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Strangely enough, Hinduism is the latest venue for robots and automation — and lots of worshippers, and religious experts, are freaked out by it.

Experts Worried Ritual Robots May Worship Gods Better Than Humans

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's easy to imagine a spacewalk being trippy or even jaw-droppingly frightening, but for one Christian astronaut, it was nothing short of religious.

Astronaut Says He Had Religious Experience During Spacewalk

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin bros are so not OK that some of them have begun believing that the cryptocurrency was sent down by the Christian God himself.

Religious Zealots Think Bitcoin Was Created by God

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA brought together 24 theologians for a year-long program to find out how exactly religious communities would react to alien life.

NASA Paid Priests to Figure Out How to Deal With Aliens

By Tony Ho Tran

Max Hodak, Neuralink co-founder, has an idea for an entirely new religion — and it involves tripping on natural substances to feel the grace of God.

Neuralink Co-Founder Has an Idea for a New Religion

By Victor Tangermann

The Archdiocese of New Orleans just issued a dangerous statement calling the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine "morally compromised."

Catholic Archdiocese Calls COVID Vaccine “Morally Compromised”

By Dan Robitzski

Prominent physicist Sabine Hossenfelder argues that simulation theory more closely resembles religious belief than a serious scientific hypothesis.

Physicist Trashes Simulation Theory, Says It’s Basically a Religion

By Dan Robitzski

Anthony Levandowski decided to shut down the artificial intelligence-focused church he started and donated its funds to the NAACP.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence-Worshipping Church Officially Shuts Down

By Dan Robitzski

Las Vegas real estate mogul Robert Bigelow is offering up $1 million in prizes for the best evidence for the survival of consciousness after death.

Space CEO Offers $1 Million for Evidence of Life After Death

By Victor Tangermann

An engineer trained an artificial intelligence algorithm on the King James Bible and had it write bizarre doomsday scripture.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Trained on the Bible Spits Out Bleak Religious Prophecies

By Dan Robitzski

The Catholic Church has a new idea to promote religion in the age of smartphones: a $109 smart rosary bracelet that connects to an app.

Catholic Church Launches $109 Bluetooth “Click to Pray” Gadget

By Jon Christian

Clergy within the Russian Orthodox Church want to end the practice of blessing Russia's nuclear weapons, but others are happy to frame nukes as holy.

The Russian Orthodox Church May Stop Blessing Nuclear Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

Professor Diana Pasulka sees the growing human belief in aliens as mirroring what happens when a religion begins to take shape.

Professor: Belief in Aliens Could Replace Traditional Religion

By Kristin Houser

Virtual Reality

Watch a Real Pastor Baptize an Anime Girl in Virtual Reality

By Kristin Houser

A small robotic idol can listen to people's troubles and recite relevant passages from religious texts. Its creator says it could keep the elderly company.

This Robot Reads the Bible to Old People in Nursing Homes

By Dan Robitzski

It's a strange, cyberpunk depiction of a robot goddess with exposed aluminum actuators and electronics and an androgynous human-like face.

People in Japan Are Worshiping a Cyberpunk-Looking Robot Goddess

By Jon Christian

There’s Now A Religion Based On the Blockchain. Yes, Really.

There’s Now A Religion Based On the Blockchain. Yes, Really.

By Kristin Houser

Video: Jesus Saves, but Drone Delivers This Catholic Church from Boredom

Video: Jesus Saves, but Drone Delivers This Catholic Church from Boredom

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk talks worshipping AI

Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Eviscerates People Who Discuss “A.I. Gods”

By Patrick Caughill