Prominent survivors and advocates have largely given up trying to bring about change in the SBC after witnessing what they view as increasingly faltering efforts toward reform. (Smith, AP News)
Read MoreTexas would make Bible stories required reading for more than 5 million public school students under a proposal that has reignited debate over widening efforts in the U.S. to put more religion in classrooms. (Vertuno, AP News)
Read MoreSeveral states recently have passed or proposed legislation to incorporate prayer or display the Ten Commandments in public schools. A new Pew Research Center survey shows that many Americans are receptive to religious expressions at public schools. (Rotolo, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreThe Washington Post tested the AI models behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and others using political questions designed by researchers to gauge how chatbots respond to hot-button political issues. (Schaul, The Washington Post)
Read MoreSome churches left the SBC and joined groups such as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, which allows women to serve as pastors. A few churches were expelled by their local association — including Glendale Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, which was kicked out not because its pastor was a woman, but because she was gay. But there was no national action to expel churches with women pastors. (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MoreThough his message is stark on the risks posed by the breakneck expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) – the full title of his book is God, AI and the End of History – and the failure of governments to regulate it adequately, he somehow manages to share this dystopian picture with a smile on his face and the gentle lilt of his native Northern Ireland in his voice. (Stanford, The Telegraph)
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