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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 12
D.C. Baptist Pastors Oppose Bill Allowing Commercial Driverless Cars as Churches Call AVs Antihuman
Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 12

D.C. Baptist Pastors Oppose Bill Allowing Commercial Driverless Cars as Churches Call AVs Antihuman

1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 12

Summary

  • Washington Baptist pastors are lobbying against a D.C. bill that would let driverless cars operate commercially in the city.
  • The pastors argue autonomous vehicles are “antihuman” and replace people in ways they see as morally wrong rather than socially beneficial.
  • Rev. A. Michael Charles Durant of Tenth Street Baptist Church framed the campaign in religious terms, saying Jesus “either walked or rode a beast” and would oppose technology “opposed to people.”

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