Plagiarizing Unitarian*Universalist Pastors aka PU*UPS And Generative Artificial Intelligence - What's The Connection?
According to this Yet Another U*U blog post , Rev. Daniel Harper got one of *those* emails from the Ministerial *Fellowship* Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Association in early February 2026. The key paragraph read as follows: “The Ministerial Fellowship Committee voted at its December 2025 meeting to remove the Rev. Benjamin Meyers from fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association for violating the terms of ministerial probation, as related to acts of plagiarism.” When Rev. Daniel Harper aka Rev. Dan Harper aka Rev. Crankypants was in the Bay Area, Rev. Ben served at the Berkeley Fellowship and the UUA congregation in San Mateo. This alleged plagiarism raises a question for Rev. Crankypants: Does using generative AI to write a sermon count as plagiarism? Rev. Crankypants is of the opinion that, "Technically, it’s not plagiarism. At the same time, it’s not your own work. It’s an interesting ethical question." Apparently Rev. ...
