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\u201cIt was awesome to see 300-pound linemen excited about Scripture.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a lifelong New England Patriots fan, Scott Lindsey, media relations director for Logos, recently found himself in unexpected territory: the Seattle Seahawks\u2019 locker room.<\/p>\n
It was there he helped lead the team\u2019s weekly Bible study alongside chaplain Jonathan Rainey.<\/p>\n
As the Seahawks and Patriots prepare to square off on Super Bowl Sunday, Lindsey told CBN News he was \u201creally struck\u201d by \u201chow serious [the Seattle players] were about studying Scripture.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey bring the same seriousness they have on the field to how they live their lives according to God\u2019s Word,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In November, Lindsey joined Rainey\u2019s pre-practice Bible study, which regularly draws as many as 50 players throughout the season, to help the athletes \u2014\u00a0including wide receiver Jake Bobo and quarterback Drew Lock \u2014\u00a0understand Scripture on a deeper level.<\/p>\n
The collaboration between Rainey and Lindsey came amid Logos launching a new artificial intelligence tool to help users explore theology, study doctrine, and ask in-depth questions about Bible passages.<\/p>\n
Aware of just how ubiquitous AI has become, Lindsey cautioned against the dangers of using most artificial intelligence platforms for a number of reasons, including the propensity for such tools to hallucinate. Hallucination is a phenomenon in which generative tools \u2014\u00a0like large language models \u2014\u00a0confidently produce inaccurate or fully fabricated content, either by pulling from false information on the internet or refusing to acknowledge a lack of information on a query.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hallucination problem is actually\u00a0getting worse,\u201d explained Lindsey. \u201cI checked last week and statistically, anywhere from about 35% to 90% of \u2026 the answer \u2026 coming to you from AI is made up, which is dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n
That phenomenon is especially dangerous, he noted, when it comes to studying Scripture. Logos\u2019 artificial intelligence tool, on the other hand, is based only on the Bible and vetted theological and scholarly work.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t connected our AI to the internet,\u201d the Logos executive said. \u201cIt\u2019s locked down to the Bible and trusted scholarship. I call it AI with guardrails.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want people to know, \u2018This is what God\u2019s Word says,\u2019 not just what an algorithm thinks they want to hear,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Lindsey said he was encouraged by the conversations he had with the Seattle players when he shared the new Logos technology with them. Many of the athletes, he recalled, asked questions ranging from the Nephilim referenced in the book of Genesis to what the Bible teaches about raising children.<\/p>\n
What he saw in the Seattle locker room seems to be fairly widespread in the sports world.<\/p>\n
Several high-profile NFL stars, like Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 Patrick Mahomes, San Francisco 49ers\u2019 Brock Purdy, Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 Jalen Hurts, and the Patriots\u2019 Drake Maye, are professing Christians who frequently speak out about their faith in God.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think about how popular and well-known quarterbacks are and to see young people, you know, their idol, if you will, their sports person, talking about their love of Jesus \u2014\u00a0that is so encouraging to young people to be that bold,\u201d said Lindsey.<\/p>\n
He later added, \u201cEvery time there\u2019s a mic in their mouth, it\u2019s just awesome to see them giving glory to God.\u201d<\/p>\n
All of this comes as Bible reading is spiking across the U.S.,\u00a0according to data from Barna, especially among Millennials and Gen Zers. However, research also shows a shrinking number of Americans strongly affirm the authority of Scripture.<\/p>\n
Much of that discrepancy, Lindsey said, is tied to biblical literacy.<\/p>\n
While more people are reading the Bible, they aren\u2019t truly studying its tenets \u2014\u00a0and that\u2019s key. The \u201cfear\u201d Lindsey pinpointed is that people are reading Scripture, struggling to understand it, and going to poor sources \u2014\u00a0like Google and ChatGPT \u2014 for answers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a dangerous place to be asking theological questions,\u201d he said, urging people to go to trusted people or use tools like Logos. \u201cGod is truth. He is not afraid of any question anybody has. The problem is they go somewhere else for the answer. \u2026 And then many get shipwrecked, they get led down a road of just nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cI\u2019ve been walking with Jesus for 30 years. I still have tons of questions, you know. But that\u2019s the great thing about the Bible, right? You\u2019re never going to outgrow Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n
You can check out our full conversation with Lindsey in the video above. And, if you\u2019d like an exclusive 60-day free trial of Logos, click here:\u00a0logos.com\/cbn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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