The current AI race reflects a “Wild West” mentality that ignores the inherent fallen nature of humanity. If AI is made by humans, it will inevitably reflect human flaws. Because the human heart is, as Jeremiah tells us, “deceitful above all things,” developers carry a moral obligation to build protective boundaries into their code, digital safeguards that reflect respect for human life and dignity.
The question before us is glaring: Will we stand with corporations claiming technological “neutrality” at the cost of standing against Truth? To reclaim a righteous future, we must move beyond playing politics, destroy these altars and return to fundamental biblical principles:
Cultural Repentance: We must stop normalizing the sexualization of children and return to a culture that treasures childhood as a gift from God. Protecting children will require losing the “applause of the world.” That’s a trade worth making.
Absolute Technical Safeguards: AI models must be hardcoded with non-negotiable blocks against generating explicit content involving minors. Not paywalls. Not content warnings. Absolute prevention at the code level. Microsoft’s PhotoDNA technology proves this is possible—it’s been identifying and blocking child exploitation material for over a decade. The technology exists. The will does not.
Institutional Accountability: Platforms must face consequences that exceed their profits from exploitation. Civil liability for platforming AI-generated CSAM, mandatory reporting requirements, and criminal penalties for executives who knowingly enable abuse. The scorecard must prioritize protecting the innocent over quarterly earnings.
Theological Clarity: Churches must speak clearly about the spiritual dangers of pornography and digital exploitation. Now is not the time for complicit silence. Our pulpits should thunder with the same moral clarity that confronted slavery, that challenged oppression, that defends life.
Taking Children Off the Altar
The war against digital predators is ultimately a fight for the soul of our society. As we navigate this technological frontier, we must find the courage to hold fast to Truth, refusing to let the demonic “powers that be” remain silent while the innocent are sacrificed.
We cannot stand idly by as the digital architects of this age build new high places of depravity, laying the dignity of our children upon the altars of predatory AI for a handful of silver.
Nell Fisher didn’t choose to become a test case for AI’s moral failures. She was thrust into this role by predators using tools that Big-Tech deemed too profitable to properly restrict. How many more children will be violated before we demand change?
It is time to reach into the heart of this digital Gomorrah and remove our children from those altars, shielding them from a culture of nastiness that reaps profit from sexual exploitation. We do this knowing that in God’s economy, the builders who rejected the moral cornerstone will eventually face a divine reckoning that no algorithm can manipulate.
The technology will advance. That’s certain. The question is whether our moral courage will advance with it, or whether we’ll stand before God one day and explain why protecting innovation mattered more than protecting His children.
The choice, mercifully, is still ours to make.