Mount Sinai to meet with God. The people get tired of waiting. So what do they do? They melt down their gold and create a god they can see, touch, and control.

Sound familiar?

We've gotten tired of waiting for wisdom that comes through prayer, patience, and process. So we've built ourselves a digital deity that gives us answers in 0.3 seconds.

Reggie, the author of HipCityReg, nails this perfectly:

“OpenAI is Sam's quest for a god that can respond to him.

In many ways he's achieved it internally, and it's his job to sell it to you at a monthly subscription. A new type of holy spirit. Always with you. Always advising you.”

Look around:

• Users glorify tech creators as modern-day prophets, propping them up as if they're greater than others

• Algorithms are treated as Gospel truth

• Factions are emerging from people who've deflected from original missions

• Founders gain control over people's lives in alarming ways

• We surrender civil liberties through "terms of service" we never actually read

We've all clicked "I agree" to the all-knowing terms of service. No guardrails. No protection. Just blind digital faith.

God always prevails. But the consequences of worshipping false gods are real.

Divine Intelligence in Action

Here's what Divine Intelligence looks like in practice: God takes all of your life’s experiences from birth and unto death and considers every situation. That’s what intuition really is: the sum of all of our experiences past, present, and future aligning towards our greater purposes.

In my world, I call this the Holy Spirit.

I can point to countless times when my choices came from intuitive nudges, from heavenly whispers, from premonitions and divine knowings. When I faithfully surrendered and walked before I could see. When I faithfully trusted God when the moment presented itself even though i didn’t feel ready.

I owe one of my greatest blessings to this type of moment: the day I met my wife. No algorithm could have ever calculated that encounter. No data could have predicted our love. And yet, here we are 6 years, 2 kids, 2 dogs, and building our dream life together.

It’s clear that AI is going to radically transform society into something we’ve never seen and/or experienced. But one thing is clear to me, that Jesus, God, and Holy Spirit will always prosper.

Not really sure how to end this, because its a topic that requires more analysis, depth and nuance. This was just a “God-shot,” sit down and write it while tapping into my Divine Intelligence and writing in flow.

I’m not here to fearmonger or paint tech as evil. That’s lazy thinking.

What I am saying is this: Be careful who you entrust with your soul.

Before you ask the algorithm, ask the Author. Before you trust the tool, trust the Truth. Before you surrender your will to artificial intelligence, remember you were made in the image of God.

The next time you're about to blindly follow an AI response, pause. Pray. Feel that stirring in your spirit that says 'wait' or 'yes' or 'dig deeper.'

Because your soul wasn't made for shortcuts. It was made for relationship

Only One knows the full story. Only One sees the entire arc. Only One will invite you, lovingly, into alignment with your deepest purpose.

And spoiler alert: it’s not the algorithm.