In studies, atheists who were told to simply read a statement daring God to do something unpleasant to them were found to be as emotionally provoked as believers reading the same dare. The researchers state various possible conclusion, and all are worth exploring. I do think, however, that the studies show that disbelief is a willful act of suppression, and that suppression isn't always effective. This is what we find in Romans 1.
For your good cry of the day: WaPo's "A Father-Daughter Dance--In Jail."
A job-hunter's prayer.
Good intro to hip-hop theologians in CT.
"While evangelicals receive plenty of attention and frequently positive coverage from local media, on the national level the coverage is disproportionately unfavorable. In one study, The New York Times was found to be twice as negative in its coverage of evangelicals as local newspapers in Atlanta and Dallas. This is, of course, not entirely surprising. Elite journalism is closely allied with elite academia, as fresh ranks of journalists spring every year from academic programs and many top journalists retain close affiliations with universities. On such campuses, according to a 2012 study from the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, faculty harbor far more negative attitudes toward evangelicals than they do toward any other religious group. Worse, evangelicals are overwhelmingly identified with political conservatism, and political conservatism is rarely loved in journalism's most exclusive precincts." Michael Cromartie's "Faith Angle Forums" is trying do something about that.
Why the PC(USA) Rejected “In Christ Alone” for Their Hymnals: "Its second stanza contained the lines, 'Till on that cross as Jesus died / the love of God was magnified.' In the process of clearing copyrights for the hymnal we discovered that this version of the text would not be approved by the authors, as it was considered too great a departure from their original words: 'as Jesus died / the wrath of God was satisfied.' We were faced, then, with a choice: to include the hymn with the authors’ original language or to remove it from our list." If you can't see the difference between these two versions, call me and let's talk.
Live Action has released 3 undercover videos to show that "Gosnell is not alone. Videos document the blatantly inhuman and barbaric acts of abortionists leaving crying babies to die, or even killing the newborns themselves." (report)
"Today 12% of websites are pornographic, and 40 million Americans are regular visitors—including 70% of 18- to 34-year-olds, who look at porn at least once a month, according to a recent survey by Cosmopolitan magazine (which, let's face it, is the authority here). Fully 94% of therapists in another survey reported seeing an increase in people addicted to porn. It has become a whole generation's sex education and could be the same for the next—they are fumbling around online, not in the back seat. One estimate now puts the average age of first viewing at 11." (WSJ)
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