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Cultural Update: Selecting embryos; AI romantic chatbots; Is sunlight and fresh air a human right?

Cultural Update: Selecting embryos; AI romantic chatbots; Is sunlight and fresh air a human right?

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This week, Scott and guest host Carmen Imes discuss:

  • Can AI romantic chatbots become dangerously addictive? Exploring the emotional and ethical consequences of these pseudo-relationships.
  • What do couples do with leftover embryos after IVF? A Psychology Today article opens a discussion on grief, responsibility, and the image of God.
  • New genetic screening allows parents to select embryos based on up to 900 traits—raising urgent questions about modern eugenics and human worth.
  • A report from The Marshall Project details how some U.S. prisons deprive inmates of sunlight and fresh air.
  • Honoring the lives and legacies of Jennifer Lyell, a courageous abuse survivor, and Walter Brueggemann, a groundbreaking Old Testament scholar.
  • Listener Questions: Bible translation preferences, defining God’s sovereignty, and how Christians should think about taxes in light of American history.


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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture is a podcast from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, which offers degrees both online and on campus in Southern California.

Find all episodes of Think Biblically at: https://www.biola.edu/think-biblically.
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To submit comments, ask questions, or make suggestions on issues you'd like us to cover or guests you'd like us to have on the podcast, email us at thinkbiblically@biola.edu.

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