This Week in Word from the Bird
Rebirth of belief in God. Gender Affirmation Thereapy Exposed. AI Priest is Defrocted. Who Chose the Books of the New Testament?
Hi everyone, is Christianity making a comeback, is gender affirmative therapy finished, AI priests, and who made the canon?
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Monday: The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God? (Free Sign-Ups)
I have to say that I was intrigued, but initially unconvinced by Justin Brierly’s case for The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God on first hearing. Part of me was sceptical because I’ve read and written about the statistics on religious decline in the West (USA, UK, Europe, Australia, NZ, Canada, etc). That said, I’m beginning to rethink my pessimism.
Tuesday: Meeting of the Aviary (Paid Subscribers)
Hey members of the “aviary,” we need to arrange a time and a topic for a catch-up!
Wednesday: Seismic Shift in Gender Therapy (Free Sign-Ups)
The groundbreaking Cass Review is changing how medical professionals think about adolescents with gender dysphoria and demonstrates the thin and recycled evidence used in gender affirmative therapy.
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Thursday: The Defrocking of an AI Priest (Free Sign-Ups)
A few weeks ago, Catholic Answers released an interactive AI app fronted by a 3D avatar named “Father Justin” — a priest attired in clerical garb, sitting cutely on a bench in Italy — to answer questions about Catholicism. It didn’t go well!
Friday: Who Chose the New Testament? (Paid Subscribers)
The Bible did not fall from heaven, land in our laps, complete with charts, notes, and a table of contents. The Bible is a book that was formed and fashioned over the course of two millennia. While the Bible is venerated as the Word of God by many faith communities, it only came into existence because it was authored and authorized by those very same communities of faith. But how did this happen?
Saturday: 7 Myths about Jesus (Free Sign-Ups)
Remember that post I did about Matt 27:52-53, well, I made a video about it if you care to watch!