Why Is It So Hard to Believe that Many Leading Scientists are Religious?

Why Is It So Hard to Believe that Many Leading Scientists are Religious? by MATTHEW C. NISBET Big Think today features a new set of interviews with NIH director Francis Collins, perhaps best known as the former director of the Human Genome Project and for his books on science and faith....

We Need Two Kinds of Truth: Why I Don't Want Science or Religion to Win

by Francis Collins Surveys I have seen indicate about 40% of scientists believe in a God to whom one may pray in expectation of an answer.  That’s not a god who went off after creating a universe and did something else.  That’s a god who is interested in human beings.  Forty percent would...

Joy Reid Apologizes To LGBT Community For Tweets, Posts | AM Joy | MSNBC

 MSNBC Published on Apr 28, 2018 Joy Reid apologizes for her writings and tweets that were harmful to the LGBT community adding, “I should have known better.” Then a panel of LGBT community leaders discusses the need for progressives to acknowledge the positive aspects of evolving on LGBT...

How long will I be allowed to remain a Christian?

“How long will I be allowed to remain a Christian?” That was the deeply dismaying question posed to me by a friend with four young children as we discussed the plight of the Christian faith in America and around the world. With each passing month, that shocking question becomes more relevant...

Heartsick Boy Asks If Atheist Dad Is In Heaven. Pope Francis Reveals The Answer With A Hug.

A tearful little boy grappling with big existential questions after the death of his father received some touching words of consolation from Pope Francis. The poignant moment between the pontiff and the child on Sunday highlighted Francis’ enduring emphasis on prioritizing mercy. The child,...

In Drag, Former Pastor Finds Peace

A former pastor spent years trying to "set gay people free," but that was before he embraced his own sexuality. After coming out to his family and friend, Zach Coleman left his church and moved to New York. Today, Zach performs as a successful drag queen — known by the stage name "Stella" —...

John Paul Stevens: Repeal the Second Amendment

By JOHN PAUL STEVENS MARCH 27, 2018 Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the type of civic engagement schoolchildren and their supporters demonstrated in Washington and other major cities throughout the country this past Saturday. These demonstrations demand our respect. They reveal the broad...

Protests Shut Down Sacramento Kings Game, Freeways Over Stephon Clark’s Death

NEWS 03/23/2018 12:49 am ET Protests Shut Down Sacramento Kings Game, Freeways Over Stephon Clark’s Death Black Lives Matter activists linked arms and blocked the Golden 1 Center while chanting: “Stephon Clark!” By Carla Herreria   Outraged over the latest police shooting of an unarmed...

The Spirited H Word

MISDIRECTION The dark speaks a word to lightThe Son replies,wellness is a white shipsailing across an endless night. © Calbab 2018 A while ago I finished reading a most interesting article presented by one of my NT friends.  The originating article included an internal...

The One about THE "G" WORD.

I hate the word, “GAY.” Good. I've got that off my chest. In the English Oxford dictionary the word GAY means, “Light-hearted and carefree.” When did “gay” as homosexual begin its journey of 'saving' grace to a class of people? Let’s look back. Historians believe the first use of “homosexual”...