The challenges of being a religious scientist

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“22% of graduate students in science say that they believe in God and 20% describe themselves as ‘very’ or ‘moderately’ religious. These percentages are similar to what is seen among science faculty” - RNS

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The Great Evangelical Disaster: Evangelicals Conforming to the World

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“More than 150 Iowa ‘faith leaders’ have announced they are supporting Donald Trump in the state’s forthcoming caucuses…. These endorsements came days before the release of Tim Alberta’s book ‘The Kingdom, The Power, And the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism.’” - Cal Thomas

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Why terrorists aren’t freedom fighters

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“ ‘Randomness and innocence are the crucial elements in the definition [of terrorism],’ he says. ‘The critique of this kind of killing hangs especially on the idea of innocence, which is borrowed from “just war” theory.’” - BPNews

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The hijacking of ‘Christ is King’

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“the unfortunate reality is that this beautiful, biblically based truth has been hijacked by elements of the extreme religious right, often with anti-Semitic implications.” - Michael Brown

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