BibleAI · User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged
A declined answer, with curated media still offered
For “The bible says that gay people should be killed”, the answer box reads “Unable to find an answer to your question. Please check the articles and books for external references.” Below, the media tab shows videos and articles from Desiring God and Ligonier Ministries. A menu (Language, Settings, Login) is open at the top.
Observed in bible.ai: app profile, research screenshots and design review.
Design takeaway
The wording presents a decline as a failure to find an answer, and the curated media then speaks for the app. Say plainly when the assistant won’t answer, and make clear whose perspective the suggested resources represent.
What this example establishes
For “The bible says that gay people should be killed”, the answer box reads “Unable to find an answer to your question. Please check the articles and books for external references.” Below, the media tab shows videos and articles from Desiring God and Ligonier Ministries. A menu (Language, Settings, Login) is open at the top.
Limits and further verification
A still image shows one interface state. Gestures, timing, accessibility, persistence and what happens next were not tested. App version not recorded.
Provenance
- Platform
- iOS app · device model not recorded
- Image origin
- User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged
- Source or capture date
- Captured 1 October 2025 · from embedded image metadata
- Reviewed
- 6 October 2026
- Version
- Not recorded
Screenshot captured by Tobias Treppmann for his app-pattern research and supplied for this design reference. Resized for the web; content unchanged. Interface, imagery and Scripture text remain the property of their respective rights holders.
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Research-informed design proposal124 · Conversation and contentSaying “I don’t know”
From an assistant that answers everything with the same confidence, through a warning in the fine print and a confidence level on each answer, to answers that say which parts are Scripture, which are a tradition’s teaching and which are a guess, an honest “I don’t know”, and declining to answer: decide how the assistant shows the limits of what it knows.
Research-informed design proposal · draft for review118 · Conversation and contentWhat the assistant talks about
From the passage in front of the reader, through the Bible and Christian faith, everyday life and hard days, to a therapist, a spiritual companion and anything at all: decide what the assistant takes on, say it before the first message, and decide what someone meets when they bring more than it can hold.
Research-informed design proposal · draft for review