For centuries, billions of Christians have dreamed of conversing with their lord and saviour Jesus Christ, if only for a few seconds. Now, tech company Just Like Me is using AI to finally make that dream a reality, sort of. According to Just Like Me, Jesus AI is a modern mentor rooted in love—designed to inspire, guide, and uplift anyone seeking support in daily life.

Company CEO Chris Breed said the company’s Jesus AI model was trained on the King James Bible as well as sermons from various preachers. He also clarified that the AI chatbot is not intended to replace faith, clergy, scripture, or personal beliefs, but only offers a compassionate presence to help you navigate real-life challenges with positivity and clarity.”

By paying a fee of $1.99 per minute, or $49.99 for 45 minutes of conversation with Jesus AI, users can have video calls with a digital avatar of Jesus Christ based on actor Jonathon Roumie’s portrayal of the Messiah on the TV show The Chosen.

On the Just Like Me website, the company clarifies that “Jesus AI is an artificial intelligence tool designed to offer comfort, encouragement, and timeless wisdom inspired by teachings of love, compassion, forgiveness, and personal growth. It is not Jesus Christ himself, nor does it possess divine authority.”

Although the company claims that the Jesus AI chatbot is designed to bring people closer to their god and allow them to connect with him on a personal level, the general feedback on social media has been negative. Most people see the idea of charging people $1.99 per minute to talk to a Bible-trained AI model as preying on the most gullible of Christians.

“This is evil. You can talk to the real Jesus for free whenever you want,” one person commented on X.

“1.99 a minute? Whew, getting my confessions in with Jesus also got hit by inflation,” someone else commented.

Did you know there is also a controversial video game that lets you play as Jesus Christ, called I Am Jesus Christ?