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title: "AI agents as girlfriends? Pastors confront chatbots"
date: 2026-10-31
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description: "Over and over, the Instagram, YouTube and Facebook algorithms tell young men they have digital ways to deal with loneliness, anxiety, depression and failure to find love."
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# AI agents as girlfriends? Pastors confront chatbots

Over and over, the Instagram, YouTube and Facebook algorithms tell young men they have digital ways to deal with loneliness, anxiety, depression and failure to find love.

*Published: 2026-10-31*