546 England's Same-Sex Marriage Compromise & Brazil's January 6th
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The Church of England has decided to not allow same-sex marriages, but it will bless civil same-sex unions. Is it a wise compromise or terrible attempt to dodge a divisive issue? Brazil's president lost reelection and his conservative Christian supporters stormed the capital. Is the American church exporting its nuttiness? New research from Gallop reveals which professions are the most and least trusted. Where do pastors land on the list? Plus, A.I. is causing layoffs for tech workers, Trump is angry at evangelical leaders, and broken Japanese toilets.
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News Segment
0:00 - Intro
2:56 - News of the Butt
6:42 - Artificial Intelligence
10:18 - Church of England marriage blessing
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28:59 - Capitol riots in Brazil
36:35 - Evangelical endorsements
42:29 - Ethics rankings
51:47 - End Credits
Links mentioned in news segment:
"'See-through toilets' malfunction in Shibuya" - https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20221217-77930/#:~:text=Tokyo's%20Shibuya%20Ward%20announced%20Friday,see%20inside%20while%20in%20use.
"A news site used AI to write articles. It was a journalistic disaster." - https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/01/17/cnet-ai-articles-journalism-corrections/
"Alphabet cuts 12,000 jobs after pandemic hiring spree, refocuses on AI." - https://www.reuters.com/business/google-parent-lay-off-12000-workers-memo-2023-01-20/
"Church of England: Gay couples can't marry but will receive 'God's blessing'" - https://www.christianpost.com/news/church-of-england-gay-couples-cant-marry-but-will-receive-gods-blessing.html
"Christians represented significant faction of capital rioters in Brazil" - https://religionnews.com/2023/01/17/christians-represented-significant-faction-of-capital-rioters-in-brazil/
"Trump chides onetime evangelical supporters who haven't endorsed him" - https://religionnews.com/2023/01/17/trump-chides-onetime-evangelical-supporters-who-havent-endorsed-him/
"The New Ethics Rankings Are Out. Where Do Pastors Stand?" - https://churchanswers.com/blog/the-new-ethics-rankings-are-out-where-do-pastors-stand/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. The Church of England has decided to not allow same-sex marriages, |
| 0:05.2 | but it says it will bless same-sex civil unions. Is this a wise compromise or a terrible attempt |
| 0:11.4 | to dodge divisive issue? Then Brazil's president has lost his re-election and his conservative |
| 0:17.2 | Christian supporters have stormed the capital. Is the American Church now exporting its own nuttiness? |
| 0:23.0 | New research from Gallup reveals which professions are the most at least trusted. So where do pastors |
| 0:29.0 | land in the list? All that plus AI is causing layoffs, Trump is angry at evangelical leaders, |
| 0:35.2 | and broken Japanese toilets. Before we jump into the episode, a reminder that we have some new content |
| 0:40.8 | exclusive for our supporters on Patreon. Christian asks as a new episode where Christian wonders why |
| 0:46.5 | do we pray to God to not lead us into temptation in the Lord's Prayer? We also have new episodes of |
| 0:52.0 | getting schooled by Caitlin Chess, some brand new selections for our Holy Post book club, |
| 0:56.5 | and later this month we'll be doing a live stream for our Patreon supporters where you can |
| 1:00.4 | interact directly with me and Phil and ask questions. So if you haven't signed up yet, go to HolyPost.com |
| 1:06.3 | and click support us. Okay, here's episode 546. Hey there, welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. This |
| 1:12.7 | is Phil Vichier. I'm here with Christian Taylor. Hi Christian. Hi Phil. Good to see you. Thank you. |
| 1:18.2 | It's great to see you. And Skyjutani who is congested. Hi congested sky. I am congested. I hope people |
| 1:28.8 | aren't too distracted by my nasal noise. Let's all talk that way. I think we should |
| 1:35.3 | in a way you'll seem normal. My mic when I have to blow my nose. I have to do Perthy P. Perthy P |
| 1:43.6 | in Vendy Tales was the kid who was very congested all the time. And it was a fun character to do. |
| 1:49.2 | But they didn't write very much for him after the bankruptcy. So I didn't get to bring him out very |
| 1:54.3 | often. So then I wrote a piece for him for the TBN show that I thought would be great. And he was |
| 1:59.2 | a kid that a desk at a school talking about all the stuff he thought was cool because he was kind |
| 2:03.7 | of a nerd. And they changed the character to deliver all the same lines to a new character they'd |
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