Cultural Update: Marijuana Surpasses Alcohol in Frequent Consumption, How Hamas Refers to it's Female Captives, The Non-Religious Plateau in Number

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This week, Sean and Scott discuss:Marijuana has Surpassed Alcohol as the Most Frequently Used DrugHow Hamas Refers to Female Captives The Non-Religous May Have Stopped Growing in NumberListener Question: How Can I be a Fulfilled Christian if I Can't Have a FamilyListener Question: Should I publish Christian Media if it will affect my carreer?==========Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture is a podcast from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, which offers degrees...

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0:00.0	Marijuana use surpasses alcohol consumption in the US and is at an all-time high.
0:08.0	How Hamas refers to female captives and why it matters.
0:13.1	The percentage of Americans who identify as non-religious may have hit a ceiling and plateaued.
0:20.0	These are the stories we'll discuss today and We will also address some of your questions.
0:24.8	I'm your host, Sean McDow.
0:26.4	I'm your co-host Scott Ray.
0:28.2	This is a ThinkBibically weekly cultural update
0:31.0	brought to you by Talbot School of Theology, Biola University.
0:35.2	This story Scott jumped out to me when I was reading the New York Times and then discovered
0:39.2	quite a few other publications have talked about it as well.
0:43.2	And the title of this article from this week is Cannabis Tops Alcohol as Americans Daily Drug
0:49.8	of Choice.
0:51.2	Now legally and conversationally we have seen marijuana become more and more
0:56.5	accepted but this kind of stopped me in my tracks to go wow it's actually
1:01.4	surpassing alcohol depending on how you gauge this. Now here's some of
1:05.2	things the article points out. It says in 2022 there were 17.7 million people who reported using cannabis either every day or nearly every day.
1:18.8	That compares to 14.7 million who reported using alcohol with the same level of frequency.
1:27.0	So 3 million more people using cannabis daily or nearly daily compared to alcohol.
1:33.0	Now a couple nuances of this.
1:34.6	They say that far, while far more people drink than use cannabis,
1:40.2	drinking frequently has become slightly less common than it was around 15 years ago.
1:45.8	So more people drink alcohol than use marijuana,
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