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One of the biggest questions connected to the study of biology is that of whether man is unique from apes. If we look at our genetic structure, we find that there are an astounding number of genetical similarities between humans and their genetical relatives. It creates a notion that man and ape are actually physically [...]
Here in the Deep South, there used to be a long-standing tradition of prayer in schools, led by school administrators. To this day, some high schools have prayer before the beginning of football games, even when the legality of it is questionable. Even when a school system complies, there are often organized protests, like in [...]
Yesterday, Passion Founder and evangelical pastor Louie Giglio was selected by President Obama to perform the inaugural benediction. No surprise there, really. Last time around Obama selected orthodox Evangelical pastor Rick Warren to do the benediction. It seems to be a nice bridge Obama is trying to build with orthodox (dare I say, “conservative”) churches [...]
When I read an article about fashion and clothing written by Christians, why do I nearly always feel guilty and discouraged? Most articles seem to be warnings against sinfulness for women. Don’t be too sexy and force men to lust, don’t dress to attract attention, don’t be consumed with worldly things. I can already see [...]
Washington Times writer Joy Overbeck lambasted Matt Damon’s new film, The Promised Land, as little more than ill-founded propaganda meant to turn public opinion against hydraulic fracturing (better known as fracking). The problems with her review are numerous. Here is Overbeck’s central criticism against the film: The funniest thing about the movie is, all the evidence Mr. Damon planned [...]
It used to be that only paranoid outcasts spoke of doomsday. These folks would fear the falling sky would drop at their feet via nuclear meltdown or natural disaster or viral epidemic or economic collapse or zombie outbreak. But doomsday is no longer a fringe idea. USAToday reports that “a poll done for National Geographic [...]
Over at The Atlantic, Dan Slater wrote an article about the recent state of online dating. In the article, he describes an individual’s personal experience with online dating, and mentions various statistics and psychologists findings on the subject. The article’s aim is to showcase how online dating is changing the way singles view commitment and marriage as [...]
I had a bit of a personal crisis when I saw this link from The Huffington Post titled, “Research Suggests that All Men Watch Pornography.” My first thought was that they could not have possibly talked to all men. I know this, because I do not watch pornography. This made me suspicious that the link [...]
Ah, good ol’ science… With it, we make incredible advances that aid and benefit our lives immeasurably even as we wander into one moral quagmire after another. We increase our understanding of the world around us even as we are tempted to play God in ways that ought to make us shudder. Two recent articles [...]
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