Easter, Pronoun Hospitality, and Catastrophizing Artificial Intelligence
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
John and Maria look at the significance of Good Friday and Easter, discuss the recent apology from Rosaria Butterfield for using gender affirming pronouns, and take a sober look at the dire predictions of what AI will do to the human race.
— Recommendations —
Death on a Friday Afternoon by Richard John Neuhaus
The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross by Carl Laferton
Segment 1 - Easter
"How Johnny Hart Taught Millions About Easter"
Segment 2 - Rosaria Butterfield Repents of "Pronoun Hospitality"
"Why I No Longer Use Preferred Pronouns – and Why You Shouldn't, Either"
Segment 3 - Catastrophizing AI
"Pausing AI Development Isn't Enough. We Need to Shut it all Down."
Segment 4 - Stories of the Week
"Suicides, Cities, and the Concept of Coupling"
"Proclaiming Human Dignity with Infectious Joy: Heart by Max"
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an Easter edition of Breakpoint This Week, where we're talking about |
| 0:05.8 | the top stories of the week from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:08.6 | Today, we're going to talk about Easter and what each day of Holy Week means for the Christian |
| 0:13.0 | calendar. |
| 0:14.0 | We're also going to talk about what's been called pronoun hospitality and the question |
| 0:17.4 | of whether Christians should use the preferred pronouns for people who identify as transgender. |
| 0:22.6 | So we have a lot to get to today. |
| 0:24.2 | We're so glad you're with us. |
| 0:25.7 | Stick around. |
| 0:27.7 | Welcome to Breakpoint This Week from the Colson Center for Christian World View. |
| 0:31.3 | I'm Maria Bairr alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center. |
| 0:35.8 | We are recording this on Monday Thursday. |
| 0:39.2 | So Thursday morning before Easter. |
| 0:41.3 | Last night, John, I don't know if you know this. |
| 0:43.1 | It was the first night of Passover. |
| 0:45.4 | And I went to a gorgeous satire dinner with a bunch of my Jewish friends who are believers |
| 0:51.4 | in Yeshua, Jesus, as they would call him. |
| 0:54.6 | And it was absolutely gorgeous. |
| 0:55.8 | Have you ever been to a satire before? |
| 0:57.4 | I have. |
| 0:58.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:59.4 | Actually, I did one this year as well. |
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