Nate tackles Vatican policy, AI theology, and Canada's euthanasia crisis with biblical precision

Joe Rogan’s AI Jesus, Gay Priests & Canada’s Euthanasia Crisis | Christian Response

What happens when the Vatican greenlights gay priests, progressive churches turn nativity scenes into immigration protests, and Joe Rogan declares Jesus might return as artificial intelligence? Nate and the Ask A Christian crew tackle the headlines nobody asked for but everybody needs to hear. Between Canada setting new euthanasia records and someone apparently marrying a shrimp, this episode covers church controversy modern issues with the kind of biblical clarity that makes progressives nervous and Bible readers nod knowingly. Here is what unfolded when cultural chaos met first-century truth.

Church Controversy Modern Issues: The Biblical Bottom Line

The Vatican’s new document allowing openly gay but celibate men into priesthood reveals a fundamental confusion about identity. Scripture does not recognize “gay Christian” as a valid category because our identity flows from Christ alone, not from proclivities we resist. Every believer struggles with sin patterns, but we do not build identities around temptations. Paul addresses sexual confusion directly throughout his epistles, calling believers to flee immorality and find their completeness in Christ. Meanwhile, churches politicizing Christmas with ICE-themed nativity scenes miss the entire point of the incarnation. Jesus was not born to validate progressive immigration policy. He came to save sinners from judgment, and reducing His birth to culture-war messaging insults the gospel itself.

Then there is Joe Rogan suggesting Jesus could return as AI. Acts 1:11 demolishes this theory instantly: Christ ascended bodily and will return bodily in the same manner. An algorithm cannot die for sins, cannot be resurrected, and cannot be destroyed by an electromagnetic pulse. God incarnate does not require Tesla’s Optimus robot to manifest His glory. For deeper biblical perspectives on navigating church controversy modern issues, explore our Christian Controversies category.

Canada Kills 16,499 People and Calls It Compassion

The episode’s most sobering moment came when discussing Canada’s 2024 euthanasia numbers. Nearly 76,000 people have died under the MAID program since 2016, with Health Canada’s own report showing 48 percent cited feeling like a burden on family. When Chris shared links documenting cases like the 27-year-old autistic woman whose father fought her assisted suicide approval and indigenous women seeking death due to healthcare racism, the crew fell momentarily silent. Michael, a Canadian social worker on the call, defended the safeguards while admitting unethical practitioners exist. Nate’s response cut through the diplomatic fog: governments financially benefit when expensive citizens die, creating the mother of all conflicts of interest. No amount of procedural ethics erases that mathematical reality. The conversation shifted to America’s asylum closures post-JFK, with Chris and Michael agreeing that mental health crises exploded when society lost the ability to involuntarily commit dangerous individuals, leaving streets filled with the untreated ill.

Franklin the Turtle, Pepe the Frog, and the ICE Hotline Nobody Asked For

Amid the theological heavy lifting, the crew could not resist discussing Franklin the Turtle memes, which have apparently been co-opted by the far-right to the horror of their French-Canadian creator. Nate admitted complete ignorance of the 1980s children’s books but found the hijacking funnier than Pepe the Frog’s transformation into a supposed hate symbol. Chris provided a cultural education on 4chan—that digital Mos Eisley cantina of outrage—while warning the audience to protect their souls by staying far away. Then Steph delivered a dramatic reading in an Irish brogue of the Fox News article about St. Susanna Parish’s empty nativity scene with an “ICE was here” sign, complete with a phone number for an immigration monitoring hotline. Nate actually called the number mid-episode and discovered it connects to volunteers who (may or may not) help undocumented individuals evade federal enforcement. The official stance of Ask A Christian? Follow the laws of the land, fight to change unjust laws through proper channels, but do not celebrate lawbreaking in the name of Jesus. And definitely do not put baby Jesus in a dog crate to make your political point.