Friday, August 30, 2024

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Not Even Penguins are Safe From the LGBTQ Revolution (00:00)
So-Called ‘Queer Icon’ Penguin Dies, But It’s Not Just the Penguins Who Were Confused
- Sphen, Penguin Whose Gay Love Story Earned Global Fame, Dies by The New York Times (Isabella Kwai)

No, a Parrot Does Not Have the Intelligence of a Human Child (6:00)
Animal Rights Movement Makes Insane Claim About Animal and Human Cognition
- Parrot is ‘attention hog’ and smart as human toddler, owners say by The Washington Post (Sydney Page)

AI Needs Personhood Credentials Now? (10:12)
Tech Industry Borrows Biblical Categories in Wake of Dangers of AI
- AI researchers call for ‘personhood credentials’ as bots get smarter by The Washington Post (Will Oremus)

Does a Belief in Conspiracy Theories Disqualify a Man From Being an Elder? (12:15)
— Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

What are the Dividing Issues Between the West and Other Worldviews? (16:50)
— Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing


Should My Wife and I Renew Our Marriage Vows Since I Became a Christian After We Got Married? (20:56)
— Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

What Are Your Thoughts On Kentucky’s Amendment 2 Proposal? (22:52)
— Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

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[gordoncrawley]

Dr. Mohler is brilliant! Certainly worth listening to. I listen every day and it opens my mind and gives me ammunition when speaking to unbelievers.

[gregscharf]

Thanks for your fine answer on eldership, Dr. Mohler! Greg Scharf, author with Arthur Kok of The New Elder’s Handbook (Baker, 2018).

[tlotlisomphuthi]

Listening from South Africa, it was posted 4 minutes ago with 5 views!

[tlotlisomphuthi]

What an interesting topic on the penguins and we need to also realize that we are fearfully and wonderfully made (Ps. 139:14) as Christians and the Bible doesn't mention that about animals. We can't personify animals when it comes to morals

[simonbrown]

It’s ironic that flat earthers rely on circular reasoning.

[D]

What the state funds...the state controls...vote no on Kentucky Amendment 2.

[BP-rymw]

This is the first news I’ve heard about this penguin nonsense. I’m doing a better job than I thought of censoring myself from such perversions of thought.

[OkOk-rnto]

Am surprised you didn't talk about Trump supporting the Florida pro-abortion amendment.

[frankshannon]

What would have happened if those two penguins had been separated the moment they began to exhibit this undesirable behavior and placed with unbonded females? Besides being the humane thing to do it probably would have resulted in a normal and productive lifestyle for both of them.

Those two penguins' behavior is destructive to their species and should not be celebrated. Too much of that kind of behavior would result in extinction because the margin can be thin. Also the futility of their dead end behaviour is very sad. Successful parenting of actual offspring is what being a penguin is mostly all about. Their whole lifecycle is dedicated to that function and their amazing success at parenting against the challenges of nature is inspiring.

And about the parrots, these birds are intensely trained. What it speaks mostly about is the amazing transformation that animals exhibit when they are exposed to human care. By comparison what can an intensely trained child do? Mozart wrote his first composition, Minuet in G major, when he was 5. He was performing for heads of state at 6. He wrote his first opera at 12.

[davidcrutchfield]

Great response on the question of marriage and renewal after conversion.