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- Victoria’s Secret model Kylie Bisutti gives up career for Christ: admirable?
- Keeping Ten Commandments out of public places good for Christians
- PSs (Pastor spouses): an often overlooked partner in the church
- Washington Post poll reveals broad support for allowing gays in Boy Scouts
- Former Yale dean Tom Ogletree on why he officiated his son’s same-sex wedding
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- Kevin Eck on Grace Fellowship names the Rev. Michael Anthony senior pastor
- brendan on The tragedy of Matthew Warren and the religion of mental health
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Category Archives: Science
The tragedy of Matthew Warren and the religion of mental health
Matthew Warren, the 27-year-old son of megachurch pastor Rick Warren, committed suicide Friday. Warren died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Deputy Daniel Aikin, with the Orange County Coroner’s Office. The tragedy raises questions about how churches deal with … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Celebrities, Elsewhere, Science
Tagged Matthew Warren, Rick Warren, Saddleback Valley Community Church
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Where is heaven? Some see it as a place, others as a state of being
Taking a break on the blog today. It’s a busy day with the election and yours truly is backing up the metro department if any news breaks. Here’s one I’ve been saving and something I hope to do a story … Continue reading
Bill Nye weighs in on Creationism with controversial YouTube video
The creationism group Answers in Genesis built the biblically based Creation Museum, which opened just south of Cincinnati in 2007. It cost $27 million and has averaged about 330,000 visitors a year. The group teaches the stories of the Old … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and media, Culture wars, Elsewhere, Science
Tagged Answers in Genesis, Big Think, Bill Nye, Creationism, Ken Ham
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John’s Religion Quiz
I created a basic religion quiz using a new site called polldaddy. The quiz is from the Pew Research Center. I could only use 10 questions from the 2010 quiz, which can be found here. On average, Americans correctly answered … Continue reading
Ancient Bethlehem seal discovered
Interesting news from Jerusalem, where archaeologists have discovered a 2,700-year-old seal that bears the inscription “Bethlehem.” The finding is significant because it would seem to prove that Bethlehem was not just the name of a fabled biblical town, but a … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and media, Catholicism, Elsewhere, Judaism, Science
Tagged annulment, Bethlehem, Bible, Catholic Church
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Dead Sea Scrolls coming to Pa
Looking for a unique Christmas gift for the curious worshiper in your home? How about tickets to see the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Franklin Institute and Discovery Times Square in Philadelphia in May? Organizers say the new exhibition features … Continue reading
Evolution debate rethinks the historical Adam
Did we descend from one man and one woman? In the cover story of evangelical magazine Christianity Today this month, retired AP religion reporter Dick Ostling says the center of the evolution debate among Christian scientists/intellectuals has shifted from the … Continue reading
Posted in Evangelicals, Science
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Creationism still taught in many schools
A Penn State professor’s national survey of 926 representative high school biology teachers found that many teach creationism in public schools, despite court rulings that such instruction is unconstitutional. From the NYT: Researchers found that only 28 percent of biology … Continue reading
Posted in Around Pennsylvania, Science
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Getting Easter lilies to the church on time
An estimated 9 to 10 million Easter lilies are shipped across North America each year, but timing is tricky. As RNS reports, “getting the trumpet-shaped flowers to bloom on cue takes months of just-right gardening, mathematical deduction and extreme diligence.” … Continue reading
Clergy observe Evolution Sunday
Friday was the birthday of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin, and a few area pastors celebrated Darwin’s theories with their Sunday sermons this past weekend, according to a list compiled by The Clergy Letter Project. The letter — signed by more … Continue reading
Posted in Local events, Science
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