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What Is the "God Particle"? And Why Is It Important?

Monday, July 16, 2012 9:08 PM Comments (10)

Computer simulation of a Higgs boson event

Scientists are abuzz with word that the long-sought "God particle" (aka the Higgs boson) may have finally been discovered.

While most scientists don't like the nickname "God particle" (and while many religious people might not neither), it's certainly generated a lot of coverage in the media.

Because of the God-based nickname the particle has been given, the discovery of the Higgs has attracted a lot of press attention, and I've received quite a number of requests to comment on it.


What is the Higgs boson? Why is it important?
And why do they call it the "God particle"?

In this video, I take a look at these and similar questions to give you the basics of the new discovery and...READ MORE

Filed under apologetics, boson, god particle, higgs, higgs boson, physics, science

Final Solution? Infant Circumcision Outlawed In Germany!

Saturday, July 07, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (595)

Sometimes today you encounter stories that are truly jaw-dropping, like this one being reported by the Washington Post.

Headlined, "The Crime of Circumcision," it deals with a ruling issued by a judge in Germany that prohibits Jews from circumcizing their baby boys:

A district judge in Cologne, Germany, recently ruled that ritual circumcision is a crime, violating “the fundamental right of the child to bodily integrity,” which outweighs other parental and religious rights. “This change runs counter to the interests of the child,” the court concluded, “who can decide his religious affiliation himself later in life.”

Circumcision is a rite central to the Jewish faith and is, in fact,...READ MORE

Filed under atheism, baptism, christianity, christians, circumcision, freedom of religion, germany, hitler, islam, jews

Why Are There Unicorns in the Bible?

Wednesday, July 04, 2012 12:08 PM Comments (22)

But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn.



In reading such passages, you might think, what on earth does that mean? In these cases, the horn is being used as a symbol of strength or vigor. The Psalmist is saying that thanks to God, I'm going to be given a lot of strength and vigor, so praise God.

Fine, but...READ MORE

Filed under bible, douay-rheims, king james version, scripture, unicorn, unicorns




Study Finds People Who Believe In Heaven Commit More Crimes




Or . . . wait.

Maybe, just maybe, there's another possibility.

Could it be that this is just a misleadingly headlined news story from a press that doesn't understand how to report either religion or...READ MORE





Is this true?


Furthermore, if you look elsewhere in St. Paul's writings--to the very same church he was addressing in his "absent from the...READ MORE

Filed under apologetics, bible, corinthians, paul, purgatory

Unbroken Chain of Apostolic Succession (Plus: Bible Software)





What are the implications of that for apostolic succession?

In the...READ MORE

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Sr. Keehan Turns on Obama?

Saturday, June 16, 2012 7:21 AM Comments (61)






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