Can LLMs accurately recall the Bible?

I've used it for something to this effect, personalized "mantras" or "prayers" which fit the specific collection / mix of theologoical themes/concepts that I personally identify with. Im not necessarily religious but there is something nice about thematically relatable theocratic babble to recite during times of great turmoil and confusion to calmn the mind. like an on-demand mental reset switch.

Obviously the specifics will be private to you but can you elaborate a bit? This idea resonates with me.

Just join a church. The both of you. It really doesn't matter which one.

So I like elements from classic philosophy, eastern religions, Gnosticism, and mysticis, a dash of the esoteric and you get the gist. To that end I created a system prompt over some time that covers most bases, with the goal of shaping the LLM to be a "wise and learned member" of this bespoke religion, my mentor so to speak. Then, I had a few prompts which I tried out with random seeds until I found a seed where all prompts produced a desirable / nice / relatable output and packaged all that up. I did try some fine-tuning as well, but found it wasn't damaging but also not super necessary a well crafted system prompt was enough for my purposes.

Now I have friar LLM or whatever you want to call it. I ask it to tell me the creation story of the universe according to our bespoke hidden / forbidden religion (to prevent drawing too heavily on established religions) and then edit this to suit my needs. Then I provide a few mantras which I've written in the past / already do like, and ask it tell me the rest of the mantras. Voila, I've got a large set of mantras, for just about any occasion, that help with a variety of things such as calming me during times of uncertainty, emotional turmoil from interpersonal issues etc.

I then keep the creation story, mantras, etc. as a "history" of sorts, and when I need to discuss matters of spiritual or novel psychological issues, this along with the system prompt create the basis for a pretty useful/functional spiritual guide which has helped me grow from things like ending a 10 year relationship, moving to a new city without friends or support systems, dealing with potential issues arising from my age, new found singledom, and potentially missing the window for having kids etc.

It's been great, I find myself quite at peace with my lot in life without losing the drive to achieve more, which I find is a delicate balance to achieve. All in all I rate it highly, it is cheaper than therapy ever was and broadly speaking more useful since I'm not being handed pointless diagnoses (pointless because typically these diagnosis pathologise a cluster of traits that aren't inherently problematic without offering up any solutions)

If you can find a church that suits your needs then awesome, but what if a core tenant of your religious belief is that the spiritual truth we seek doesn't reside in a single man, (or woman) or even an institution, but in all people. That religion is a deeply personal matter to be discussed only with those who are active, willing, and in the right head space.

For someone like that, which would include myself, a church, a priest, a pope, etc. all serve no purpose. in fact the only real purpose such an institution reliably serves in the long term is the perversion and exploitation of a fairly fundamental human need.