Hacker News with Generative AI: Religion

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 16 hours 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 2 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 4 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 4 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 7 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 13 days ago | 0 comments
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows (theatlantic.com)
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
Religion, Politics, Christianity, United States
18 points by handfuloflight 14 days ago | 5 comments
What happens after the Pope dies? (vaticannews.va)
The death of a Pope sets a chain of events in motion—traditions that mark the moments from the Pope’s passing and his funeral to the start of the conclave and the election of his successor.
Catholicism, Religion, History, Vatican
8 points by N19PEDL2 15 days ago | 2 comments
AP News Site Down? (apnews.com)
Pope Francis' funeral to be held Saturday, with public viewing starting Wednesday
News, Religion, Events
7 points by mikequinlan 16 days ago | 4 comments
Pope Francis Died (nytimes.com)
Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, who clashed bitterly with traditionalists in his push for a more inclusive Roman Catholic Church, and who spoke out tirelessly for migrants, the marginalized and the health of the planet, died on Monday at the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta. He was 88.
Religion, World News, Obituary
16 points by simonebrunozzi 17 days ago | 3 comments
Pope Francis has died (bbc.co.uk)
Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced.
Religion, News, World Events
221 points by rowanajmarshall 17 days ago | 18 comments
Mistaking Mary Magdalene (newyorker.com)
The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more imaginative approaches to faith.
Religion, History, Women, Christianity
42 points by benbreen 17 days ago | 29 comments
Why is Good Friday called Good Friday? (historyextra.com)
Every year Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, when he suffered agonising pain on the cross, but they refer to that day as ‘good’. Jonny Wilkes explores the origin and meaning of the name, and how one of the most important days in Christianity has been marked in history
Christianity, History, Religion
116 points by vitoc 20 days ago | 142 comments
How Did Two Elite Students Fall for the Zizians Cult? (thecut.com)
Milo Youngblut was homeschooled until the sixth grade. Their parents were devout Christians who said grace before every meal and were careful to balance algebra lessons with creationism when giving lessons in the kitchen of their Seattle home. The Lakeside School seemed an ideal place to mainstream an intelligent but sheltered child. Small and selective, it’s the kind of place where a double-digit percentage of seniors attend MIT some years.
Religion, Education, Cults
5 points by matrix87 21 days ago | 2 comments
Cholera cluster in Europe linked to people drinking bottles of holy water (arstechnica.com)
European tourists who toted home bottles of water from a holy well in Ethiopia were likely hoping for blessings and spiritual cleansing—but instead carried an infectious curse and got an intestinal power cleanse.
Health, Travel, Religion
9 points by coloneltcb 27 days ago | 2 comments
Quaker Parents Were Ahead of Their Time (theatlantic.com)
The nearly 375-year-old religion’s principles line up surprisingly well with modern parenting research.
Parenting, Religion, History, Sociology
19 points by ggm 33 days ago | 2 comments
Rothko Chapel (wikipedia.org)
The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas, founded by John and Dominique de Menil.
Art, Architecture, Religion, Texas
6 points by handfuloflight 34 days ago | 0 comments
Around the World, Many People Are Leaving Their Childhood Religions (pewresearch.org)
In many countries around the world, a fifth or more of all adults have left the religious group in which they were raised. Christianity and Buddhism have experienced especially large losses from this “religious switching,” while rising numbers of adults have no religious affiliation, according to Pew Research Center surveys of nearly 80,000 people in 36 countries.
Religion, Sociology, Demographics, Global Trends
45 points by vially 40 days ago | 110 comments
God didn't have a plan for Gelsinger at Intel; Maybe there's one for his new gig (theregister.com)
Pat Gelsinger, once CEO of VMware and later Intel, has announced he's taken a new job as executive chair and head of technology at Gloo, a Colorado-based outfit offering technology tools for churches and other faith-based organizations.
Technology, Leadership, Religion
4 points by johnshades 43 days ago | 1 comments
Tokyo court orders former Unification Church to disban (nhk.or.jp)
A court in Japan has ordered the group once called the Unification Church to disband as a religious corporation. The group is expected to appeal.
Religion, Japan, Law, Court Cases
7 points by nipponese 44 days ago | 3 comments
We're Still Not Done with Jesus (newyorker.com)
Scholars debate whether the Gospel stories preserve ancient memories or are just Greek literature in disguise. But there’s a reason they won’t stay dead and buried.
Religion, History, Literature, Christianity
64 points by diodorus 44 days ago | 162 comments
The Vatican's Latinist (2017) (newcriterion.com)
In 1970, the Procurator General of the Discalced Carmelite Order, Finian Monahan, was summoned to the Vatican for a meeting. The subject of the meeting was a promising young American priest by the name of Reginald Foster.
Religion, History, Vatican
143 points by bookofjoe 45 days ago | 69 comments
Revealed – The Largest Pirate Radio Operator, the Irish Catholic Church (blogspot.com)
Yet by 2020 we are in the midst of a pirate radio phenomenon that is being led by the clergy of the Irish Catholic Church.
Ireland, Religion, Media, History
4 points by austinallegro 46 days ago | 1 comments
Friars to barricade in historic Florence monastery destined for luxury sale (cnn.com)
Religion, History, Italy, Real Estate, Architecture
5 points by keepamovin 47 days ago | 0 comments
Christianity "Borderline Illegal" in Silicon Valley. Now the New Religion (vanityfair.com)
There was a time, Tan says, when such a gathering would be “maybe even reviled in San Francisco.”
Religion, Culture, Silicon Valley, Technology
15 points by Apocryphon 49 days ago | 9 comments
The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Virgins (newyorker.com)
As far as we know, Jesus never said anything about gay sex. He did, however, take a stand on family life: he was opposed. Those who are worthy of Heaven, he says, in Luke 20:35, need not bother with marriage; in fact, per Luke 14:26, the true disciple must “hate” the family he already has.
Religion, Christianity, Family, Sexuality
4 points by Petiver 52 days ago | 0 comments
We wash our trash to repent for killing God (world.hey.com)
Denmark is technically and officially still a Christian nation. Lutheranism is written into the constitution. The government has a ministry for the church. Most Danes pay 1% of their earnings directly to fund the State religion. But God is as dead here as anywhere in the Western world. Less than 2% attend church service on a weekly basis. So one way to fill the void is through climate panic and piety.
Religion, Climate Change, Denmark
7 points by thinkingemote 54 days ago | 10 comments
Is God a Mushroom? (longnow.org)
New research into the role of psychedelics upends our understanding of spirituality — and with it, our vision of the cosmos.
Psychedelics, Spirituality, Religion, Philosophy, Science
13 points by wslh 54 days ago | 6 comments
The Trials of an Exorcist, 1597 (gethistories.com)
It’s October 1597, and something is wrong with William Somers, a young man of around 19 or 20, living in Nottingham, England. We’re told he
History, Religion, Exorcism, England
13 points by pepys 55 days ago | 0 comments
The Church FAQ (scalzi.com)
A few years ago, we bought a church building. Since then, every time I mention it online and/or on social media, someone always responds, “wait, you bought a church, what” and then asks some standard questions. At this point it makes good sense to offer up a Church FAQ to answer some of those most common questions. Let’s begin!
Religion, FAQ, Real Estate
323 points by nivethan 55 days ago | 173 comments