I grew up in one of the most racially diverse places in America. I was taught at an early age and believe to this day that treating people differently because of their skin is wrong and ignorant. Imagine my surprise, then, when I was called a racist for repeating the dream of Doctor Martin Luther …
Read more ““Not Your Parents’ Planet Earth” part 1 – Fighting Racism With Racism”
Today on Something’s Happening Here, we’re tying together our opening theme – God’s power over computers as well as people – with our typical Friday format, the AI Update. We’ll look at a recent story which, to the people involved, I’m sure seemed a LOT like our experience with Facebook, which we detailed on Monday. …
Read more ““Behold the Power of God” part 5 – He is Master Over Binary Code”
Happy leap day, friends! And happy birthday to those of you who only get one birthday every four years. This is your day, live it up! But don’t forget to join the rest of us on Something’s Happening Here, because today we will see how God has displayed His power and kept His ancient promises …
Read more ““Behold the Power of God” part 4 – Babylon Knows That He Means What He Says”
I’ve mentioned in the past that my family lineage in America stretches back four hundred years, all the way to the Mayflower. I love this land of my ancestors for four centuries. And many of us who love the United States believe that it is and always has been blessed by God, or some version …
Read more ““Behold the Power of God” part 3 – He Builds Where He Sees Fit”
In 2009, President Obama declared that certain large financial institutions were “too big to fail,” by which he meant too important to be allowed to fail. He said this not because they really couldn’t fail, but acknowledging that they actually might, absent of outside intervention. Well, in the ancient world Babylon itself was considered “too …
Read more ““Behold the Power of God” part 2 – He Defeats the Impenetrable”
Today is the day that the Lord has made, friends! And I will rejoice and be glad in it! We at Something’s Happening Here have been under the burden of some cyber-malfeasance for many months now, but God is good all the time, and nothing is too difficult for Him, according to Jeremiah 32:27.What’s the …
Read more ““Behold the Power of God” part 1 – God’s Humble Servant, Facebook”
No, not the “King of A.I.,” but rather, the “A.I. King.” On our final show of the week, Something’s Happening Here will look at some parallels between the downfall of pompous human leaders and the state of things in the world of artificial intelligence, and ask if the patterns we’ve discussed all week might manifest …
Read more ““God Removes King and Raises Up Kings” part 5 – Downfall of the A.I. King”
We can’t claim to take a prophetic view of a current event and not spend some time in Daniel chapter 11! Regular viewers of this show know that I believe Daniel 11 is prophecy for right now, and accordingly we will conclude our discussions about President Biden’s recent disastrous press conference by studying it out. …
Read more ““God Removes King and Raises Up Kings” part 4 – Peace Through Strength (Allegedly)”
God promises to humble the exalted, and exalt the humbled, and has provided many instances of doing such throughout time. Therefore it’s always shocking to see professed believers in political leadership who exalt themselves anyway, and who inevitably face their dramatic downfall in short order. Today on Something’s Happening Here, we take a look at …
Read more ““God Removes King and Raises Up Kings” part 3 – Narcissism and Worm Food”
Did you know that I am an eyewitness of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City? It’s true. I was one of those hundreds of thousands of people you saw on tv fleeing downtown on foot. On that morning, my roommate at the time said something to the effect of the attacks …
Read more ““God Removes King and Raises Up Kings” part 2 – The Insanity of Hubris”
This week on Something’s Happening Here, we’re back to our core mission: exploring the spiritual side of current events. And the current event of the moment ready to be explored spiritually is President Biden’s press conference on February 8, 2024, which has been labeled as a ”disaster” by reporters and pundits across the political spectrum. …
Read more ““God Removes King and Raises Up Kings” part 1 – Biden’s Worst Presser”
Can computers feel eros? Or philia? Or agape? Can computers feel anything at all? (I’ll tell you ChatGPT’s answer to that on today’s show.) Well, it’s increasingly clear that humans can and do feel at least some of these types of love toward Artificial Intelligence, regardless of how the AI feels in return. Is the …
Read more ““The Holiday About Love” part 5 – Digital Love in the Digital Age”
What a show title, right? “Is Erotic Love in the Bible?” For our Valentine’s Day show, we explore the titillating topic of Eros, the physical love between lovers. Spoiler alert: Yes, this type of love is present in the Bible, though the Greek word on which it is based, eros, is not. What does the …
Read more ““The Holiday About Love” part 3 – Is Erotic Love in the Bible?”
Today on Something’s Happening Here, we’re talking about love! Since Valentine’s Day is this week, our focus all week long is about love, starting with Philia, brotherly love. English is a beautiful language, but in many ways also a lazy one, and in English we squish all the different facets of love into a single …
Read more ““The Holiday About Love” part 1 – Love Like Unto a Brother”
Recently I came across a report that ChatGPT has a store (didn’t know that) and that it is overrun with AI Girlfriends, despite OpenAI’s company policy against such things. I wrote to my producer and told him this is why, despite my general concern, I’m not overly worried about AI conquering the world – because …
Read more ““Superman or Bizarro-man?” part 5 – Super Dating With A.I.”