For the far Right, Waco made a secret world, one of government oppression and tyranny, visible for the first time. ‘Waco became a door,’ wrote one poster on a Right-wing website soon after the tragedy ‘and a finger of God for the nation’. (Talty, The Telegraph)
Read MoreAndreas Schlüter, the FeG’s federal secretary for the young generation, said the program…“Protect and Accompany,” is part a much larger trend among free churches organizing against abuse. Evangelical churches are developing programs to face the reality of sexual abuse and seeking to prevent it from happening in the future. (Chitwood, Christianity Today)
Read MoreIn the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, religious leaders worried that lockdowns and the move to online services would accelerate already declining church attendance and usher in what some called a “religion recession.” A new study from Pew Research suggests that’s probably overstated. (Shimron, Religion News Service)
Read MoreFaith-based volunteers like Wedgworth are often among the first on the ground to help clean up after major disasters. Many are senior citizens who have devoted time and energy to getting prepared to lend a hand. For Wedgworth and his friends, that meant getting a 24-foot trailer a few years ago to carry their cooking equipment. (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MoreJohn Drake, the city's police chief, said the shooter "identified as transgender" and revealed that the shooter had made a manifesto, drawn a detailed map of the school and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre. (Sabur, The Telegraph)
Read MoreThe fake coat fooled a lot of people — and it fooled a lot of people in the same week that saw fake, AI-generated images of cops accosting former president Donald Trump. Yes, suddenly it seems all too obvious how artificial intelligence could easily be used to create propaganda, how it could easily be weaponized as a tool of destabilization. (Maloy & Branigin, The Washington Post)
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