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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Cultural Update: Israel-Hamas Ceasefire; Conversion Therapy and Free Speech

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

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

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Topics this week: Marijuana’s Real Impact: A new study finds 40% of fatal crash victims in one Ohio county had high levels of THC, sparking discussion on how far legalization has gone and why Christians must discern between what’s legal and what’s right. AI and the End of “Seeing is Believing”: Sean and Scott unpack the dangers of AI-generated videos like OpenAI’s Sora, the flood of deepfakes, and what it means for truth and communication in a post-trust culture. Conversion Therap...

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0:00.0

A potentially game-changing ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

0:07.0

What the arrival of AI fabricated videos means for us, the Supreme Court takes up a case tied

0:13.0

to conversion therapy and despite promises that society would be far better off with

0:18.0

marijuana legalization. In one county, 40% of drivers who died in a car accident had elevated levels of the psychoactive

0:26.2

ingredient THC.

0:28.2

These are the stories we will discuss, and we will also address some of your questions.

0:32.3

I'm your host, Sean McDowell.

0:33.5

I'm your co-host, Scott Ray.

0:35.1

This is the Think Bivocally Weekly Cultural Update, brought to you by Talbot School

0:39.0

Theology, Viola University.

0:41.7

Scott, I don't think we're going to need to spend a ton of time in this first story, but it

0:44.9

caught my attention because we're kind of seeing a shift in how culture is viewing marijuana.

0:51.6

I would argue potentially in a positive direction. And this study was, it was kind of

0:57.7

stunning to me how high these numbers are. They're asking the question, how much social and

1:04.6

public health damage will Americans suffer before doing a U-turn on marijuana promotion?

1:11.1

That's exactly the right question.

1:13.6

New study found that 40% of drivers who died in car accidents, like I said, in one county,

1:19.3

which is actually Montgomery County, Ohio, and this is between 2019 and 2024,

1:26.4

more than 4 in 10 tested positive for Potts psychoactive ingredient THC.

1:33.3

This is the level that they give is more than six times the level most states use to define

1:39.2

impairment.

1:40.6

That's how high it is.

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