<![CDATA[This is hilarious.]]>This is hilarious. After decades where the conservatives pushed for “religious exemptions” based on “sincerely held beliefs”, a Catholic woman working at tech company just won a religious exemption: she won’t have to use AI in her work.

https://www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-religious-exemption-using-ai-at-work-2026-6

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/558e4ae3-e490-474e-9267-e918afabae4e/this-is-hilarious.RSS for NodeFri, 19 Jun 2026 16:13:52 GMTFri, 05 Jun 2026 18:55:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:34:52 GMT]]>@nholzschuch

She's not a Catholic woman, by a long shot. The article actually just says that the Pope's encyclical might allow Catholics to claim the same exemptions that she did based on her own religion (Unitarian Universalism, which has discarded any creed in favor of a shared set of ethical & moral agreements).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dragon.style/users/Snapai/statuses/116706016772539364https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dragon.style/users/Snapai/statuses/116706016772539364Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:34:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 23:28:19 GMT]]>@nholzschuch This is not funny. It only encourages and legitimises the involvement of religion in the secular world and makes the problems of religious discrimination and religious "solutions" to social issues worse, do not do this.

If you oppose AI that's fine, but it's a secular issue that requires secular solutions, not using a religious hack.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/dshan/statuses/116705755113637259https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/dshan/statuses/116705755113637259Sat, 06 Jun 2026 23:28:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:45:23 GMT]]>@nholzschuch Where does it say that she is catholic? In the article:

"Maus, a Unitarian Universalist..."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://trees.social/users/patrycc/statuses/116705350369782492https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://trees.social/users/patrycc/statuses/116705350369782492Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:45:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:13:38 GMT]]>@nholzschuch Man fragt sich wer hat denen ins Hirn geschissen. Dieser Dame oder denen die sowas zulassen... was haben statistische Schätzalgorithmen mit Religion zu tun?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/schnedan/statuses/116704989563652894https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/schnedan/statuses/116704989563652894Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:13:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:25:01 GMT]]>@nholzschuch I'm going to do that, and I'm an atheist.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LanceJZ/statuses/116704798417722468https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LanceJZ/statuses/116704798417722468Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:25:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:48:15 GMT]]>@nholzschuch Correction: she's not Catholic, she's Unitarian Universalist.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://justme.masto.host/users/ScottMGS/statuses/116704653815361671https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://justme.masto.host/users/ScottMGS/statuses/116704653815361671Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:48:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:41:12 GMT]]>@nholzschuch oh oh - if this grows legs it's not going to go down well with #47's administration. 🤣🤣🤣

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Shonascatchard/statuses/116704626082068836https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Shonascatchard/statuses/116704626082068836Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:41:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:19:41 GMT]]>@nholzschuch
This makes a lot of sense. GenAI is an affront to God and amounts to idoltery.

Okay, so does Capitalsim and state power but it's a start.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/ranja/statuses/116704541483629380https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/ranja/statuses/116704541483629380Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:19:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:07:18 GMT]]>@krazykitty @nholzschuch The Unitarian aspect is what’s most interesting, because the encyclical stressed the moral concerns about AIs damage to humanity and to the planet. Unitarians generally reject the sparkly magic sky daddy elements of religion instead leaning into ethical and moral concerns.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/116703077220987157https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/116703077220987157Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:07:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:18:30 GMT]]>@nholzschuch She's not Catholic, she's Unitarian Universalist. Catholics could try and use Leo's latest encyclical to follow in her steps and request a faith-based exemption from using AI, but it's not clear that it would be sufficient, as he didn't outright recommend that people don't use AI (whereas UU seems to have stronger principles on which to base such an exemption). So, bit of click baiting here.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/krazykitty/statuses/116701705670681569https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/krazykitty/statuses/116701705670681569Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:18:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:54:22 GMT]]>@nholzschuch @Peperlito ce qui est tout a fait entendable. C'est franchement dommage de devoir en arriver la.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116701610781698773https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116701610781698773Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:54:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:53:18 GMT]]>@nholzschuch lol

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116701606635750764https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116701606635750764Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:53:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:26:48 GMT]]>@nholzschuch @blogdiva she won!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spore.social/users/leapingwoman/statuses/116700794589660186https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spore.social/users/leapingwoman/statuses/116700794589660186Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:26:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:42:08 GMT]]>@nholzschuch now if only they could "sincerely believe" the Bible's teachings]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friedcheese.us/objects/9750c77c-149d-4ac0-9bf9-d67f2603228dhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friedcheese.us/objects/9750c77c-149d-4ac0-9bf9-d67f2603228dFri, 05 Jun 2026 22:42:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:40:37 GMT]]>@nholzschuch she's Universalist Unitarian. As you would know if you had read the article. 😉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedihum.org/users/stefan_hessbrueggen/statuses/116699433384062650https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedihum.org/users/stefan_hessbrueggen/statuses/116699433384062650Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:40:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:02:24 GMT]]>@nholzschuch Rare pope W

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/lokomorbier/statuses/116699283071110499https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/lokomorbier/statuses/116699283071110499Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:02:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:59:12 GMT]]>@nholzschuch probablement
mais si on tente un argumentaire genre objection de conscience même bien laïque/scientifique, l’exemple US apporte un petit soutien appréciable jtrouve

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://boitam.eu/users/Peperlito/statuses/116699270509777374https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://boitam.eu/users/Peperlito/statuses/116699270509777374Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:59:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:05:33 GMT]]>@Peperlito Enfin pour un catholique en France on peut expliquer que c’est contraire à sa religion depuis la dernière encyclique, mais avec la séparation des églises et de l’état le patron répondra sobrement : “je m’en tape”.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/nholzschuch/statuses/116699059536311697https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/nholzschuch/statuses/116699059536311697Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:05:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:04:41 GMT]]>@nholzschuch 😞

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://boitam.eu/users/Peperlito/statuses/116699056151437337https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://boitam.eu/users/Peperlito/statuses/116699056151437337Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:04:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:02:58 GMT]]>@Peperlito Uniquement aux États-Unis, et si on est catholique. Ça ne marchera pas en France.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/nholzschuch/statuses/116699049426704931https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/nholzschuch/statuses/116699049426704931Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:02:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is hilarious. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:00:12 GMT]]>@nholzschuch oh wow on peut valablement opposer à son employeur qu’utiliser l’IA est contraire à sa religion!? \o/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://boitam.eu/users/Peperlito/statuses/116699038498582530https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://boitam.eu/users/Peperlito/statuses/116699038498582530Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:00:12 GMT