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Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations Should Christian churches allow gays to be ordained as priests?: 2 of 127
The question of whether homosexuals should be permitted to work as Christian priests or pastors is commonly approached from two sides. If we are addressing a question of whether a homosexual should be permitted to join a club or contract business is different from the determination of leaders in the practice of religion. Cont... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology A country divided: Political tensions building in America: 1 of 49
The country has always been divided, and always will be. That is why we still have states. Each have their own histories, their own flavors, their own culture. Sure, there are broader trends and large, overlapping commonalities, but there are distinctions. These distinctions will not soon disappear. In some way, for over 200 ... More..
Home & Garden > Real Estate (Other) Commentary on long-distance moving: 8 of 69
Moving my family from Arizona to Missouri, I learned a few things. No, WE learned a few things.We weren't in the financial position to hire a professional moving company, so we went shopping for a truck to rent. The very first problem that I encountered was the scheduling of a one-way truck. As it ended, we were required to d... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations In this day and age why go to church: 7 of 49
Why go to church? Some people go from curiosity. Others go from tradition. Many simply go because they want to, or even because they genuinely need to.Some people find a church as a social setting, and they are in part correct. Among those it is a fashion show, but that notion is waning - still there are some men that would n... More..
Personal Finance > Insurance Basics Divorce and insurance changes: 1 of 4
To say that an insurance company doesn't care is a loaded statement. But in the case of divorce, it often really does not matter to the insurance company.First, insurance insures a person. Matters of marriage and children or homes or cars or jobs or hobbies are largely peripheral to insuring a person. In the case of car insur... More..
Sciences > Genetics Have breakthroughs in DNA research led to more harm than good?: 10 of 30
The way some people picture and describe DNA reasearch reminds me of those cheesy old black and white monster movies (and some early film with color) where the "radiation" mutation scares were sometimes hilarious, without intending to be. People were running around and screaming about "radiation!" as if they were grade school... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations Why Christian leadership competencies need substantial change and discernment: 1 of 3
There seems to be some disconnect between the Christianity of the Bible and that we have exhibited in the present day. To be fair, some of the problem is the perception, caricature in some cases, of non-Christians trying to describe or redefine what Christianity "should be" from their perception. Nonetheless, Christians have ... More..
Sciences > Astronomy Properties of Star Evolution: 2 of 5
In some fashions of expression, stars do not "evolve," they change through stages. If you count the pre-stellar material, then that is the stuff that "evolves," in the the traditional sense of the term. Yet, if we call that evolution, then the caterpiller to butterfly metamorphosis would have to be called an evolution.A commo... More..
Sciences > Astronomy Black holes in Space: 5 of 12
What happens when a star gets too massive for the energy it contains? Those are the principle figures that brought some people to wonder what happens next.Picture a nice hot and humid day. Hot air rises, and hot humid air does as well. But when it rises, it may reach a place where the temperature and pressure are low enough t... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Best trees to plant to fight global warming: 11 of 23
Whether you accept Global Warming or not, there are several efforts about the globe to plant more trees. American Forests' Global Releaf2 campaign has a goal of planting 100 million trees by 2020. They have projects not only in every state in the U.S., but in over 20 countries abroad. The original focus for the American refor... More..