Cultural Update: Atheist Says Christianity Is Key to Saving America; Right to Die for Mental Decline; AI Choosing Embryos

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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For the first week of the new year, Sean & Scott discuss:Update on the wildfires in Southern California.Atheist author argues that true Christianity is key to saving America.The California Senate revisits expanding aid-in-dying laws to include dementia and Alzheimer's patients.AI’s role in selecting embryos raises significant ethical and moral questions about life and reproduction.Listener Response to Jim Daly on singlenessListener Question: Responsibility to leave inheritance to a child ...

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0:00.0	A self-described gay atheist Jew says Christianity is key for saving America.
0:08.5	AI is now being utilized to help select embryos for use in reproductive technologies.
0:15.7	The California Senate is reconsidering and revisiting an expansion of its aid and dying policies.
0:22.5	These are the stories we will discuss, and we will also address some of your questions.
0:26.7	I'm your host, Sean McDowell.
0:28.3	I'm your co-host, Scott Ray.
0:30.4	This is the Think Biblically Weekly Cultural Update, brought to you by Talbot School
0:34.5	Theology, Biola University.
0:37.4	Scott, two things before we jump in.
0:39.1	First off, it's good to be back. It's nice to have a two-week break, but it's wonderful to be back
0:45.2	when stories pop up. I think, I want to comment on this and help people think biblically.
0:50.1	So it's great to be back in the saddle. But second, a lot of people have seen the news, and I've gotten a number of texts from concerned friends about the fires.
0:58.8	Now, I'll let you comment on Biola, but I live in Southern Orange County.
1:02.5	So as of right now, a long ways away from this.
1:05.1	So I appreciate the personal concern.
1:07.4	But we have some faculty who do live closer, some families and students who live closer.
1:12.5	The campus is away south. We appreciate the concern there. But any thoughts you want to make
1:18.8	regarding that? Oh, this is just utterly heartbreaking, Sean, to see just the devastation in these
1:26.8	neighborhoods.
1:29.9	These winds have been unprecedented,
1:36.6	and just the way the first responders have been completely overwhelmed by the need and just all the devastation has taken place.
1:42.2	Some of these neighborhoods, I think,
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