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A New York Times Story, “It Makes Sense That People See AI as God” – Terry Mattingly, 1/28/26 (0281)

Issues, Etc.

Lutheran Public Radio

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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artificial intelligence is changing your life it's changing it right now how you do your work

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how you spend time online how you spend your, and maybe someday even how we worship.

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So it's not unusual that we would see a New York Times headline story saying it makes

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sense that people see AI, artificial intelligence, as God.

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Greetings, and welcome to issues, et cetera, live on this Wednesday afternoon, January the 28th.

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I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We'll be talking with Terry Mattingly about that New York Times story and a couple of the stories involving AI and religion.

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We'll discuss last week's National March for Life and other pro-life issues with Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.

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We will review the movie, Wake Up Dead Man, Knives Out Mystery, with Pastor Ted Geese,

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