“43 percent of the time that someone claims agreement among all scientists, no such agreement exists”
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“Wobbly research is way too often used as the justification for new government policies and programs.” WORLD
Theology Thursday – To Diognetus on Christian Citizenship
Nobody knows who Diognetus was, but he was apparently a Hellenist who was interested in learning about the Christian faith. The unknown author (some believe it could be Polycarp) wrote this letter to explain a bit more about the Christian faith, likely sometime during the late 2nd century.
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Do Parallel Universes Exist?
Most of us are familiar with the distinction between facts and the interpretation of facts. Objective facts are often interpreted based upon the worldview, paradigms, assumptions, culture, and even personality of the interpreter. Facts do not change. Our interpretation of facts may.
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Twenty-two percent of millennials had not heard of the Holocaust.
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“Millennials were also misinformed. Over forty percent believed that only two million Jews were killed, rather than over 6 million.” WRN
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How to Have Personal Standards Without Being a Legalist
Reposted from Pursuing the Pursuer, with permission.
“Your skirt length is a heart problem.”
“Music with a 2-4 beat is demonic.”
“Christians should never step foot in a movie theater.”
Maybe you remember hearing things like this in your church.
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Two Lessons from Two Radically Different Funerals
By Jordan Standridge. Reposted from The Cripplegate.
Funerals are a gift from God. I know that sounds crazy, but they are a God-given tool to force us to reflect on the brevity of life, and how finite we are as human beings. I truly do believe that humans should attend as many funerals as possible during their lives. It is that good for your soul.
I had the privilege of attending two recently, and they could not have been more different from each other.
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The disturbing rise of genderless babies
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“In a piece in this month’s issue of The Cut, the author, Alex Morris, explores the idea of raising babies who are ‘theybies’: neither boy nor girl. As the “theybe” grows, the baby will determine his or her own gender, choose it when the baby wants, and then live that way — at which point, the parents will go along.” W. Examiner
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New discovery sheds light on dark matter
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“ ‘Finding a galaxy without any [dark matter] is completely unexpected; it challenges standard ideas of how galaxies work,’ Allison Merritt, one of the researchers, said in a statement. A paper describing the discovery appears in the journal Nature.” BPNews
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