Hacker News with Generative AI: Religion

Monks Behaving Badly: Explaining Buddhist Violence in Asia (direct.mit.edu)
The dramatic rise in religious violence across the globe since the end of the Cold War has motivated scholars to try to explain violent religion-related extremism.

Buddhism, Religion, Violence, Asia, History

45 points by surprisetalk 10 days ago | 76 comments

Canon Law Ninja (canonlaw.ninja)
Life consecrated through profession of the evangelical counsels is a stable form of living, in which the faithful follow Christ more closely under the action of the Holy Spirit, and are totally dedicated to God, who is supremely loved.

Religion, Catholicism, Canon Law

34 points by danielam 11 days ago | 17 comments

How a Skeptical Philosopher Becomes a Christian (larrysanger.org)
It is finally time for me to confess and explain, fully and publicly, that I am a Christian.

Philosophy, Religion, Christianity, Personal Stories

3 points by thinkingemote 17 days ago | 0 comments

Opus Dei: The Handmaid's School (buenosairesherald.com)
Claudia Carrero walked into the kitchen, the biggest kitchen she had ever seen. A joyful girl wearing a uniform with tiny pink and white squares, she had to look up from her height of 4 ft 20” to see the dishwasher, which was twice as tall as her. She thought it was a modern, strange, and huge thing, just like everything she had seen after crossing the entrance gate holding her parents’ hands, an hour earlier.

Opus Dei, Education, Religion, Culture

9 points by Anon84 17 days ago | 1 comments

Michael Pollan: This Is Your Priest on Drugs (newyorker.com)
In October, 2015, Hunt Priest, then a minister at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Mercer Island, in Washington State, was flipping through The Christian Century, a progressive Protestant magazine, when an advertisement caught his eye: “Seeking Clergy to Take Part in a Research Study of Psilocybin and Sacred Experience.”

Religion, Psychedelics, Research, Christianity

7 points by mitchbob 19 days ago | 1 comments

How scrolling becomes a religious act (etymology.substack.com)
It’s no secret that Silicon Valley thinks of AI as God.

Religion, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media

79 points by ZeroTalent 19 days ago | 60 comments

Do these Buddhist gods hint at the purpose of China's super-secret satellites? (arstechnica.com)
Until recently, China's entries in the realm of spaceflight patches often lacked the originality found in patches from the West.

Space Exploration, China, Culture, Religion, Conspiracy Theories

7 points by bundie 21 days ago | 0 comments

The many lives of Eurasian daimonology (aeon.co)
Like their homologues in the Western world, Asia’s daimons are an ambiguous lot, by turns benign and malign, powerful and vulnerable, innate and remote, earthbound and aerial, inert and evanescent. What is most intriguing is that, across the vast Eurasian expanse, from Iceland to Japan, these daimons seem to resemble one another.

Folklore, Mythology, Eurasia, Religion, Cultural Studies

7 points by pseudolus 21 days ago | 0 comments

Apple's Diet of Worms (joanwestenberg.com)
On a crisp April morning in 1521, the twenty-one-year-old Emperor Charles V entered the Bishop’s Palace in Worms.

History, Germany, Religion

4 points by tambourine_man 22 days ago | 0 comments

The Joy Is Not Optional: The Growing Kids God's Way Protocol (aella.substack.com)
I grew up under a strict childrearing program called Growing Kids God’s Way, created by Gary Ezzo. It was popular in the 90’s, and had a series of books that kept getting released with tamer and tamer editions as people kept getting mad about it. My parents had one of the earliest ones.

Parenting, Childrearing, Religion, Books, 90s

7 points by decimalenough 23 days ago | 4 comments

Pope addressed AI as a matter of concern (apnews.com)
Trump and Saudi crown prince sign a host of agreements as US leader begins 4-day Mideast tour

Pope, Artificial Intelligence, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Politics

5 points by MarcoDewey 25 days ago | 0 comments

Pope Leo XIV says advancement of AI played a factor in his papal name selection (nbcnews.com)
Pope Leo XIV revealed that his papal name was partially inspired by the looming challenges of a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence.

Religion, Artificial Intelligence, News, Pop Culture

13 points by psychanarch 27 days ago | 5 comments

Address of Pope Leo XIV to the College of Cardinals (vatican.va)
Thank you very much, Your Eminence. Before taking our seats, let us begin with a prayer, asking the Lord to continue to accompany this College, and above all the entire Church with this spirit, with enthusiasm, but also with deep faith. Let us pray together in Latin.

