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(6 February 2019): \u00a0\u201cBYU researchers find new target for pancreatic cancer treatment\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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(14\u00a0\u201cBYU researchers unfold new class of mechanical devices: \u2018Developable mechanisms\u2019 are built into the surfaces of structures\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cUltima Thule is shaped like two lumpy pancakes: New images reveal the skinny side of the Kuiper Belt object\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cCitizen scientist discovers ancient astrophysical object\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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The universe remains inconceivably vast. \u00a0Our galaxy alone<\/em> is inconceivably vast, so try to imagine hundreds of thousands<\/em> of them:<\/p>\n

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\u201cNew sky survey reveals hundreds of thousands of galaxies\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd\u00a0worlds\u00a0without number have I\u00a0created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the\u00a0Son\u00a0I\u00a0created\u00a0them, which is mine\u00a0Only Begotten. . . .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBut only an account of this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, give I unto you. For behold, there are many worlds that have passed away by the word of my power. And there are many that now stand, and innumerable are they unto man; but all things are numbered unto me, for they are mine and I\u00a0know\u00a0them.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And it came to pass that Moses spake unto the Lord, saying: Be merciful unto thy servant, O God, and\u00a0tell\u00a0me concerning this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, and also the heavens, and then thy servant will be content.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying: The\u00a0heavens, they are many, and they cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto me, for they are mine.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And as one earth shall pass away, and the heavens thereof even so shall another come; and there is no\u00a0end\u00a0to my works, neither to my words.\u201d \u00a0 (Moses 1:33, 35-38)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Some treat science as if it were a sort of infallible oracle, like a divine revelation\u2013or if not infallible, at any rate such that when it comes to fixing belief, science is the court of last appeal. But this can\u2019t be right. . . . \u00a0science doesn\u2019t address the topics where we most need enlightenment: religion, politics, and morals, for example. Many look to scientists for guidance on matters outside of science, matters on which scientists have no special expertise. They apparently think of scientists as the new priestly class; unsurprisingly, scientists don\u2019t ordinarily discourage this tendency. But of course a scientist pontificating on matters outside her field is no better than anyone else pontificating on matters outside her field.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Alvin Plantinga, Where the Conflict Really Lies<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Posted from Detroit, Michigan<\/p>\n

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