Photograph of human soul entering an embryo

Would you like to see an actual photograph of a human soul entering an embryo at conception?  Here it is (with permission of the artist at Pixwit): To see the full-size high-rez photo, along with numerous other fascinating images, check out the collection at Pixwit.com.  Each image is accompanied with a…

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Why do they hate us? We still don’t care.

Shortly after 9/11, we asked why “they hate us.”  We still haven’t considered who “they” are, much less "why" "they" allegedly hate us.  At Alternet, Matt Taibbi has posted a sharp criticism of America's refusal to take this question seriously. Taibbi correctly notes that America versus the World (similarly consider American versus…

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Not All Creationists are Christians

While I was wasting spending time looking for intelligently written and clearly presented arguments for a Young Earth, I came across a suite of sites that are well worth the time to peruse. They are beautiful, ornate, and relatively well-reasoned. Visit www.evidencesofcreation.com and some of its links. It's not a…

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‘Master’ Plan

I can’t get enough of Way of the Master Ministries. Way of the Master’s Biblical Evangelical movement, hosted in website, radio, and television format by former child actor Kirk Cameron and evangelist Ray Comfort, have swept internet culture recently, appearing in nearly equal footing on freethinking and faithful websites alike. Apparently, many other people get a kick out of Comfort and Cameron’s teachings, too; as of this February, Way of the Master has not only “witnessed” to tens of thousands of potential sheep, but the website’s evangelical methods have enrolled over 6,500 eager “students”.

Way of the Master’s gimmick hinges on its oddly friendly use of guilt and fear– like the fire-and-brimstone preachers of old, but nowhere near as menacing as “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” The website opens with this introduction by Cameron:

“Did you know that every day 150,000 people die? People just like you and me. Every twenty-four hours, 150,000 people pass from time into eternity. Do you ever think about that? Isn’t there something within you that says, ‘I don’t want to die!’? That is your God-given will to live. And we hope you listen to it, because we make some big claims on this site…”

Ray Comfort’s personal website, Living Waters, runs a constant counter of people who have died since you have opened up his page. Comfort also reminds us that, “The vast majority of those people are entering Hell.” These warm, fuzzy Christian thoughts prove …

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Where is fast cheap broadband? Not in the U.S.

According to Free Press, the Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union, "the United States continues to lag behind the rest of the world in accessible and affordable broadband service, with no signs of closing the digital divide at home."  The current dysfunctional policies promulgated by the FCC have left Americans…

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