A TikTok account is going viral for its Christian-themed videos, many showing AI-generated photos of Jesus Christ speaking in AI-generated voices, telling viewers to stop scrolling and watch a minute’s worth of content.
A scholar of American religion explains how a new phenomenon of Jesus images on TikTok is tapping into the prosperity gospel, a Christian belief that God will reward faith with this-worldly comforts. https://t.co/leiHasbBhu
With the Israel-Hamas war continuing after the Islamist terrorist group attacked Israel on October 7th, the tide of public opinion among many young Americans, many of whom hold progressive views, shifted significantly in favor of Palestine.
Young Americans are picking up the Qur’an ‘to understand the resilience of Muslim Palestinians’ | Books | The Guardian https://t.co/lbmXdtxInf
More than 22 years after he unleashed one of the worst terrorist attacks in the world, where nearly 3,000 Americans were killed after a series of hijackings that destroyed the World Trade Center and parts of the Pentagon, Osama Bin Laden became viral again, this time after content creators posted videos on TikTok about a letter he allegedly wrote around a year after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
After former students sued for allegedly beating, starving, and sexually assaulting them, a now-defunct Christian boarding school in rural West Virginia settled lawsuits with a record $100 million, lawyers of the victims announced.
Religion has continuously declined worldwide in the 21st century, including in the United States. There are different ideas as to the factors that contribute to this decline. However, a recent paper suggests that automation in the form of artificial intelligence and robotics is a primary driver in the current downward trend of global religiosity.
The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, recently announced a new set of guidelines on August 29th for mosques, allowing them to ring out adhan, or the Muslim call to prayer, more freely.
Muslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in New York City without a permit https://t.co/2p7FDBwpdY
A request by parents of children attending public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, to let their children opt out of classes where LGBTQIA+ books are being read and discussed was dismissed by a US District Court on August 24th.
On August 14th, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled in favor of a Catholic school that fired an art teacher in 2014 because she became pregnant while unmarried, court documents have shown.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey on Monday sided with a Catholic school that fired a teacher in 2014 because she became pregnant while unmarried, according to court documents. https://t.co/2lOS7sTaIs
After Oklahoma voted to establish the first-ever state-sponsored, virtual religious charter school in the United States last June, several civil rights groups have moved to oppose state funding for the institution, setting a fierce debate on religious liberties in public education.
The Guardian details FFRF's lawsuit against the U.S.'s first state-sponsored religious charter school.
