576:Christian A.I., Church Dropouts, & Fixing Men with Christine Emba
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
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🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
A new chatbot based on OpenAI claims to have a "biblical worldview" and invites users to ask questions directly to the Apostle Paul. Is this a helpful tool, or another step closer to replacing Christian community with artificial intelligence? Then, a new article in The Atlantic says 40 million Americans have stopped attending church because our culture is addicted to work and no longer values community. But is it all the culture's fault, or does the church also carry some blame? Washington Post columnist, Christine Emba, is back to discuss her new report about the masculinity crisis. She explains why voices on the far right are engaging men with a message of misogyny and anger, while voices on the left aren't trying to engage men at all. Is there a better way out of the crisis? Also this week—toxic zombie worms
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0:00 - Intro
1:43 - Show Starts
2:55 - Theme Song
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4:30 - Animal News
11:32 - Christian AI Chatbot
30:01 - Why Americans stopped going to church
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1:00:57 - Interview Intro
1:06:28 - Responses on the right to the masculinity crisis
1:17:14 - Responses on the left to the masculinity crisis
1:25:25 - Solutions
1:36:51 - End Credits
Links mentioned in news segment:
Toxin-secreting hammerhead worms are invading the D.C. area. How to stop them.
A worm has been revived after 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost
Meet the Christian creators designing chatbots 'with a biblical worldview'
The Misunderstood Reason Millions of Americans Stopped Going to Church
Other resources:
Men are lost. Here's a map out of the wilderness
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/10/christine-emba-masculinity-new-model/
Chistine Emba's previous appearance on The Holy Post
Rethinking Sex: A Provocation by Christine Emba
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome to the Holy Post. A new chatbot based on OpenAI is claiming to have a |
| 0:05.5 | biblical worldview and invites users to ask questions directly to the Apostle Paul. |
| 0:11.3 | Is this a helpful tool or just another step closer to replacing Christian community with artificial |
| 0:17.2 | intelligence? Speaking of community, a new article in the Atlantic says 40 million Americans have |
| 0:23.0 | stopped attending church because our culture is addicted to work and no longer values community. |
| 0:28.8 | But is it all the culture's fault or does the church also carry some blame? |
| 0:33.2 | Then Washington Post columnist Christine Emba is back to discuss her new report |
| 0:38.0 | about the masculinity crisis. She says that voices on the far right are engaging men with a |
| 0:43.4 | message of misogyny and anger while voices on the far left aren't bothering to engage men |
| 0:48.4 | at all. Is there a way out of this crisis? And also this week, toxic zombie worms. |
| 0:55.3 | Before we get into it, our Holy Post pundit Dr. Amy Peeler, who's also a New Testament |
| 1:00.2 | professor at Wheaton College, has written a brilliant theological review of the Barbie movie. |
| 1:05.5 | And if you haven't read it yet, it's available to everyone on the Holy Post website. |
| 1:10.0 | But we've got something exclusively for Holy Post Plus subscribers as well. |
| 1:14.3 | Caitlin Chess has interviewed Dr. Peeler about the theological themes in the Barbie movie. |
| 1:19.4 | That bonus interview is now available only to Holy Post Plus subscribers. |
| 1:23.9 | To learn more about how you can join Holy Post Plus and get access to all of that content, |
| 1:28.3 | along with shows like Christian asks, getting schooled by Caitlin Chess, |
| 1:32.6 | the Holy Post Book Club, live streams, free merchandise, and a whole lot more, |
| 1:37.1 | go to our website holypost.com. Okay, here is episode 576. |
| 1:43.7 | Hey everybody, welcome to the Holy Post. I am Skye Jatani. Joining me is Caitlin Chess. Hi, Caitlin. |
| 1:50.7 | Hi, Skye. You are joining us from a undisclosed location? |
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