Liberals and Atheists Smarter? Intelligent People Have Values Novel in Human Evolutionary History, Study Finds

Seeded on Mon Mar 1, 2010 1:01 PM EST (Science Daily)

Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) support Kanazawa's hypothesis.

religion, intelligence, atheism

First Jesus-era house discovered in Nazareth

Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:57 AM EST

By Diaa Hadid, Associated Press (Clipped by Terra Incognita)

Just in time for Christmas, archaeologists on Monday unveiled what may have been the home of one of Jesus' childhood neighbors. The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered in Nazareth, then a hamlet of around 50 impoverished Jewish families where Jesus spent his boyhood.

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world-news, new-testament, ml, israel-antiquities

Manufacturing Biblical Prophecy, Part 2: For Want of a Bethlehem Birth

Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:27 AM EST

(In a previous article, I touched on the gospel authors' misuse of Hebrew scripture as source material for the creation of the virgin birth legend contained in Matthew and Luke.

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religion, christmas, bible, jesus, new-testament, nativity, bethlehem, christianity, judaism, prophecy

Manufacturing Biblical Prophecy, Part 1: For Want of a Virgin Birth

Thu Aug 6, 2009 7:53 PM EDT

Just as the rock may be split into many splinters, so also may one Biblical verse convey many teachings. -- Ishmael ben Elishah (90-135 CE), Jewish rabbi of the Tannaim era

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religion, jesus-christ, miracles, christianity, mythology, virgin-birth, cognitive-dissonance

Federal court documents allege Blackwater founder Prince was intent on inciting Christian crusade against Muslims in Iraq

Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 8:54 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)

Two former Blackwater employees are now alleging in sworn statements filed in federal court Monday that Blackwater founder Erik Prince "views himself a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe."

religion, iraq-war, christianity, crusade, blackwater, erik-prince

Possible mammoth tusk found on Calif. island

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:41 AM EST (msnbc.com)

A complete tusk believed to belong to a prehistoric mammoth was uncovered on Santa Cruz Island off the Southern California coast, researchers reported Tuesday.

technology-science, msnbci

Rare pink iguana evaded Darwin

Seeded on Mon Jan 5, 2009 11:32 PM EST (msnbc.com)

When English naturalist Charles Darwin explored the Galapagos Islands in the early 1800s, he, and countless scientists since, overlooked a hefty pink iguana.

science, technology-science, msnbci

For scholars, a combustible question: Was Christ real?

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:45 PM EST (Toronto Star)

An article discussing the Jesus Project, a scholarly collaboration and examination of the evidence, or lack thereof, for the existence of a historical Jesus.

religion, jesus, archeology, christianity, higher-criticism

Monkeys like to both give and receive

Seeded on Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:35 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

For capuchin monkeys, it seems, it's better to both give and receive, than just to receive.

science, technology-science, msnbci

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I gotta say, great job in responding to the comments left by Truly Amazed and that John fellow to my original comment in the Great White Shark article. I'm still going through it, but what I've seen so far just boggles the mind. When I hear them say "I did the research" I just think of them speeding over to Discovery Institute, uncommondescent.com, or answers in genesis, and have never looked at or even heard of sites like the panda's thumb, talk origins, or antievolution.org. Anyways, just wanted to let you know what I thought, and also, to never take them too seriously. You'll never change their minds, I just look at this when I get too into an argument.
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Terra:

Tell me more about yourself. Your bio doesn't tell me enough. How does one go about safeguarding reason? What is reasonable? You crack me up.

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