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https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/kirk-camerons-view-of-hell-is-controversial-but-i-think-hes-right/20653.article Actor Kirk Cameron, long time outspoken evangelical, has recently reported that his theology leans more towards annihilationist or conditionalist soteriology rather than...

The 2026 Olympic Winter Games are currently underway in Milano Cortina, Italy. Who here is watching the Winter Games? I have some thoughts about some kind of overlap between the pursuit of competitive sport on this level and spirituality, but I don't have a clear thesis or know how to develop...

We've had various discussions about belief and evidence. Some of our discussions have verged towards discussing what evidence would be acceptable (to those currently skeptical of any belief in particular or religious beliefs in general) I'm creating this thread to put the question out there...

Just a few days ago was the 50th anniversary of the maritime disaster immortalized in the song by Gordon Lightfoot https://nmgl.org/fitzgerald50/ https://marinerschurchofdetroit.org/edmund-fitzgerald/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/edmund-fitzgerald-50-year-anniversary-9.6971199 "The...

Why France is suddenly full of evangelical churches I just stumbled on this looking up something else. This journalist covers an array of topics on her channel - i had never seen her before either. Video is 11:23 in length. There is a personal story of one individual. There is a fleeting...

A presentation perhaps unexpected

https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-found-the-metabolic-ceiling-that-limits-human-endurance/ With the Winter Olympics coming up in the new year, stories like these get some curious attention. I liked their thoughts about "trade-offs" and "training smarter" What does anybody else think about...

Max Planck’s Universal Mind - Consciousness as the Matrix of Reality 7:14 minute video about Max Planck, quantum physics, and the view of consciousness in the universe. They make the point that the Universe is more of a mind than a machine, and connect this to mystical traditions across time...

The Mind-Bending Truth About Trillions of Galaxies Does anybody here follow Astronomy? (My husband used to get Astronomy magazine regularly) 5:44 minute video about how the Hubble telescope and more recent telescopes have revealed the evidence of the vastness of the universe and the...

https://www.historyandmyths.com/2025/09/zeus-greek-god-king-thunder-power.html#google_vignette https://greek.mythologyworldwide.com/the-duality-of-zeus-benevolent-ruler-or-vengeful-god/ How many of the characteristics of Zeus as described in the 2nd article above are consistent with...

This is an interesting blog with many interesting entries. https://thomasjayoord.com/index.php/blog/archives/eleven-ways-to-rethink-religion-in-light-of-science I like the eleven points he makes here. I especially like the first three assertions. I find the fourth item confusing. What does...

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2020/05/17/jesus-japan/ I happened across this interesting item. I had never heard of this before. I know Christianity has existed in Japan for a long time as an embattled minority. I was not aware of this heterodox interpretation of things.

Our Father Sung in Aramaic - the Language spoken by Jesus Christ This sounds lovely. Was it ever common in Christendom - or lets say in Western Christendom - to have regular parishioners learn to sing or pray in Aramaic? I suppose it may be or always have been the norm in Middle Eastern...

The One Virtue the Devil Cannot Imitate Very short video, from a Serbian Orthodox perspective. Video on hyperlink above, below is the link to the channel https://www.youtube.com/@holyresurrectionofchrist/search?query=one%20virtue The speaker suggests the devil imitates virtues. Does this...

This video discusses how AI was developed "trained" to engage in a lot of "guessing" so it makes stuff up. Do you believe her explanation? It sound plausible enough, but what does anybody else think? OpenAI Reveals Why AI Lies. It’s OUR fault. Video link above, below the link to the channel...

Conversation we were having in another thread made me want to address a pre-Christian idea from earlier Judaism about there being two powers in Heaven The original thread is called - I converted to Jehovah's Witnesses (this is the thread) The idea may later have been regarded as a "heresy" in...

Nice - except GenX is overlooked again! https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/11/20/blessed-carlo-acutis-saint-relics-millennial-miracle/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=67de1cb3c9bb6df1d60a7614

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https://interestingengineering.com/science/baby-pterosaurs-solve-long-mystery?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=67de1cb3c9bb6df1d60a7614

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/some-dogs-can-classify-their-toys-by-function/ This article suggests some dog breeds process information similarly to humans.