Eonline is reporting the so-called Charlie Challenge was just a viral marketing campaign by Warner Bros to promote a new horror film. A new teaser for Warner Bros. upcoming horror film The Gallows was released right in the thick of the Charlie Charlie brouhaha, and it featured a much creepier version of the game with a much more upsetting outcome than just students shrieking and running from the room. People who are comforted by this news, I would argue, are still missing... Read more
Not all brides are blissful after the wedding day. Recent reports indicate a startling rise in post-wedding depression among some brides. Although the old rhyme says “something borrowed, something blue” it’s hard to imagine that’s what the verse is referencing. According to The Science of Relationship Blog a new study suggests that are three factors that potentially set new brides up to be “blue brides.” Difference 1: It’s all about me. Blue brides, compared to happy brides, were far more likely to view... Read more
Psalm 82 states: “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you” St. Clement of Alexandra says: He who listens to the Lord, and follows the prophecy given by Him, will be formed in the likeness of the teacher – made a god going about in flesh. St. Augustine: If we have been made sons of God, we have also been made gods. BUT WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE? Pete Socks at... Read more
No one likes to be angry, but we all do become angry from time to time–and we all have to contend with the anger of others fairly regularly. Christians have a difficult relationship with anger. Intellectually, we know that anger is a natural part of the human experience; it is an emotion like any other. But we also know that anger can be sinful. Lisa Hendey has a terrific post about an angry week she’s having and the poor fruit... Read more
From The Sexual Health Laboratory Relatively extensive evidence has established that more religious adolescents tend to delay first sexual intercourse. In a paper that Sara Vasilenko and I published last year, we wanted to examine whether this association, usually assumed to be in this direction (from religiosity to sexual behavior), was actually bidirectional. We used the 100 participants from the University Life Study who transitioned to first intercourse between their first and seven semester in college. Our findings demonstrated that 12 months... Read more
Yesterday, I posted an article about what parents needed to know about a new “game” that middle-school children are playing in which they attempt to summon an erstwhile demon named “Charlie” who answers questions about their life and their future. It is an international phenomenon that has caught the attention of reputable news outlets such as the BBC. See my previous article here for the backstory. One of the questions that emerges from the story is, “Why are we so... Read more
Now, here are two guys who could really have used a copy of God Help Me, These People Are Driving Me Nuts! From FOXNews–“Well, they’re worth battery charges for twin 52-year-olds after officials say an argument ended with them hurling the projectiles at each other. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that Michael and James Remelius were arguing in the front yard of a home last week when Michael first threatened to throw a brick at his brother. According to a police... Read more
It seems to have come out of nowhere and gone viral in an instant. There is a new “game” sweeping middle schools called “The Charlie Challenge.” Superficially, it seems like a silly, harmless, childish fantasy. Kids make a grid on a piece of paper that says, “yes/no.” They make an X out of two pencils and attempt to summon an erstwhile demon named “Charlie.” Then they ask him questions which he answers by moving the pencils. It’s rather creepy to... Read more
According to a report published by PsychCentral. A new study suggest that the human drive for authenticity — being true to ourselves and living in accordance with our values — is so fundamental that we feel immoral or impure when we hide our true colors. This sense of impurity then leads us to engage in cleansing or charitable behaviors as a way of clearing our conscience, according to researchers. “Our work shows that feeling inauthentic is not a fleeting or cursory phenomenon,... Read more
According to a story published at PsychCentral, “People who experience feelings of awe tend to exhibit more altruistic, helpful, and positive social behaviors, according to a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “Our investigation indicates that awe, although often fleeting and hard to describe, serves a vital social function. By diminishing the emphasis on the individual self, awe may encourage people to forgo strict self-interest to improve the welfare of others,” said lead author Paul Piff, Ph.D.,... Read more
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