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Christianity
“You have entered the conversation with Jesus Christ,” your text app reads. A praying hands emoji appears in the blue dialogue balloon, followed by, “Greetings, my…
Features
Two researchers did an experiment to extract meanings from different translations of the sacred Hindu scripture, Bhagavad Gita, and found common meaning among them. Many translations…
Baptist
Baptists Address Artificial Intelligence with an Official Statement on their Positioning The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has prompted an official statement from the Southern Baptist…
Buddhism
Japan has debuted an android deity to give Buddhist sermons. A temple in Kyoto has brought an unexpected new voice to the Buddhist religion. An Android…
Religion News
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos may have been raised as Catholic. The world media spotlight has fallen on the break-up of Jeff Bezos' marriage with MacKenzie Bezos…
Religion News
The study found humans to be a naturally peaceful species. Humanity is not a naturally violent species. An Oxford University collaboration has attempted to use artificial…
Religion News
The result was incomprehensible The number of religions on planet earth stacks up to a mind-boggling 10,000 distinct varieties.[/tweetit] Modern philosophers have long wondered what would…
Art
The book is already a blockbuster Dan Brown can now breathe easy. His new novel Origin has already topped sales on Amazon.[/tweetit] Fans of the American…
Ethics
With a large enough view of the universe and God’s role, there is room within religion for artificial intelligence. World Religion News recently released an opinion…
WRN Editorial Staff
Sep 5, 2017
Entertainment
Changes in Technology May Change Religion Wall-E, R2-D2, and Baymax – these robots are amongst the most beloved film characters from the past few decades. There…
Issues
Facebook moves forward on hate speech crackdown; hires 3,000 In a current series termed as Hard Questions, Facebook staff and management have been explaining to the…
Christianity
This move is aimed to initiate a debate The town of Wittenberg witnessed BlessU-2, a robot priest capable of reciting blessings in a total of five…