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The Truth Reflected Through Another Lens
For more than a century, photographs have stood as the gold standard for what is real, serving as the world’s collective proof of authenticity. A camera was the vessel through which truth was captured, a silent witness to time. Yet the rise of artificial intelligence has disrupted that assumption, not by erasing reality, but by reframing it. When we see an AI-generated image, our instinct is often to dismiss it as fake. We assume that because a camera was not involved, the image cannot be trusted. But that confuses process with meaning. The truth of an image does not depend on the tool that created it. It depends on who or what it represents.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
Tobacco is projected to kill 1 billion people in the next century.. AI-Generated.
The Staggering Projection: Why Tobacco is Poised to Kill One Billion People This Century Imagine a single habit wiping out one billion lives over the next hundred years. That's the grim forecast for tobacco use. Each year, smoking claims about eight million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. If nothing changes, those numbers stack up fast into a century-long nightmare.
By Story silver book 3 months ago in Humans
Who Are You When You’re Alone With Yourself?
1. The Quiet That Stays After Everything Else Fades When the world finally goes quiet— when the phone stops buzzing, the city lights fade,
By Melanie3 months ago in Humans
The Echo of the Hunt: A Narrative Essay. AI-Generated.
🎧 The Echo of the Hunt: A Testament of the Chasing Self The hunt began not in the wilderness, but deep within the soul. It was not the craving for sustenance, but a barren, aching void where peace once resided. My quarry was not flesh and blood; it was a Golden Opportunity, a shimmering phantom light promising the peak of fulfillment. I believed this prize was the final, gleaming lock that, once turned, would redeem every past shame and grant me the true spelling of my name.
By Ninejoe3 months ago in Humans
My Winter Ritual of Lights
See my garden. The garden is my ritual de la habitual all year long. I've been tending this garden since 2021. I absolutely love this garden and I love everything about gardening. Winter is no different to me than the other seasons. All four seasons are equal to me. In my garden, I pay homage to each season with different sections of my garden. I designed it that way from day one. Winter has its very own section, which I have shown you in the photograph above.
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman3 months ago in Humans
(Part 3) The Collapse of Duty: Reclaiming the Moral Order Between Men and Women
Every law is a teacher. It tells a people what their society values. It rewards some behavior and punishes others. It shapes the moral direction of the nation, whether its authors admit it or not. When the law rewards righteousness, virtue flourishes. When it rewards corruption, virtue dies.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
(Part 2) The Collapse of Duty: Reclaiming the Moral Order Between Men and Women
Marriage is not a contract of convenience. It is a covenant of reverence. It rests on one simple truth: a man’s honor and a woman’s respect are bound together. Remove one, and the other will fall. A husband who is not respected cannot lead, and a wife who is not honored cannot trust.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
(Part 1) The Collapse of Duty: Reclaiming the Moral Order Between Men and Women
For most of human history, marriage was not a lifestyle choice. It was a moral covenant. It bound man and woman to something higher than themselves, forming the foundation of family, community, and civilization. The vows were not about feelings, but about faithfulness. They were not written to protect comfort, but to produce character. And yet today, we live in a world where marriage has been emptied of its meaning, turned into a contract of convenience that can be broken “regardless of fault.”
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Boy and the Ape
The Boy and the Ape By Mukhtar Ahmed (Translated and Adapted) In the quiet little village of Wazirabad lived a fifteen-year-old boy named Saeed — healthy, handsome, and full of quiet determination. Life, however, had not been kind to him. When Saeed was only ten, his mother died of meningitis. A year and a half later, tragedy struck again — his father fell into a well and lost his life.
By Ubaid 3 months ago in Humans
The False Dilemma
The Mirage of Choice Every day, whether in politics, philosophy, or faith, people are pressured into false choices. You either believe this, or you must believe that. You either accept this statement entirely, or you reject truth altogether. These are not honest discussions. They are traps.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
Planting Truth In Hostile Soil
The Calling To Plant There has never been an age where truth was loved by the crowd. From the prophets of Israel to the apostles of Christ, those who spoke truth have always done so against the wind. Yet each generation faces its own form of resistance. Ours is not built on swords or prisons, but on sarcasm and pride. It mocks what it cannot refute and ridicules what it cannot understand.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
AI And Apologetics
The Tools of the Age Every generation faces the same question in a different form: how should faith engage with new tools of power? In one era it was the printing press. In another, the radio or television. Today, it is artificial intelligence.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans