Church of England dropping “church” to be more relevant
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🗓️ 21 August 2024
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Summary
The Church of England is dropping the word church in a quest for relevance. According to a new study, “modern-sounding” words such as community are now in favor. This is just one example of a culture that conflates opinion with reality. Yesterday, we looked at ways our secularized culture commodifies people. Today, we consider ways it commodifies truth and the eternal consequences of this deception.
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| 0:00.0 | Good day. It's Wednesday, August the 21st, 2024, and this is the Daily Article podcast. |
| 0:08.1 | Written today by Dr. Jim Denison, I'm Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum, narrating today's article. |
| 0:14.7 | If you watch the Republican National Convention last month and are now watching the Democrats as they meet in Chicago, |
| 0:21.8 | you could be forgiven for thinking the parties are living in separate countries. According to Republicans, |
| 0:26.9 | Kamala Harris and the Democrats would lead our nation to ruin at home and chaos abroad. According to |
| 0:33.1 | Democrats, including Barack and Michelle Obama in their Democratic National Convention speeches last night, |
| 0:39.2 | the opposite is the case. Both eviscerated Donald Trump while lauding Ms. Harris as someone who |
| 0:45.1 | will fight for Americans. Partisan politics are just one way that, quote unquote, reality, |
| 0:52.0 | has become whatever we consider it to be. |
| 0:55.4 | Here are more examples. |
| 1:00.4 | The Church of England is dropping the word church in a quest for relevance. |
| 1:05.9 | According to a new study, modern sounding words such as community are now in favor. A major medical organization in the U.S. has expressed skepticism about the long-term effects of sex |
| 1:12.7 | change procedures on minors. However, others continue to claim that they are safe and effective, |
| 1:18.6 | despite clear evidence to the contrary. The Arizona Supreme Court says a fetus can be referred to |
| 1:24.1 | as an unborn human being. Abortion advocates call the ruling deeply disappointing. |
| 1:29.9 | Witchcraft has become a wellness fad. The word morals has been replaced by boundaries in our therapeutic |
| 1:38.0 | society. According to one therapist, the term boundaries, quote, can be anything, include anything, and change depending on the person, |
| 1:47.5 | the situation, or the time. All that matters is if they feel good to you, end quote. |
| 1:53.2 | Yesterday, we looked at ways our secularized culture commodifies people. Today, let's consider |
| 1:59.1 | ways it commodifies the truth. John Adams noted, |
| 2:03.3 | facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of |
| 2:08.9 | our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. In quote, nonetheless, |
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