Category Archives: Science

Stem Cell quiz


Check out the Stem Cell Quiz at Google videos, and be sure to email it to a friend/co-worker/etc. who may not know everything they should know about stem cell research.  (And don’t forget to tell your congressman to vote against … Continue reading

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Why not use IVF embryos for stem cell research?


As usual in an election season, politics gets dirty, and political ads and reactions to them get slimy and underhanded.  The latest example of this has come out of Missouri, where Michael J. Fox has done an ad for Democratic … Continue reading

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ESCR = excommunication


According to this article in the UK’s "Telegraph" newspaper, the Vatican (that is, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, head of the Pontifical Council for the Family) said: Destroying human embryos is equivalent to an abortion… Excommunication will be applied to the women, … Continue reading

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intelligent design and the Vatican


According to the Reuters report "Intelligent design" not science: Vatican paper, the Vatican is not endorsing intelligent design.  At least, that is the overall feel of the article.   However, a few things should be noted: The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore … Continue reading

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Relativism is not just attacking morality


I found this great post on The World Question Center. It is a site that has contributors post all kinds of "great questions" – sometimes about things that we believe but cannot prove; other times about "dangerous" things – questions that … Continue reading

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