Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 188
January 25, 2016
I am now on Facebook!
There is this thing called Facebook, and the way it works is. . . .OK, I’m not what you would call an early adopter. But at the urging of students (you, Thomas Hererra!), Patheos, relatives, and the climate of the age, I now have a Facebook page. It’s a writer’s page, like those they have [Read More...]
Your brain has as much memory as the internet
New research into the brain’s synapses has found that the human brain has 10 times the memory capacity previously thought. In computer terms, it comes to at least a petabyte, the memory capacity of the world wide web. Now use your internet-sized brain to think about that. Didn’t the world wide web have to be, [Read More...]
From pro-abortion to pro-life
Friday was the March for Life, marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. To mark that occasion, read Frederica Mathewes-Green writing about why she changed her views about abortion, going from strongly “pro-choice” to strongly “pro-life.” Read her whole essay, linked after the jump. I post a powerful excerpt. From Frederica Mathewes-Green, Roe v. Wade [Read More...]
January 22, 2016
Winter Storm Jonas
I’m glad to be in sunny Oklahoma and no longer in the Washington, D.C., area. Winter Storm Jonas–an unusually powerful system that is supposed to bring blizzards, ice, and massive amounts of snow–will afflict one out of four Americans this weekend. I’ve heard that where I used to live in Virginia may get up to [Read More...]
Has climate change killed the aliens?
In this vast universe, say many scientists, surely intelligent life has evolved elsewhere. So where is it? A new theory is being put forward: the aliens are all dead. This is because, in the course of evolution, when intelligent life advances to the industrial level, it inevitably causes climate change that causes its species to [Read More...]
Religious hospitals may refuse to perform procedures against their beliefs
In what may be an important precedent, a California court ruled against a woman who sued a Catholic hospital for not performing a sterilization procedure that she requested, arguing that since the hospital took federal funds it could not discriminate against her. (This is also the argument being used to force religious hospitals to commit [Read More...]
Sudanese Anglicans to become Lutheran?
The Anglican Church of South Sudan, a church body of some 1 million members that broke from the Episcopal Church of Sudan over global Anglicanism’s liberal theology, discovered Luther’s Small Catechism and is now considering becoming Lutheran. In December, a delegation visited the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, which is looking into providing theological education. From [Read More...]
January 21, 2016
Rubio on Christianity, Christians on Rubio
Like Trump and Cruz, Marco Rubio is talking about his faith. After the jump, see his response to an atheist and his campaign commercial that includes talk about accepting the free gift of salvation offered by Jesus Christ.” Does he go too far in mingling Christianity and politics? What differences do you see between these [Read More...]
Stock market crash?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has plunged 1,658 points since January 1. Retirees dependent on their retirement accounts are shaken. What do you think the prospects are? Does this herald an economic disaster? From Matt Egan, From horrible to just bad: Dow ends down 249 points – Jan. 20, 2016: The Dow plunged as much [Read More...]
Planned Parenthood strikes back
Planned Parenthood is suing the people who made those videos exposing the organization’s fetal tissue trafficking and other embarrassing facts. From Leigh Jones, Planned Parenthood Sues over Undercover Videos -, World News Service, Christian News Headlines: Planned Parenthood filed suit Jan. 14 in federal court against the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), accusing the group [Read More...]
