Andy, Leah and Jörg talk to Bethany, whose personal encounters in Palestine and Israel led to academic study, giving her a rare depth of insight which she brings to her introduction to the history of the devastating conflict in this region. The group tries to engage with how to respond as people who are collectively implicated in the mistakes of the past and largely powerless as individuals in the present.

This is part 2 of the conversation.

Apologies for the background noise of traffic and aeroplanes.

You can find Bethany's research about the encounters between volunteers and Palestinians at https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/view/people/Elce=3ABethany=3A=3A.html

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Andy, Leah and Jörg talk to Bethany, whose personal encounters in Palestine and Israel led to academic study, giving her a rare depth of insight which she brings to her introduction to the history of the devastating conflict in this region. The group tries to engage with how to respond as people who are collectively implicated in the mistakes of the past and largely powerless as individuals in the present.

This is part 1 of the conversation.

Apologies for the background noise of traffic and aeroplanes.

You can find Bethany's research about the encounters between volunteers and Palestinians at https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/view/people/Elce=3ABethany=3A=3A.html

Contact us on justiceworriers@artificialworlds.net or look for JusticeWorriers on Mastodon, Facebook, LinkedIn, or YouTube.

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Andy reads a reflection on prayer sent in by a listener who also happens to be called Andy! He leads us to see prayer in some of our day-to-day activities, and maybe even to believe again that we can engage with the divine.

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Andy reads another angry poem, this time about us singing ourselves deaf while we burn our world to the ground, and step on the poor.

The poem is at https://artificialworlds.net/poems/deaf_song.html

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Andy, Leah and Jörg discuss AI: its utility, ethical problems and potential to change how we see ourselves and God. By building machines that reflect the totality of human knowledge and dress themselves up as truth machines, are we building idols? Does all this text cheapen our communication? Are we becoming yet more isolated? How should we respond?

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Jörg reads a deeply confrontational story by W.E.B. du Bois, retelling the story of Jesus from the point of view of a Black woman whose son is lynched by a mob.

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Andy reads some prayers written back in 2012 that talk about how scary it is to ask things of God, and ask for peace.

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Andy, Jörg and Leah talk through our response to preparations for war, where the only people calling for peace seem to be doing it insincerely. How can we respond to Jesus' words about turning the other cheek and loving our enemies when we feel the need to be protected? Do we abandon these ideas as irrelevant? Do we sacrifice the safety of our fellow-people to make a point?

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