Archive for September 2019
Federal Court Delivers Victory For Freedom Of Religion, Speech
Somebody apparently complained on Valentine’s Day 2018 when Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) student Polly Olsen distributed greetings to fellows students that included the words “Jesus Loves You,” “You Are Loved” and “You Are Never Alone,” along with illustrative Bible verses. So campus security told Olsen she had to stop. When she asked why, she…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Thoughts On God In And Out Of Time
When Stephen Hawking wrote his best-selling “A Brief History of Time” in his quest to do away with God, the renowned Cambridge mathematician had to invent a second kind of time, which he called “imaginary” time. The imaginary time was a necessary posit because Hawking knew that if there is the time we know of…
Read MoreToday Demonstrates Why The Big Bang Had To Have A Beginning
Yes, it’s Monday and the first day of the week is the hardest one in which to wrap one’s mind around a complex philosophical question such as “can time be infinite.” But it will be just as complex tomorrow and every other day, so how about let’s go ahead and address it today. Dr. Frank…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Why Our Brains And Our Minds Aren’t One And The Same Thing
If the material universe is all there is, where do our non-material minds come from?
Read MoreMUST READ! Friday Fun Poetry
Here’s an absolutely delightful way to end the workweek. The Bookish Recovering Know-It-All has a knack for verse, and his Friday Fun Poetry for today is really good. Here’s the first few stanzas: work week’s done it’s time for fun maybe i’ll run pretend i won the power ball …. Go here for the rest.…
Read More‘Undesigned Coincidences’ Provide Strong Evidence Jesus Really Did Feed 5,000 In The Wilderness
If you’ve been alive and breathing in recent decades, odds are good that you’ve at least heard about the miracle of Jesus in feeding 5,000 people in the wilderness near Bethsaida. Jesus had been speaking to the crowd for a good part of the day and when evening began to approach, he asked Phillip and…
Read MoreWORKING ON THE HILL: Look Who’s Getting Promoted
Recent Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Drew Story is the new legislative assistant for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.). Story comes from a year-long stint working for Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.). He has a Ph.D. in chemical and environmental engineering from the University of California at Riverside in 2018. Arjun Mody is the Senate Republican Conference’s…
Read MoreThis Is Why Computers Will Never Be As Smart As Humans (And Why God Must Exist)
If you work on the Hill, then you know Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning and 5G are all “next-big-things” in technology, and, when they are combined in the near future, computers will rule our world by functioning in ways that seem almost human. Well, just not quite human. That little bit of “just not quite”…
Read MoreHARD FACTS: Persecution Is Every Day for North Korean Christians. This Is Sang-chul’s Story
Americans of all stripes tend to ignore the reality that the world is full of torture, persecution and martyrdom for millions of Christians in other countries. It’s not here, so we only think about it occasionally, if at all. Sang-chul is a North Korean who faces the prospect of death every day because that is…
Read MoreNo, The First Christians Did NOT Practice Socialism (No Matter What Your Professor Claimed)
Millennials and, especially, Generation Zers are more open to “socialism” than any previous generation of Americans, according to surveys like this one from Axxios/Survey Monkey. If it’s true, it’s significant because so many congressional staffers are in the Millennial and Gen Z age ranges. That shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the typical college professor…
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