CATFISHING? Ai Videos Use Prominent Pastor's Name to Push Their Heretical Teachings

[St_Worm2]

Alert: AI Videos Use Prominent Pastor to Push Heretical Teachings

By Michael Austin May 26, 2025 at 4:00am

A suspicious YouTube channel appears to have created and published ~fake sermons~ from conservative evangelical pastor Voddie Baucham using artificial intelligence.

The channel, which is named “Voddie Baucham World,” was launched on March 28 and has released over 100 videos since that time, according to a May 19 report from Christian commentary outlet Protestia.

At first glance, the account seems to be a curation of sermons and messages from Baucham, an American minister who until recently was working overseas as the dean of theology at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia.

But many of the purported sermons directly contradict Baucham’s well-known Reformed Baptist and theologically conservative convictions.

One fake sermon entitled “What Does the Bible Actually Say About Women Preaching and Teaching” endorses the notion of female preachers.

But Baucham has repeatedly opposed women serving in the pastorate, a stance which aligns with biblical and historical doctrine recognizing church leadership as reserved by God for males alone.

Many of the videos have thumbnails that mimic Baucham’s likeness through artificial intelligence.

~Continue reading the article here if you'd care to: Alert: AI Videos Use Prominent Pastor to Push Heretical Teachings

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Frightening! I wonder how many other videos, like this collection of fake Voddie Bauchman sermons, are already out there?

--David
p.s. - here is one of their FAKE "Bauchman" videos, if you'd care to listen to it. The message is clearly NOT from Pastor Bauchman, and the Ai voice is obvious, but I'm guessing that the quality of this kind of thing is only going to get better and better and, therefore, harder to recognize as "fake" going forward

 

[Aaron112]

Jesus warned that there already are many (many) false teachers and false prophets , so there does not need to be fake videos to illustrate this --- live or recorded videos of any false teacher or false prophet or anyone bringing a false gospel can be published without limit (as it seems they have been for decades or longer) and even supported or endorsed or promoted "as if" true, without any truth in them.

 

[NBB]

I've already seen, "billy graham" videos with words i don't think he ever preached.
I guess to see preachings on youtube or something you need to go to official channels, or old stuff.
Is so sad now you can't trust anything you see or hear.

 

[Aaron112]

I've already seen, "billy graham" videos with words i don't think he ever preached.
I guess to see preachings on youtube or something you need to go to official channels, or old stuff.
Is so sad now you can't trust anything you see or hear.

He was on live tv sometimes, and 'buried himself' with his own words spoken on live tv.
Be shocked.
Be surprised.
But do not trust those things that are very popular. The deception is world wide and very common.

 

[Aaron112]

so sad now you can't trust anything you see or hear.

Perhaps someone knows where Jesus said basically do not trust what you can see with your (physical) eyes, and do not trust what you can hear with your (physical) ears.
i.e. perhaps it is so sad that that is what deceives everyone - they do not recognize what is important vs what is not.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

Alert: AI Videos Use Prominent Pastor to Push Heretical Teachings

By Michael Austin May 26, 2025 at 4:00am

A suspicious YouTube channel appears to have created and published ~fake sermons~ from conservative evangelical pastor Voddie Baucham using artificial intelligence.

The channel, which is named “Voddie Baucham World,” was launched on March 28 and has released over 100 videos since that time, according to a May 19 report from Christian commentary outlet Protestia.

At first glance, the account seems to be a curation of sermons and messages from Baucham, an American minister who until recently was working overseas as the dean of theology at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia.

But many of the purported sermons directly contradict Baucham’s well-known Reformed Baptist and theologically conservative convictions.

One fake sermon entitled “What Does the Bible Actually Say About Women Preaching and Teaching” endorses the notion of female preachers.

But Baucham has repeatedly opposed women serving in the pastorate, a stance which aligns with biblical and historical doctrine recognizing church leadership as reserved by God for males alone.

Many of the videos have thumbnails that mimic Baucham’s likeness through artificial intelligence.

~Continue reading the article here if you'd care to: Alert: AI Videos Use Prominent Pastor to Push Heretical Teachings

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Frightening! I wonder how many other videos, like this collection of fake Voddie Bauchman sermons, are already out there?

--David
p.s. - here is one of their FAKE "Bauchman" videos, if you'd care to listen to it. The message is clearly NOT from Pastor Bauchman, and the Ai voice is obvious, but I'm guessing that the quality of this kind of thing is only going to get better and better and, therefore, harder to recognize as "fake" going forward

This channel has been up since January. I wonder why they haven't tried to take it down?

 

[Servus]

A whole lot of stuff has been faked on YouTube for a long time. Faked with real people acting. But pretty soon they'll be able to do anything like that with AI. And of course voices are already very easy to fake. Again that used to be done with people. I heard an Arnold Swarzanegger interview on the radio years ago, thinking it was him until he started saying crazy stuff, and then I realized it was a skit. Just be wisely suspicious. I've always been suspicious by nature, and it's probably saved me from getting tricked a few times.