u/mtpugh67

My church has started using clearly AI generated images for announcements, events, and even sometimes sermon illustrations. These are posted on social media as well. To me it feels tacky, but not an outright issue. I've heard many on the church rumble about it. I use AI for my work, probably more than the average person, but I can't shake the feeling that this is a poor choice for the church.

What feels the most strange about it is we have graphic designers in the church who have always put together our graphics. So I don't know what might have happened there. I'm concerned it might turn potential new visitors away.

I'm wondering if other churches are doing the same things? How would you feel about this in your church?

Don't publicly shame them. But you can reach out to them through Facebook Messenger or email with something like this:

"Hello. I've always had a very positive experience buying at your store. Your staff is great and very helpful. However, given the recent unethical behavior of Bricks and Minifigs corporate, I will no longer be visiting your store. I recognize this is mostly out of your hands but given that some of each purchase goes to corporate, I'm unable to support your store any longer. I hope you and other store owners will use this situation as an opportunity to put pressure on corporate to be honest and do the right thing."

I don't think we should have any ill will toward the individual location store owners. They are bound to contracts they can't get out of. Their business is their livelihood. And I doubt they will truly understand how much business they are going to lose until a couple months have passed. Maybe messages like these will help them understand how much corporate has screwed them. And maybe they can collectively put pressure on corporate to not be scum bags.