This week we’re reviewing recent religion news in order to: explore the location of falling gold dust of God’s presence…discuss the latest UFO surprises…get specific how about AI will kill us…be shocked that Silicon Valley is trying to build God and control humanity…and understand “Seven Mountains Theology.” Read these stories along with us, or listen to us tell you about them:
Aspen Ideas Festival spirituality: https://www.axios.com/2023/07/01/aspen-ideas-festival-2023-postcard
UFO under a building? https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/ufo-hunter-claims-spaceship-too-30477150
Government to make UFOs public? https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4097653-senators-to-offer-amendment-to-require-government-to-make-ufo-records-public/
7 AI human extinction scenarios: https://inews.co.uk/news/science/ai-humans-extinct-seven-deadly-scenarios-how-likely-2376633?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Restaurant hires fake priest to spy on employees: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254594/california-restaurant-had-a-fake-priest-hear-workers-confessions-labor-department-says
Bethel Church tries to take over California town: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/how-bethel-megachurch-conquered-redding-18170873.php
“The Woman Who Bought a Mountain for God” (Atlantic), Seven Mountains theology: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/christian-movement-new-apostolic-reformation-politics-trump/674320/
Leah Payne with PRRI on popularity of charismatics: https://www.prri.org/spotlight/the-future-of-born-again-evangelicalism-is-charismatic-and-pentecostal/
“Silicon Valley’s Quest to Build God and Control Humanity”: https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/silicon-valley-artificial-intelligence/
Mysterious creature in Illinois: https://www.theintelligencer.com/opinion/article/mysterious-creature-reported-downtown-alton-18167740.php
Mormons try to save Great Salt Lake from drying up: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/its-promised-land-drying-mormon-church-works-to-save-the-great-salt-lake/ar-AA1d0p0G
120 THE DECHURCHING (the stunning story of why people have left church)
119 THE FIRSTSTONE (news roundup: Bible quoting courtroom antics and living forever)
118 THE COTTON (academic conference attire, Cotton Mather, and the Bible in America)
117 THE BOOKS (live episode! books that have changed our lives)
116 THE MH370 (this year's weirdest airplane-UFO conspiracy so far)
115 THE SCARIES (movies we’re watching and NOT WATCHING this Halloween)
114 THE AYNRAND (what is it like to grow up in an Objectivist household?)
085 THE DEMONTIME (Kathryn Krick, your local exorcist in the park; guest Sam Kestenbaum) [April 2022]
038 THE TRUTH (Ancient Aliens, the History Channel, and all of the possibilities) [September 2019]
113 THE X (why are the clothes on floor and Real Talk Kim)
033 THE NOSTALGIA (Stranger Things, Cold War, child abductions) [AUGUST 2019]
PLEASANT SUMMER INTERLUDE (everything is permissible, a note on episode rhythm, and mustache musings)
081 THE WILEYMAN (The Late Great Planet Earth and Vladimir Putin's spirituality) [March 2022]
111 THE PARENTS (what does sociology tell us about whether kids carry on with the faith of parents?)
110 THE ENNEAGRAM (we confront the personality mob and take a Bible character Enneagram test)
109 THE EXPERIENCERS (shocking developments in the UFO community)
108 THE SÉANCE (News Roundup: bringing back the dead; Rainn Wilson is Bahai; Pope's exorcist)
034 THE CONGREGATION (Ultra Star Wars Fandom and Authorial Intent) [August 2019]
107 THE LANADELREY (an annotated commentary on the track "Judah Smith Interlude")
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