Christianity: (and health) A post on the BioLogos Forum considers the question of whether cancer is part of God's good creation.
Ken Schenck on what the Bible does, and doesn't say, about capital punishment.
Relevant has posted some pertinent quotes from Jim Elliot, a missionary who, at 28, was murdered by South American tribal people, 60 years ago. (That tribe later became mostly Christian, partly because Elliot's wife was a missionary to them.)
Education: (sort of) The History Blog reports that a skeleton unearthed in Scotland may be that of a 16th Century pirate.
National Public Radio reports that children learn better in school if they have more recess time than most schools give them.
Finance: National Public Radio discusses the lottery: The odds of winning, whether winning would make you happy, how much you'd get if you won, and a lot more interesting stuff.
Health: The New York Times reports on the financial reasons why hospital stay lengths are shrinking.
Philosophy: (and science) Physicists wonder about how real the "real" world really is, according to NPR. (I have taught college physics, and this conversation is about a century old, by the way.)
A post on Speculative Faith considers whether the droids of Star Wars are slaves or not.
Science: Time, and many other news organizations, report on the discovery of four new elements in the Periodic Table. Wired also reports, indicating that discovering even more elements will be even more difficult.
Wired has selected the volcanic (as in real volcanoes) event of the year 2015.
Wired also tells us about a wasp with an amazing ovipositor. (There are a couple of videos in this post.)
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2 comments:
Interesting essay on cancer. I think that Satan can twist into ugliness and destruction what God has created that was originally good and beautiful. Satan's power is limited but he does have some.
Thanks. Satan does have power, unfortunately. But he's not all-powerful.
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