“Reacher” star Alan Ritchson has made a video responding to TikTok user Jessie Jarma, who criticized Christians for believing that God answers prayers. Ritchson addressed Jarma’s claim that God answering prayer would be interfering with free will, as well as her view that “God is evil” for not answering the prayers of children who are suffering. (Lea, Church Leaders)
Read MoreAcross the Middle East, LGBTQ communities face a growing crackdown, echoing efforts by prominent American conservatives to restrict the rights of gay and transgender people and erase their influence from society. (El Chamaa, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe world’s largest brewer has suffered through a difficult few months in the U.S., where Bud Light’s sales have tanked after transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney posted an image on Instagram of a personalized can AB InBev had gifted her. The post sparked an uproar, angering Bud Light’s core consumers and propelling AB InBev to put the marketing executives who oversaw the collaboration on leave. (Chaudhuri, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreActor Leah Remini is taking her fight against the Church of Scientology to court with a new lawsuit alleging that the church and its current leader, David Miscavige, are behind years of “mob-style tactics” used against her in a targeted campaign of harassment. (Martin, Los Angeles Times)
Read MoreAngels even get more credence than, well, hell. More than astrology, reincarnation, and the belief that physical things can have spiritual energies. In fact, about 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they believe in angels, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Meyer, Associated Press)
Read MoreAid efforts for Haitians enduring the gang violence ravaging their nation suffered a new blow with the kidnapping of an American nurse from New Hampshire and her young daughter, who were still missing Tuesday. (AP/NPR)
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