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How Old Did These Famous Bible Characters Live to Be, Actually?

July 15th, 2024

How long can people live? Some biblical figures are stated to have lived over 900 years, including Adam and Noah. How and why did they live so long, and are we meant to take these advanced ages literally?

Life and Death 56 Comments

Is AI Summoning the Mark of the Beast? Some Faith Leaders Say Yes

March 18th, 2024

Are advancements in artificial intelligence a sign the end times are near? Some Christians say yes, and that artificial intelligence could actually signal the mark of the beast. Is AI demonic?

Science & Technology 90 Comments

AI Creates "True Face" of Jesus Using Shroud of Turin

September 29th, 2023

Do we know the face of Jesus? In an apparent first, artificial intelligence has been used on the Turin Shroud, a controversial Christian relic believed to be Jesus Christ's actual burial shroud, to reveal His true face.

Science & Technology 120 Comments

New App Lets Users Text With Jesus

August 8th, 2023

What would you text Jesus? A new AI-powered app called 'Text With Jesus' lets users exchange texts with Jesus and some 30 other biblical figures. The app says it isn't replacing prayer, but critics may think otherwise.

Science & Technology 49 Comments

Live-Streaming AI Jesus Is Here to Answer Your Questions

June 26th, 2023

Out with the old, in with the new? An artificial intelligence version of Jesus is providing answers to any questions one might have on streaming platform Twitch, and no subject is off limits.

Political & Religious Controversy 209 Comments

The Heartbreaking Theory For Why We're Alone in the Universe

November 14th, 2022

Are we alone in the universe? A team at NASA is taking a look at the Great Filter theory, which posits that intelligent life existed out there, but that they destroyed themselves. Are we next?

Science & Technology 185 Comments

NASA Unveils Astounding Deep Space Images

July 12th, 2022

NASA just unveiled the first photographs from the James Webb Space Telescope. The breathtaking images show the spot near where the universe was formed shortly after the Big Bang, some 13.7 billion years ago.

Science & Technology 19 Comments

Is Artificial Intelligence Becoming Sentient?

June 15th, 2022

What makes us human? A Google engineer says that an AI he was working on recently gained sentience, but when he reported these beliefs he was placed on leave. Are we on the cusp of a robotic revolution?

Science & Technology 39 Comments

How Will Religion React to Aliens? NASA Turned to Theologians to Find Out

December 30th, 2021

NASA's apparently recruited 24 of the world's leading theologians to predict how the world's major faiths would react to the confirmation of extraterrestrial life. Um, something you need to tell us, NASA?

Science & Technology 69 Comments

What Did Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Actually Look Like?

December 14th, 2021

What did Jesus Christ look like? That depends on who you ask. While Western depictions of Christ have often shown him as fair haired and white skinned, historians and theologians say he likely looked very different.

Science & Technology 232 Comments

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