Cultural Update: Limits of Online Free Speech; TikToking Democracy to Death

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

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🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In this episode, Scott Rae and guest co-host Dr. Tim Pickavance tackle key cultural issues through a biblical lens: Are Traditional Wedding Vows Disappearing? A discussion on the enduring significance of wedding vows and their role in shaping lasting marriages.Free Speech in the Digital Age – How platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Meta are handling (or not handling) hate speech, and the tricky balance between free expression and content moderation.Is TikTok Killing Democracy? The impact ...

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0:00.0	Are traditional wedding vows still a thing?
0:05.2	Is there such a thing as free speech online?
0:08.2	Is TikTok killing democracy and another tragic mix-up at an IVF clinic?
0:13.8	These are the stories we'll cover today and will take some of your questions.
0:17.2	I'm your host Scott Ray and sitting in for Sean who's celebrating his 25th anniversary this week
0:21.5	is my close friend and philosophy colleague Dr. Tim Pickavans.
0:25.0	This is a weekly cultural update from Tablet School of Theology at Biola University.
0:29.6	Tim, welcome.
0:30.8	Really good to have you with us.
0:32.5	Hey, thanks for having me, Scott.
0:33.9	Hey, two things first for our listeners.
0:35.8	As we mentioned last week, too, there is so much in the news about the new administration
0:39.4	in the United States, and lots of people are covering this.
0:43.2	We're going to let you know that there are other great stories out there with cultural
0:47.0	significance, and those are the ones that we'll be focusing on.
0:50.3	Second, we get lots of great questions from you all, and this week on the cultural update,
0:55.2	we only have time for a handful to answer every week.
0:58.6	So we've even recorded an entire session of just your questions that we'll post in the next few weeks on our regular Tuesday episode.
1:07.0	So Tim, here's story number one.
1:08.8	Our traditional wedding vows still important to couples.
1:12.7	This is from the Institute from Family Studies based on a new book entitled Vows,
1:17.4	The Modern Genius of an Ancient Right.
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