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More Ordination Issues
August 31, 2010 – 11:44 am | 5 Comments
More Ordination Issues

Barring women from being Catholic priests is not the result of sexism 2,000 years ago, it’s because women cannot fulfill a basic function of the priesthood, “standing in the place of Jesus,” a leading British Catholic thinker argued Monday.

Empathy Sets Vegetarians Apart
July 26, 2010 – 11:29 pm | 2 Comments
Empathy Sets Vegetarians Apart

Assuming that vegetarians and vegans—because of their underlying moral philosophies—show greater empathy towards animal suffering, it is very well possible that this enhanced empathy extends to other humans also.

Catholicism’s Ordination Disorder
July 21, 2010 – 12:37 am | 4 Comments
Catholicism’s Ordination Disorder

Either these gentlemen are more ethically tone deaf than one can imagine, or they are sly beyond the dreams of foxes in an effort to redirect attention from the criminal behavior of clergy against children to their wrath over the ordination of women. Neither option is terribly appealing.

Vrindavan’s Suburbanization
July 11, 2010 – 11:54 pm | 2 Comments
Vrindavan’s Suburbanization

Who will protect Vrindavan from the onslaught business schemes, pollution, and general environmental apathy?

The Coming Roundup Revolution
June 16, 2010 – 11:33 pm | 57 Comments
The Coming Roundup Revolution

Monsanto’s herbicide that revolutionized weed control in the 1990s is facing its own worst enemy: the weeds are revolting against it.

God, Science, and Philanthropy
June 10, 2010 – 10:42 pm | No Comment
God, Science, and Philanthropy

Some adore the Templeton Foundation for funding research that no one else will, while some despise it for the very same reason, claiming that the effort to combine science and spirituality merely sullies the former.

The Detriment of Determinism
May 28, 2010 – 12:35 am | 2 Comments
The Detriment of Determinism

Studies find that deterministic thinking leads to an increase in unethical behavior.

Has Science Created Life?
May 21, 2010 – 11:37 pm | 7 Comments
Has Science Created Life?

“We’re basically getting new life out of the computer,” J. Craig Venter says. “We started with a genetic code in the computer, wrote the ‘software,’ put it into the cell and transformed it biologically into a new species. We’re still stunned by it as a concept.”

Breatharian Defies Modern Science
May 12, 2010 – 11:52 pm | 2 Comments
Breatharian Defies Modern Science

Indian yogi’s claims to not having eaten or drank in seventy years are met with complete denial by some.

Putting Death in the Lab
May 9, 2010 – 11:45 pm | 12 Comments
Putting Death in the Lab

Can science prove the afterlife? A new study seeks to do just that by placing pictures in hospital rooms where only a disembodied entity would be able to see them. Will accurate accounts of the pictures prove the existence of the soul?

Science’s Dirty Secret
April 18, 2010 – 11:53 pm | 30 Comments
Science’s Dirty Secret

It’s science’s dirtiest secret: The “scientific method” of testing hypotheses by statistical analysis stands on a flimsy foundation.