<div dir="auto">Amen To that!!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Stories which we know to be stories are wonderful things; </div><div dir="auto">stories being presented as fact are dangerous and undermine Our trust, Particularly when</div><div dir="auto">it showed a picture purporting to Be real.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you for checking into This</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As one says it is actually quite a wonderful STORY.</div><div dir="auto">Martha</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM Dave Snelgrove via Sundaycommunity <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Rosemary Snelgrove, part of the Sunday Community while living in Toronto.... As one who sent a positive comment about the Raymond story, I appreciate your follow up upon discovering the story was a fabrication. But what a good one! Am still glad to have read it. The notion that any one can mâke a good différence is more important than AI coming at us.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But AI is an increasingly pernicious présence on my phone and everywhere. Sôme contrôls are going to have to be figured out. Can sôme téchié with à conscience get busy on it?</div><div dir="auto">Blessings, Rosemary</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 29, 2025, 9:52 AM Dean Riley via Sundaycommunity <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca" target="_blank">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Good morning. <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">After sending out the story of Raymond to many, many contacts, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I looked closely at the photograph and realized that the printing on the cards on the lid of the wooden box did not look right (enlarged photo below). I suspected that it was AI generated.</span> I then began to wonder if the story was true. I did a bit of research on the story and discovered that it is in fact not true. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">However… regardless of the story being true or not, it’s message is still very important for me personally… And judging from the numerous responses that I received from many individuals to whom I sent the message, it would appear that it strikes a chord within others as well! Perhaps it has something to do with all the darkness surrounding us at this time in our collective history. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This reminds me of traditional storytellers… The stories they tell may not be accurate or historically true… but the lessons taught by the stories remain very important. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I also think of biblical stories… We now know that many are not historically accurate, but rather provide guidance to assist in the formation of a community of people, and in developing a sense of their own history & identity. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am including below a link to the website I found confirming that the story of Raymond is “fake”. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I should have verified all of this before sending it out. I apologize for this - and will be sure to do my due diligence in researching stories in the future!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Have a blessed day and a joyous first Sunday of Advent! May the spirit of this mythical Raymond and his purported good deeds, move us to respond to the struggles of those around us… especially during this time of Advent!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Dean Riley. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="display:block"><div style="display:inline-block" role="link"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:228px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.elliotlaketoday.com/local-news/ai-generated-story-widely-shared-online-11552811" dir="ltr" role="button" width="228" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:228px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(233,233,235)" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="228"><tbody style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td align="center" style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><img alt="ai-st-joes.jpeg" src="cid:19ad09323774efb649f1" style="width:812px;max-width:100%"></td></tr><tr style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="228" style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgb(233,233,235)"><tbody style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td style="padding:8px 0px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-weight:700;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.elliotlaketoday.com/local-news/ai-generated-story-widely-shared-online-11552811" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Heartwarming, generous...and fake</font></a></div><div style="font-weight:600;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.elliotlaketoday.com/local-news/ai-generated-story-widely-shared-online-11552811" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgba(60,60,67,0.6)">elliotlaketoday.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img alt="image0.png" src="cid:19ad09323779017e2b02" style="width:563px;max-width:100%"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img alt="image1.jpeg" src="cid:19ad093237798796b133" style="width:511px;max-width:100%"><br></div></div></div></div></div>________________________________________<br>
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