A brick may be used in a pagan temple, but then reverently placed in a Christian church. A cave may be used as a stable, but then turned into the birthplace of God. No metaphysical system is safe from plundering by Christianity, because Christianity is afraid of no good idea, object, or word. Continue Reading »
What a can of worms unregulated IVF has become. Latest example: A couple using IVF and a surrogate have ordered the hired gestater to abort because the fetus/unborn baby had Down syndrome. From the story on BioNews:A couple from British Columbia, Canada, have been embroiled in a complex . . . . Continue Reading »
Ambitious parents of very young children are, according to New York Times story, depriving their children of the pleasure of picture books in favor of more challenging “chapter books,” in an attempt to help them succeed in school. As Maureen Mullarkey writes in Bye Bye Picture . . . . Continue Reading »
The pendulum has swung in our understanding of Cro-Magnon man and his art , as shown in a new book on the paintings in the Ice Age caves in the Dordogne. Fathers in Spain are entitled to leave work for two half hour periods a day for the first nine months of their child’s life for . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
Adult stem cells have advanced so much further than this ESC experiment—restoring feeling to people with long time spinal cord injuries—with almost no media coverage. (Apparently, the advance was achieved with the wrong kind of stem cells.) But it is worth noting that a human . . . . Continue Reading »
Back in 1955, Michael Caine the actor says, he asked a doctor to kill his dying father. That may or may not have happened. And somehow, this 55 year-old event is supposed to promote voluntary euthanasia? From the story:R Michael Caine has revealed how he asked a doctor to help his . . . . Continue Reading »
In Australia, babies that survive abortion are being drowned in buckets of formaldehyde or abandoned on shelves until they die: Babies that are surviving late-term abortions at Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital might be being left on shelves to die, according to an Anglican minister. . . . . Continue Reading »
Does how much you care about having brand-name items depend on how religious you are ? The brand name logo on a laptop or a shirt pocket may do the same thing for some people that a pendant of a crucifix or Star of David does for others. For people who aren’t deeply religious, visible markers . . . . Continue Reading »
(Yeah, I know: This clip has been floating around the web for a long time. But some people haven’t seen it yet, so it’s new to them .) (Via: Creedal Christian ) . . . . Continue Reading »
To promote stem cell awareness, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine held a poetry contest. One of the two top winners wrote a poem using the words of Jesus at the Last Supper to apply to embryonic stem cell research: Stem C. This is my body which is given for you. But I am not . . . . Continue Reading »
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