Depraved: New York Times Pushes Assisted Suicide for the Elderly

bioethics, Culture, Daniel Kahneman, disabilities, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, family, friendship, geriatric suicide, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, Medicine, mentally ill, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Peter Singer, philosophers, philosophy, Princeton University, suicide, Switzerland, The Atlantic
The victims of such a nihilistic mindset will be the elderly, people with disabilities, the mentally ill, and the seriously sick in an ever-widening swath. Source
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A Needed Protest Against “AI Slop” and AI “Word Vomit”

aesthetics, AI slop, algorithm, art, articles, Artificial Intelligence, bioethics, Books, business, Center for Science and Culture, creative writing, Culture, headlines, human exceptionalism, humans, Javanese, Krakatoa, life coach, machines, Microsoft, Microsoft Copilot, Mind Matters News, Neuroscience & Mind, nonsense, personal assistant, Peter Biles, photographs, Plato's Revenge, Podcasts, Ted Gioia, writers
It’s all another lesson in human exceptionalism. I believe we will wake up from the AI delusion someday. Source
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West: Why We Can’t “Just Make Peace with Darwin”

bioethics, Charles Darwin, Cleveland, corrosiveness, Culture, Darwinism, Darwinists, Douglas Axe, Eric Pianka, Evolution, evolutionary theory, Faith & Science, humans, John West, life, mankind, misanthropy, molecular biologists, political scientists, Sean McDowell, self-hatred, The Lyceum, University of Texas
Watch this and then ask a Darwinist friend if he or she can think of one way that the evolutionary perspective has ennobled or uplifted anyone. Source
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Is Christianity Making a Comeback? with Cliffe & Stuart Knechtle

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Cliffe Knechte, college campuses, Culture, Dr. Frank Turek, Give Me an Answer, morality, philosophy, Podcast, religion, Stuart Knechtle, theology, West
Are we witnessing a renewed interest in God, Christianity, and Jesus in today’s culture? For this midweek podcast, Frank welcomes back our favorite father-son duo, Cliffe and Stuart Knechtle from the popular Youtube channel, ‘Give Me an Answer‘, to share their unique insights into the recent rise of Christianity in the West, particularly on college campuses. They’ll also discuss how the rapid growth of their ministry has led to incredible opportunities to share the Gospel on major secular and Christian platforms. Tune in as Frank, Stuart, and Cliffe answer key questions like: What major cultural shifts has Cliffe observed over the past 40 years, and why has he softened his approach? Why are young people today so anxious, and what is their biggest fear? What are some of the most common misconceptions…
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Darwin, Kinsey, and Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

Alfred Kinsey, Bible, Charles Darwin, Culture, Culture & Ethics, deviants, ethics, Faith & Science, Floyd Martinson, Harvard University, junk science, males, mammals, morality, pimps, prisoners, prostitutes, psychopaths, secularists, sex, sex offenders, sexual abuse, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, Stockholm Syndrome Christian, The Descent of Man, United States, Victorian England, zoologists
Perhaps the figure most responsible for the breakdown of traditional sexual ethics in Western culture was a Harvard-trained evolutionary zoologist. Source
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When Culture Hates You with Natasha Crain

Bible, Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Culture, Dr. Frank Turek, morality, Natasha Crain, philosophy, Podcast, religion, Secularism, theology, truth, When Culture Hates You
Has the recent political shift softened the growing animosity toward Christians, or is hostility here to stay? The election may be over, but Christians can’t afford to let our guards down just yet. While America might be moving toward cultural sanity, the battle for truth, justice, morality, and reason is far from over! This week, our good friend, Unshaken Conference speaker, and author, Natasha Crain, joins Frank to discuss her timely new book, ‘When Culture Hates You: Persevering for the Common Good as Christians in a Hostile Public Square‘. Together, they’ll explore how Christians can respond to persecution, speak truth boldly, and navigate cultural backlash and opposition with grace, courage, and humility, tackling questions like: Why do Christians need to speak truth in culture and link it to the Bible? What’s the ‘new vibe shift’ that’s…
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Recovering the Right Brain in a Scientistic Culture

Artificial Intelligence, Atheism, beauty, brain, Culture, Culture & Ethics, faith, Faith & Science, human experience, Ian McGilchrist, Intelligent Design, left brain, Living in Wonder, Matthew Crawford, Meaning, New Atheism, Paul Kingsnorth, Peter Savodnik, right brain, Rod Dreher, scientism, secular culture, Technology, The Free Press, The World Beyond Your Head
Science and technology were hailed as the saviors of mankind, but instead, they’ve helped to push out crucial aspects of the human experience.  Source
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Decade-Long Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Darwinian Evolution

"survival of the fittest", amoebas, Arizona State University, Complexity, Culture, Daniel Dennett, Daphnia, Daphnia pulex, Darwinian evolution, environment, Evolution, genetic drift, genome, humans, Intelligent Design, Michael Lynch, microcrustaceans, mind, natural selection, random mutations, school systems, subtlety, water fleas
After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Source
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