Carmen spends some time looking at the current conflict between Israel and Iran.  There are so many symbols and symbolic language around it.  What does it all mean?  John Plake of the American Bible Society (https://www.americanbible.org/) offers more insights from the State of the Bible 2025 (https://www.americanbible.org/news/state-of-the-bible/#download-your-free-state-of-the-bible-2025-ebook) report. In particular, the finding that the more people personally engage the Bible, they higher they rate on the human flourishing scale.  This is especially pronounced for Gen Z and Millennials.  

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