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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Cultural Update: AI takeover of education; proposed law overturning same-sex marriage; increased demand for euthanasia

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Christian, Talbot, Church, Culture, Biola, Think Biblically, Christianity, Sean Mcdowell, Scott Rae, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

AI's takeover of education leaves rising seniors as the last students to remember high school before ChatGPT, raising questions about AI’s lasting impact on education.A Supreme Court case seeks to overturn same-sex marriage, prompting discussion on how Christians should respond culturally and theologically.Demand for euthanasia in Canada now outpaces available providers, sparking ethical debate on life, suffering, and medical limits.Listener questions on the forming of a will, convincing non-...

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0:00.0

Rising seniors are the last class of students who remember high school before chat GPT.

0:08.0

What does this mean for the AI takeover of education?

0:11.7

The Supreme Court of the United States has been asked to overturn same-sex marriage.

0:16.6

Should Christians support this and how should we think about it?

0:19.4

And the demand for euthanasia in

0:21.5

Canada is outstripping doctors' willingness to do it. These are the stories we will discuss,

0:27.5

and we will also address some of your questions. I'm your host, Sean McDowell.

0:31.6

I'm your co-host, Scott Ray. This is the Think Biblically Weekly Cultural Update,

0:36.5

brought to you by Talbot School of Theology, Biola University.

0:40.5

Scott, we're going to jump right into this story that we discussed last week in terms of euthanasia and the medical aid in assistance in dying in Canada, because there's a backstory to this that concerns me even more than I was concerned last week.

0:56.0

And I suspect it does with you as well.

0:58.8

This is a long article in the Atlantic.

1:01.3

I'll try to just give key highlights here before we weigh in.

1:04.9

But it describes how in 2016, Canada's parliament legalized the practice of euthanasia.

1:11.8

And the way this article frames it, it said one day administering a lethal injection

1:16.2

to a patient was against the law.

1:18.7

The next, it was as legitimate as a tonsillectomy.

1:22.7

That's pretty stunning.

1:24.3

Now about made, medical assistance and dying, now counts for about one in 20 deaths in

1:30.5

Canada, more than Alzheimer's and diabetes combined.

1:36.5

Now what they talk about in this article is that there's a certain kind of momentum.

1:40.6

The moment Canada signed up for this, it has been moving down this slope very, very

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