Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast.

Today is Wednesday, March the 8th, 2023.

Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum.

The 95th Academy Awards are this Sunday.

If you remember nothing from last year's Oscars, you undoubtedly know that actor Will Smith

slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage after Rock made disparaging remarks about Smith's wife.

Later that evening, Smith apologized to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and to the other nominees,

but not to Rock. The next day, he utilized social media to issue an apology to rock and to the academy.

Four months later, Smith posted a YouTube video in which he addressed the incident and said,

I will say to you, Chris, I apologize to you.

My behavior was unacceptable and I'm here whenever you're ready to talk.

Apart from brief references to the incident, Rock did not respond publicly for nearly a year.

Last Wednesday, he addressed the topic briefly during a stand-up show in Boston.

Then, last Saturday night, he performed a live comedy special on Netflix in which he spoke at length about last year's Oscars.

Rock claimed that Smith's slap was, according to New York Times, and I quote,

an act of displacement shifting his anger from his wife cheating on him and broadcasting it onto Rock.

The Times reviewer added,

The comic says his joke was never really the issue. Quoting Rock,

She hurt him way more than he hurt me, using his considerable powers of description to describe

the humiliation of Smith in a manner that seemed designed to do it again." End quote. It is conventional wisdom in our

secularized culture that biblical morality is not just outdated and irrelevant, but dangerous to modern

society. Today's discussion proves that the opposite is the case. It is secular morality that is

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