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Meta Reels Is Filling Up With AI Slop of Faith Healers Performing Miraculous Cures
10+ hour, 48+ min ago (447+ words) If you haven't taken a scroll through the reels on Instagram and Facebook in a while " or if your algorithm is sufficiently shielded from the avalanche of troubling AI slop infesting its feed " you may have missed the rise of…...
2,000-year-old workshop near Jerusalem pilgrimage path found after looters’ arrest
1+ week, 33+ min ago (577+ words) Authorities in Israel recently conducted a sting operation against antiquities thieves " and uncovered a 2,000-year-old workshop that once supplied'pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. The Israel Antiquities Authority(IAA) announced the discovery Feb. 16.' In a press release shared with Fox News Digital,…...
Jesus Wasn’t a Messiah, He Was a Naughty Mushroom Trip. According to This Theory, Anyway.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (272+ words) The theory was roundly and vocally rejected by scholars in the field, but according to Popular Mechanics, interest in his research is being revived by, who else, but Joe Rogan and the new breed of conspiracy theorists whose interests heavily…...
I am a Catholic. And a Zionist.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (351+ words) R.R. Reno is the editor of First Things magazine. In early February, a meeting of a White House commission on religious liberty erupted in controversy when one of its members, Carrie Prejean Boller, declared, "Catholics do not embrace Zionism." She also…...
Ye Apologizes for Antisemitic Behavior, Again
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (365+ words) Ye, the artist and producer formerly known as Kanye West, took out a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal on Monday, saying that he regretted his recent antisemitic behavior and that he hoped to be forgiven by "those I've…...
‘Marty Supreme’ Has a Lot to Say About Being Jewish in America
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (475+ words) Marty Supreme" is full of shocking moments. There are unexpected bursts of violence. A bathtub falls through the ceiling. But perhaps the most shocking is a simple line of dialogue. The table-tennis phenom Marty Mauser (Timoth'e Chalamet) is being interviewed…...
AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (333+ words) I can look at them and say "That's ridiculous, I would never say that," the real Schmitz, who is based in Duluth, Minnesota, said in his callout video. But people can't necessarily tell. That's a problem. That's, like, a really…...
In These Tales of Bravery and Rebellion, Heroes Come in All Sizes
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (371+ words) Heroes are made, not grown " unless you happen to be a salty little onion, the titular star of the Italian children's author Gianni Rodari's farcical novel of vegetable rebellion, THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO (Enchanted Lion, 248 pp., $29.99, ages 9 and up), originally…...
The seepage of AI into Christian practice is disturbing
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (371+ words) Kelly Chapman is a culture writer and co-editor of Secret Ballot, a newsletter about Washington. For many, the conversation begins innocently enough. In my case, ChatGPT started as a useful novelty totally detached from my faith. It helped me adjust…...
American Jews, Chinese food and Christmas: The first connection was a 1935 gift of chow mein to a New Jersey orphanage
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (996+ words) Is the sign real? Perhaps not; the fact-checking site Snopes found no evidence of the association even existing. But the joke's popularity points to a tradition cherished by many American Jews " Chinese food on Christmas. But why would Jews, who…...