For a Technological Civilization, We Must Have Metals

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It is very doubtful that any beings in the universe could develop a civilization remotely comparable with our own without the use of metals. Source
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Christian Naivety is Harming the Church’s Engagement with Today’s Culture

Christianity, ChristianMomThoughts, Christians, Culture, Discernment, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Natasha Crain, Politics, society, theology
By Natasha Crain I had no idea my last article, “5 Ways Christians are Getting Swept into a Secular Worldview in This Culture Moment,” would resonate with so many—it’s been liked and shared over 250,000 times to date (!). Although I no longer leave comments open on my site (I just don’t have the time to moderate and respond), I had the opportunity to observe a flurry of conversation threads on social media related to what I had written. Those conversations threads generated all kinds of ideas for future articles, but the one that pressed on me most over the last few weeks was this one. As I considered the types of pushback I received from some fellow believers (not skeptics!), I started to realize that their comments had little to…
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A College Student Gets Educated on Darwinian “Morality”

Atheism, BBC News, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, college students, conscience, Culture & Ethics, curriculum, ethics, Evolution, evolutionary ethics, Frans de Waal, God: The Failed Hypothesis, God’s Not Dead, indoctrination, materialism, Michael Egnor, moral relativism, morality, murder, Nicholas Wade, primates, situational ethics, The Descent of Man, Timothy Madigan, Victor Stenger
The student, who attends a public university, is worried about how this kind of indoctrination bodes for the future. I am too. Source
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God is the Good

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By Brian Chilton At our church, we often say, “God is good all the time, and all the time God is good.” But do we really contemplate what that means? What is the good? What does it mean to say that God is good? Around 420 BC, the famed Greek philosopher Socrates conversed with a gentleman named Glaucon about the nature of goodness and justice. Socrates held that an objective standard of the Good existed which transcends personal opinion and belief. Plato, Socrates’s student, analyzed their conversation in his book The Republic. Plato likened the Good to the sun as both provided individuals clarity of sight. As the sun allows one to see in the visible realm, the Good allows one to see in the realm of rationality and metaphysical truths. Like…
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By Design, Earth Is a Planet Fit for Fire

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As we have seen so far in this series, fire was an absolutely crucial component in humanity’s rise to civilization and technology. Source
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In Carbon Isotope Excursions, Darwinists Lose Another Excuse for the Cambrian Explosion

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The claim that a spike in carbon isotope concentrations led to the explosion of biological diversity in the Cambrian doesn’t hold up, as if it would have helped, anyway. Source
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Memory Purge: Eugenicist Margaret Sanger Gets Canceled by Planned Parenthood

Ben Carson, Black Lives Matter, black neighborhoods, cancel culture, Charles Darwin, civil rights, Culture & Ethics, Darwinism, eugenics, Evolution, Fox News, Human Zoos, John West, Karen Seltzer, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Sanger Square, New York City, Planned Parenthood, scientific racism, The Stream, Washington Times
Planned Parenthood seeks a way to quiet a controversy without searching its own soul. Source
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Censors Claim Teachers “Advocate Evolution” More Now Than in 2007 — Don’t Believe It

biology teachers, career suicide, censorship, Center for Science & Culture, critical thinking, Discovery Institute, Education, evolutionary theory, ID The Future, National Center for Science Education, Nature (journal), Podcast, Robert Crowther, Sarah Chaffee, Science Education Policy, strengths and weaknesses, survey
How likely are biology teachers with doubts about Darwinism to participate in a survey by an organization instrumental in attacking Darwin-doubting teachers? Source
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