February 8, 2012

Shocking Facts About Abortion In America (And the Drop In Christians as a Percentage of the Population)

Freakonomics Books

Instead of writing the next chapter of the book I'm working on, as I should be, I am playing We Rule and studying statistics and demographic data from various nations around the world. I'm not exactly sure how this began, but somehow or another, I ended up in databases and that started my research. What I found was fascinating. Apparently, the per capita and absolute abortion rate in the United States has been dropping like a stone for the past 20 years. In fact, as recent as 2008 (the … [Read more...]

Does Religion Have a Responsibility to Look to Science?

Bible and Science Thoughts

Here's an interesting question: Does religion have just as much responsibility to examine scientific evidence as it does religious tradition and scriptural text? Put another way: Throughout history, religion taken as a whole has lagged behind scientific discovery and development, only to redefine itself decades, or even centuries, later.  In the case of Christianity, the Bible, specific passages in it, as well as long religious tradition were used to justify: Slavery (not only of … [Read more...]