Society & Culture

“The trend is especially pronounced among twenty-somethings. Last year, a survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 39% of Gen Z women identify as religiously unaffiliated, compared with just 31% of men. Among white evangelicals, young men had begun showing significantly more religiosity than women.” - Breakpoint

“A nonprofit foundation blasted the leadership of Baylor University on Wednesday after the historically Baptist institution in Waco, Texas, returned its $643,401 grant intended to study LGBTQ+ inclusion in churches following backlash.” - CPost

“AI systems, for all their sophistication, remain tools created by humans to extend human capabilities. They process information, recognize patterns, and automate tasks, but they lack consciousness, moral agency, and the creative spark that comes from being made in God’s image.” - IFWE

“U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts, an Obama appointee, issued a two-week temporary restraining order on Monday until she hears arguments in the case on July 21.” - CPost

“We trust the Holy Spirit, not the government, to produce change hearts and lives. Our deep commitment to this principle as a nation has even driven us to grant religious freedom to those who would take ours if given enough power.” - P&D

“as much as AI’s potential can cause harm, blaming it alone misses the point and likely makes these problems worse. Humans are the fallen ones, and that fallenness manifests in all kinds of destructive ways. Machines, strictly speaking, don’t have morals or intentions. They can only reflect ours.” - Breakpoint

“One hundred years after the Scopes trial, the culture war over evolution and creationism remains intense.” - RNS

“Grant launched into an appeal for continued support to fund the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief—a George W. Bush-era federal program known as PEPFAR that the Trump administration has threatened to defund.” - RNS

“In the logic of the story, Amanda should have died just after her coma. Rivermind’s power rests in extending life, but in so doing they offered her a product she could never cease using. And herein lies the possibility of modern technology.