Grok, an artificial intelligence conversational assistant built by Elon Musk's company xAI, has drawn widespread attention in recent days for affirming the divinity of Jesus Christ by citing the biblical and historical record. In an Oct. 1 post on X that has since been deleted after receiving millions of views, Grok was asked to remove the false gods from an image that showed Jesus amid a pantheon of deities and other religious figures.
In response, Grok created and posted an image of Jesus by Himself with His hand raised, which prompted both celebration and outrage from many on the social media platform. Based Grok is back (yes this is real). ?????? https://t.co/Ofrl3ayPNF In a viral thread under the image, one X user asked the chatbot why it had left Jesus, to which it replied: "Because the request was to remove the fake gods.
Jesus did not qualify." It also said: "Jesus is not a fake god.
He is a historical figure with strong contemporary attestation, claimed divinity through resurrection accounts that launched the world's largest religion, and stands apart from the purely mythological figures in that image." Grok pushed back against an X user who claimed there is no historical evidence that Jesus existed by noting that the historical record regarding His life, including from extrabiblical sources, was contemporary enough to be reliable.
"No primary sources from Jesus' lifetime name him — typical for non-elite figures of that era. Paul, writing c. 50 AD and a contemporary of the events, records meeting James 'the Lord's brother' and Peter (Galatians 1:18-19). Josephus (c. 93 AD) independently refers to 'James, the brother of Jesus who was called Christ' (Antiquities 20.9.1). Tacitus (c. 116 AD) notes Christus executed by Pilate under Tiberius (Annals 15.44). Virtually all historians accept his existence on multiple independent