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by Franklin
Sat Jun 27, 2026 1:55 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates
Replies: 21
Views: 20927

Re: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates

In general yes. But I don't think you can use religious belief to social engineer utopia without some terrible consequences. I doubt that there is any statement that modern Christians hate more than what Jesus said in Matthew 7:15-20. I completely agree with this statement, and the best "fruit...
by Franklin
Sat Jun 27, 2026 9:53 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates
Replies: 21
Views: 20927

Re: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates

Wife: there are probably multiple causes, but I would wonder if at least part of it might also have to do with whether or not people carry to term or abort (especially in regards to Japan and China). Also, Muslim countries allow polygamy, may have stiff penalties for ladies getting pregnant, people...
by Franklin
Fri Jun 26, 2026 2:02 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates
Replies: 21
Views: 20927

Re: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates

I'm not interested in AI but have you considered the character of marriage and sexuality in ancient pagan Rome with the same practices in areas influenced by the early church. Obviously Christianity can work, conservative Anabaptists are proof of that. I suspect that pre-Constantinian Christianity ...
by Franklin
Sun Jun 21, 2026 8:34 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates
Replies: 21
Views: 20927

Re: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates

My question was neutral, not leading in any way. Greece currently has an illegitimacy rate over 10%. Most of the Muslim world, India, China, and Sub-Saharan Africa have no comparable nonmarital-birth statistics—so the original response's "3% of the non-Christian world" figure wasn't a meas...
by Franklin
Sun Jun 21, 2026 6:58 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates
Replies: 21
Views: 20927

Re: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates

You gave the wrong prompt to Claude; you should have asked it to identify Christians by church attendance. My prompt isn't wrong, we are just asking different questions. I was looking for the cause of high illegitimacy, and it seems that a Christian history is likely the cause. You are asking a dif...
by Franklin
Sun Jun 21, 2026 6:41 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates
Replies: 21
Views: 20927

Re: Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates

Honestly, I wasn’t even sure what you were talking about it first so I asked Claude what you were talking about and Claude says your data is flawed to begin with. I think the problem with talking to Claude for these sort of things as you can introduce bias without meaning to. I also think it’s almo...
by Franklin
Sat Aug 16, 2025 8:12 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: The Conquest of Canaan
Replies: 25
Views: 5301

Re: The Conquest of Canaan

The ideas presented in the video seem mostly like "we'll pick out a few verses that match our hypothesis, wave away others as a difference in language, and ignore the remainder of what doesn't match." Thank you for pointing out how dishonest this video is. This of course begs the question...
by Franklin
Sun Jul 13, 2025 2:53 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: "Incredible things are happening" in the world of AI
Replies: 57
Views: 11522

Re: "Incredible things are happening" in the world of AI

I will contribute my perspective here, even though it won't be popular. ... I have a great example from my conversation with ChatGPT today. https://chatgpt.com/share/684f1e91-bfc0-8013-b410-52e662a2ed8b Start reading from "Before moving on to other pages". There ChatGPT wrote: OpenAI (lik...
by Franklin
Sun Jul 13, 2025 2:29 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: "Incredible things are happening" in the world of AI
Replies: 57
Views: 11522

Re: "Incredible things are happening" in the world of AI

I will contribute my perspective here, even though it won't be popular. Jesus was intelligent and good. AI is intelligent and neutral. Modern people are stupid and evil. And this fundamentally is the source of the conflict. Jesus criticized the Pharisees in Matthew 23. This view wasn't liked by the ...