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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dasha Litvinova and Kostya Manenkov

SHOCKING: What one finnish church learned from creating a service almost entirely with ai - You Need To See This

Finland Church AI - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A tale of good versus evil played out on the large screen in the sanctuary of St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Finland. Jesus was shown in robes with long hair and a beard, while Satan was dressed in more modern clothes but with a menacing frown and higher-pitched voice — all created by artificial intelligence.

Also addressing the flock at the Tuesday evening service were avatars of the church’s pastors and a former president of Finland who died in 1986, reading from the Old Testament.

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