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Watch the video below of a Christian woman street preacher outside a Topeka, Kansas high school, and also watch the reactions of the students around her. My question to the Christians here...do you think she's being effective in helping to bring kids to Christ? Or do you think she's being...

Remember all the brouhaha following the release of the undercover videos that purported to show Planned Parenthood staff violating the law? It's since died down quite a bit with none of the investigations into PP turning up any illegal activities on their part. However, on another front...

If ever there was a sign that things are rapidly changing in the US... Idaho Gov. C. L. "Butch" Otter vetoes school Bible bill Ten or fifteen years ago I never would have predicted that such a bill would be vetoed by a Republican Governor....in Idaho, a deeply red state that is fairly...

Mississippi ban on same-sex adoptions struck down The state law against same-sex adoptions was the last of its kind in the United States. Good riddance! :thumb:

I've noticed a little game some of our creationist friends here at ToL have been playing. Specifically, when discussions are a bit vague and general, creationists like to make claims like "science supports creation", "creationism is the superior model", "the data fits creationism perfectly"...

Conservatives and liberals do think differently Research shows different ways of solving everyday problems linked to political ideology IOW, both liberals and conservatives utilize the same sort of gradual, analytical process when solving problems, but liberals also use an intuitive process...

Last week at lunch, some colleagues and I were discussing current events and the topic of creationism came up (the recent primary win by the nutjob in Texas was the impetus). When one of our newer biologists mentioned creationism, those at the table who've known me for a while said with a laugh...

Four Idahoans among 14 newly indicted in 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff Move 'em on (Head em' up!) Head em' up (Move 'em on!) Move 'em on (Head em' up!) Rawhide! Cut 'em out (Ride 'em in!) Ride 'em in (Cut em' out!) Cut 'em out Ride 'em in, Rawhide! Have fun in federal prison boys! :thumb:

HPV Sharply Reduced in Teenage Girls Following Vaccine, Study Says And this part is interesting in how it shows our Puritan roots still haunt us... So Rwanda is doing better than us.....Rwanda! And why are we lagging behind? There's our Puritan roots...can't talk about sex because it...

There's stubborn, and there's pigheadedness, and then there's this... Judge tells school board to stop proselytizing and praying Now there's a waste of taxpayers' money! I wonder if they had a lawyer and if they did, how that lawyer advised them. If the lawyer advised them to continue this...

Federal Grand Jury In Nevada Indicts Cliven Bundy And Four Others For Felony Crimes Related To 2014 Standoff And this is just for the Nevada standoff with the BLM; they haven't even gotten to the militia's seizing of the Oregon wildlife refuge yet. Looks like the Bundy's and their...

Stumbled across this today... The Salmonella In Silico Typing Resource (SISTR): An Open Web-Accessible Tool for Rapidly Typing and Subtyping Draft Salmonella Genome Assemblies The researchers describe a new bioinformatics tool that allows for rapid sequencing and analysis of salmonella...

Grand Jury Indicts Leader Behind Planned Parenthood Videos So after all that bluster and nonsense from the "sting videos", not one resulting investigation into Planned Parenthood has turned up any wrongdoing....whereas the people who conducted the "sting" are the ones being charged with...

In the long-running Creation vs. Evolution thread, Christian poster iouae explained that the OT covenant is still in effect and God expects everyone to still follow the OT laws, including the dietary laws. Not only that, but he also said any Christians who don't see it that way are "stupid"...

One of the few intelligent design blogs left is "Uncommon Descent". Recently, Sal Cordova--an ID creationist--was banned from the blog, which seems kinda odd since he's a fairly well-known creationist and ID apologist. But in banning him, his fellow creationists sent him a letter that explains...

Since this comes up here so often, it may be helpful to establish a few basic facts. This government website is particularly helpful... Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools Some key excerpts... So the general rule of thumb is, school...

In Bremerton, WA, there's this high school football coach, Joe Kennedy, who would lead the team in prayer after games. The FFRF complained, and the Superintendent of the school issued a statement saying the the coach is a good guy, just didn't realize he was breaking the law, and had agreed to...

For anyone who's interested. I've found these sorts of studies extremely helpful in understanding where some people I debate with are coming from. Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition (PDF) Analyzing political conservatism as motivated social cognition integrates theories of...

That's right....creationism is just a belief, not a science, and hasn't contributed anything to science. Now, before any of you creationists get upset at me for saying this, you should know that 6days is the one who said it. CLICK HERE I guess we found something we can agree on! :up:

What elephants can teach scientists about fighting cancer in humans So a few things... 1) We see once again how an evolutionary understanding produces very real, tangible results. 2) If God created all this, why would He give elephants extra cancer-fighting genes, but not His special...