Cultural Update: China Rewrites the Bible; Going "No Contact"; AI Tests Academic Honor
Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture
Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae
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🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | AI has apparently killed a 133-year-old tradition at Princeton. |
| 0:07.8 | That may be a sign of the Times. |
| 0:09.6 | The Chinese Communist Party is rewriting the Bible. |
| 0:13.0 | Former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse models what it means to die with dignity. |
| 0:18.3 | And a new study reveals that nearly two and five Americans want no contact |
| 0:22.4 | with a loved one this year. These are the stories we'll discuss and we'll also address some of |
| 0:27.5 | your questions. I'm your host Sean McDowell and filling in for the one and only Scott Ray. |
| 0:32.3 | Back is theology professor, author friend Thaddeus Williams. Dad, good to have you on, buddy. Hey, man, Scott's shoes |
| 0:39.7 | are big to fill, but I'll do my best. Well, you always do awesome and people say that, so we're |
| 0:45.8 | good to have you back. Let's jump into this story, eager to get your take on this. I saw this in |
| 0:50.8 | both the Atlantic and in the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:59.7 | And apparently, the title is how AI killed a 133 old Princeton tradition. |
| 1:14.4 | In 1876, like 150 years ago, an editorial in Princeton's newly founded campus newspaper argued that the use of proctors against the use of proctors to monitor exams. |
| 1:22.6 | It was, quote, a means of bad moral education, the author wrote. So treat students as presumptively dishonest and some would become so. Treat them as, and they would learn to behave honorably. |
| 1:30.6 | And so the editorial board suggested a different approach, quote, let every man write at the end of his paper a pledge that he has neither given nor received help, |
| 1:38.6 | and let professors and tutors address themselves to some better business than watching for fraud. |
| 1:44.8 | Well, that was adopted in 1893. |
| 1:49.1 | Well, that seems to be changing. |
| 1:50.9 | When students take their final exams, it was, professors used to leave the room, which is crazy, |
| 1:57.0 | and students write a pledge that they didn't cheat. |
| 2:00.1 | And if there are suspected cheaters, they would go before a jury of their own peers, interestingly enough. |
| 2:07.7 | Well, it seems like it had a good run, but again, it's changing. |
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