The hype about artificial intelligence has some speculating that at some point a computer might have what we might call a soul. So some theologians are wondering if machines advance to that point, should they be evangelized? Should they be baptized? Thomas D. Williams writes
About two years ago, we posted First Sleep, Second Sleep, which became the 12th most-read post on this blog, with people to this day clicking on it. It had to do with what historians have discovered about sleep patterns in the days before artificial lighting,
Some weeks ago, I blogged about the publication of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s memoir, entitled Pioneer Girl. This was the manuscript she wrote about her life on the frontier that she could not get published, whereupon she switched gears to write a slightly fictionalized version in
The invaluable Anthony Sacramone has put together a mashup of theological culture and Jeff Foxworthy, resulting in a list of 20 descriptors entitled “You Might be a Lutheran if. . . .” My favorite: “You think the pope is the antichrist but still a Christian.”
The tech world is getting excited about “Nara,” a new search algorithm built on the analogy of how neurons connect with each other. It will be an even more sophisticated way of selling us stuff. But it also is being hailed as an “artificial brain,”
The Democrats have a few pretenders, but no real options to the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton. This is a symptom, according to Josh Kraushaar, of a more serious structural problem for the party. Democrats have done so poorly in state and local elections that
One of the many cultural influences of Christianity, observes Eric Metaxas, discussing a book on the subject, was the practice of treating children as human beings of great value. That was not how children were treated in the ancient pre-Christian world. Notice too that now
A first edition of Luther’s classic treatise “The Freedom of a Christian,” dated 1520, has been discovered in a library in France. It contains annotations in red ink in Luther’s hand, indicating the changes he wanted to make in future editions. As far as I
It’s getting to be Vacation Bible School season. In 1997, 81% of churches offered them. In 2012, that number dropped to 68%, largely due, reportedly, to the difficulty of finding enough volunteers. VBS still seems pretty popular, particularly since unchurched people often like to have
A federal appeals court struck down President Obama’s use of executive orders to implement his amnesty program for illegal immigrants. (more…)
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