Monday, May 31, 2010

Wired columnist says that Facebook's privacy changes were deliberate

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A recent Wired article says that Facebook is causing controversy over privacy settings, etc., on a regular basis, on purpose, and explains.
Sunday, May 30, 2010

gods are commanded to worship God

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Psalm 97:7 is a remarkable verse: 7  All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship him, al...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Artificial Intelligence and the Soul

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An article by Russell Bjork, in Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, is now available freely on-line. Bjork's title is "Ar...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Sunspots 262

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: National Public Radio reports on the recent attempt t...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

One way to drive potential converts away

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" The evangelical posture toward modern science has missional consequences. " Indeed it does, and they are mostly negative. The ...
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Monday, May 24, 2010

DNA comparisons are consistent with common ancestry for apes and humans

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A recent post from the Biologos Foundation discusses the genetic similarities between humans and other animals, in particular the great apes...
Sunday, May 23, 2010

Glory be to God for dappled things, by Gerard Manley Hopkins

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The Biologos Foundation has posted a brief discussion of a poem, "Pied Beauty," by Gerard Manley Hopkins , which includes the wo...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Sunspots 261

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Entanglement (the notion that two originally closely...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

What is the controversy over creation?

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Weekend Fisher writes a good blog. If nothing else, she's ambitious! She has begun a series on controversies in the church. The first on...
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Monday, May 17, 2010

Poking fun at atheists

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He Lives publishes a splendid blog. In a recent post, the author pokes fun at on-line atheists. On-line atheists poke fun at Christians, ...
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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Female headship in the family: Biblical examples

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The first word in the description of this blog, "Sun and Shield," is musings . As I understand and use that word, it means that I ...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Big Government -- is it bad for us?

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The answer to the title question is, of course, yes and no. It depends on what the big government does, and on who is talking. A recent ar...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Sunspots 260

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (or something) CNN reports that about 300 chefs in Leba...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The tallest buildings in every country in the world

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Wired reports that someone with a lot of time to burn has mapped the tallest building in every country in the world. Interesting, but I...
Monday, May 10, 2010

Probable effects of the Gulf oil spill

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Wired has a good article on the likely effects of the gulf oil spill . There will be some, and long-lasting ones, too, on wildlife, and pro...
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Sunday, May 09, 2010

Mrs. Manoah, Samson's mother

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See Judges 13 . Samson's mother is seldom mentioned as one of the heroines of the Bible, but she was one. Her name is not even given....
Friday, May 07, 2010

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

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As I have often said before, Ursula K. Le Guin may be the best writer of fantastic fiction, in English, during the last half of the twentie...
Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Sunspots 259

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Wired reports on how climate change is affecting, or ...
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Not quite a century

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My mother, Helen LaBar, would have been 100 years old today. She didn't quite make that milestone. Above is a photo of her sons (I am ...
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Monday, May 03, 2010

Parasitic wasps create zombie cockroaches

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That title could serve as the name of a musical group, I guess. However, it refers to another article by Carl Zimmer, a fine science writ...