Wednesday's News & Ideas - 11/27/2024
- Gluttony and Thanksgiving
- Pete Hegseth’s theology
- Kenyan church fights femicide
- Thanksgiving in a disaster zone
- Church bell rings again
- Is AI becoming a religion?
If you pig out at Thanksgiving, are you sinning?
Salt Lake Tribune: Gluttony is, after all, one of the “seven deadly sins.” But, a religion expert says, “obsessing about fat grams” can also be a transgression.
It’s Pete Hegseth’s theology that ought to concern us
Baptist News Global: President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as U.S. Secretary of Defense has ties to one of the most chauvinistic and vitriolic leaders of the Christian nationalist far right, Doug Wilson.
Church, government team up against femicide in Kenya
Crux: Catholic Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe called on Christians to protect the lives of girls and women in the face of rising femicide. One case that caught global attention was the murder of Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei.
In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in North Carolina, neighbors unite to ensure no one spends Thanksgiving hungry
CNN: Volunteers with Operation Thanksgiving Blessings are preparing food for a Thanksgiving feast they will drive over five hours to distribute in Avery County, North Carolina, after Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina.
Long-silent Dallas church bell rings with high-tech makeover and pastor’s iPhone
Dallas Morning News: Leah Stuekerjuergen was told it couldn’t be done. Now her tribute to her late husband is a blessing to all at St. John’s Episcopal.
The Spark
Silicon Valley’s obsession with AI looks a lot like religion
The tech world’s fixation on artificial intelligence has spawned beliefs and rituals that resemble religion — complete with digital deities, moral codes, and threats of damnation, says the MIT Press Reader.
