The percentage of Americans who say religion is “very important” in their lives has leveled off below 50% in recent years, including 47% in 2025. The reading has been gradually declining from 58% in 2012 and was as high as 70% to 75% in the 1950s and 1960s. (Brenan, Gallup)
Read More“Artificial intelligence is a great power — a force for both good and evil — and can therefore be used for devil worshipping,” said Father Luis Ramirez Almanza, a Mexican priest who runs the annual training course for exorcists. (Kington, The Times UK)
Read MoreThey call themselves simple believers — viruiuchi prostaky, in Ukrainian — or just believers. They strive to live by biblical law and remain apart from the modern world. (Shyvala, The New York Times)
Read MoreCalifornia public schools can’t keep parents in the dark if their children express a gender identity that doesn’t align with their sex recorded at birth, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. (Romoser, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreZia Yusuf, Reform’s home affairs spokesman, has called [churches becoming mosques] “incendiary” and pledged to change planning laws to prevent Christian places of worship from being adopted as Islamic ones, pointing to 41 instances listed on Wikipedia. (Burgess, The Times UK)
Read More“It’s something that’s available to all of us.” Proponents call the “something” the “success sequence.” The steps are simple: Graduate from high school. Find a full-time job. Get married before having kids. (Lumpkin & Somasundaram, The Washington Post)
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