Religion, Catholicism, History

256 points by 90s_dev 28 days ago | 219 comments

Pope Leo XIV lays out his vision, identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity (apnews.com)

Pope, Religion, Artificial Intelligence, Humanity, Future

5 points by layer8 28 days ago | 0 comments

Greek Temples Bridged Earth and Cosmos (mitpress.mit.edu)
Through sacred geometry and cosmic alignment, Greek temples transformed ordinary spaces into gateways to the divine.

Architecture, History, Religion, Ancient Greece

5 points by pseudolus 28 days ago | 0 comments

Pope concerned of "artificial intelligence, robotics, human relationships" (detroitcatholic.com)
ROME (OSV News) -- Chilean Cardinal Fernando Chomalí described the conclave that elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV as a profoundly spiritual and joyful experience, rooted in prayer and unity.

Pope, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Religion, Human Relationships

7 points by Apocryphon 28 days ago | 3 comments

Nearly 60 cases dismissed due to corruption in Alabama police department (apnews.com)
Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as details emerge of how votes coalesced in secret conclave

Corruption, Law Enforcement, Alabama, Politics, Religion

14 points by miles 28 days ago | 2 comments

Catholic church to excommunicate priests for following new US state law (newsweek.com)
The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be excommunicated.

Religion, Law, Child Abuse

56 points by nabla9 29 days ago | 96 comments

Pope Leo XIV Is a Sox Fan, Despite the Hope from Cubs Fans, Brother Confirms (blockclubchicago.org)
CHICAGO — The Cubs looked for awhile like that they had a pope in their corner. But not so fast. Pope Leo XIV is actually a White Sox fan, his older brother said.

Sports, Religion, Chicago

10 points by mooreds 29 days ago | 2 comments

Augustine of Hippo (wikipedia.org)
Augustine of Hippo (/ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/ aw-GUST-in, US also /ˈɔːɡəstiːn/ AW-gə-steen;[22] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430)[23] was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.

Philosophy, History, Religion, Theology

8 points by lordleft 30 days ago | 3 comments

Chicago native Cardinal Prevost elected pope, takes name Leo XIV (catholicreview.org)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV.

Religion, Catholicism, Papal Election, Chicago

215 points by rock57 30 days ago | 2 comments

First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV (cnn.com)

Religion, History, Catholicism

606 points by saikatsg 30 days ago | 1040 comments

Show HN: Checking Pope's election results with smoke test script for chimney (github.com/donobu-inc)

Programming, Humor, Pope, Religion

26 points by vasusen 30 days ago | 12 comments

Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to RFK Jr. for surgeon general (apnews.com)
No new pope elected yet after black smoke pours out of Sistine Chapel's chimney

Politics, Health, Religion

14 points by perihelions 30 days ago | 3 comments

Believing in Spirits and Life After Death Is Common Around the World (pewresearch.org)
Belief in life after death is widespread around the globe, as is the belief that spirits can reside in animals and in parts of nature such as mountains, rivers or trees, according to a Pew Research Center survey of three dozen countries with a wide range of religious traditions.

Religion, Spirituality, Surveys, Culture, Global Trends

4 points by hn_acker 31 days ago | 0 comments

Designers Do a Double Take at the Lettering on Pope Francis' Tombstone (nytimes.com)
The arrangements for the funeral of Pope Francis were meticulous, and the ceremony drew a global audience. But it is the arrangement of the letters on his tombstone that are now attracting outsize attention.

Design, Art, Religion, Pop Culture

4 points by qsi 32 days ago | 2 comments

Bad Faith (Film) (wikipedia.org)
Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones.

Documentary Films, Politics, Religion, United States

7 points by axiologist 33 days ago | 3 comments

Designers Do a Double Take at the Lettering on Pope Francis' Tombstone (nytimes.com)
The arrangements for the funeral of Pope Francis were meticulous, and the ceremony drew a global audience. But it is the arrangement of the letters on his tombstone that are now attracting outsize attention.

Design, Religion, Pope Francis, Art

20 points by helloworld 34 days ago | 5 comments

Chariot and Saucer (jewishreviewofbooks.com)
Sometime in the early Babylonian exile, a priest named Ezekiel had a vision on the banks of the Chebar Canal. Four winged creatures, each with four faces, emerged, borne on a fiery wind, drawing a bejeweled chariot (merkavah). In the air above them, God sat on a sapphire throne and said, “O Mortal, stand up on your feet that I may speak to you” (Ezek. 2:1).

Religion, History, Bible, Judaism, Literature

9 points by samclemens 37 days ago | 4 comments

Curbing the Power of the Popes (historytoday.com)
The survival of the papacy has always been dependent on a precarious balancing act between the pope’s religious and secular powers.

History, Religion, Power, Politics

8 points by Vigier 43 days ago | 0 comments