Fewer than half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced answered prayers, divine healing or demonic attack, the American Bible Society (ABS) said in its latest State of the Bible release, with most expressing complacency, doubt or disbelief that such exist. (Chandler, Baptist Press)
Read MoreArchbishop Paul S. Coakley, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is joining evangelical faith leaders and others in condemning plans by the Pentagon to livestream the execution of the man who shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, with the Catholic prelate calling the military’s proposal a “barbaric promotion of a culture of death.” (Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Read MoreSeveral dozen scientists from five countries, led by Professor Cenker Atila, an archaeologist at Sivas Cumhuriyet University in Turkey, have spent nearly 90 days on the formation this summer with drones, ground-penetrating radar and core drills, collecting about a thousand soil samples for laboratory analysis. What they have found is tantalising, but far from conclusive. (Hagan, The Times)
Read MoreAlready a polarizing political issue this fall, the AI industry’s latest challenge is emerging from the pulpit. Unlike recent generations of technology, the Christian community appears poised to put its stamp on AI early in an attempt to ensure it benefits all of humanity rather than a few tech billionaires. (Higgins, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreHumans have believed in ghosts for thousands of years. Across cultures and centuries, people have told stories about the dead returning to the world of the living, whether as ancestor spirits or unsettling apparitions. But it wasn’t until the Middle Ages that shrouded figures became a familiar way of depicting spirits. (Bennington-Castro, History)
Read MoreIn 2026, partygoers are expected to follow celebrity trends and the most popular series characters, like JLo and Maverick from Amazon Prime's Off Campus, the recently deceased (and always iconic) Dolly Parton, and Bad Bunny's Super Bowl shrubs. (DeLoye, Mental Floss)
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