things you’ve been told are in the Bible that really aren’t

When religious traditions and legends are started and repeated through the years, it's common for us to just accept them as true unless we are determined to read the Bible for ourselves. Those of us who would rather have the truth over tradition often find it necessary to examine what we've been taught compared to...

Britain demands storing phone records & emails of citizens

The government security services of Great Britain have ordered all internet service providers, landline phone companies, and mobile phone companies to store all interactions of its customers for up to a year and to allow security officials to have access to them when requested without a warrant. The British government is still negotiating with the...

Turkmenistan frees pastor, other religious prisoners

Pastor Ilmurad Nuriev of Turkmenistan was freed along with 229 other religious prisoners who were arrested and imprisoned in a labor camp. Nuriev, pastor of Light to the World Protestant Church in the Mary region of Turkmenistan, was arrested in August 2010 and found guilty in October 2010 of trumped up charges of swindling, then...

Superbugs tell difference between evolution & natural selection

Did you know there is a stark difference between natural selection and evolution? I didn't until recently when the differences were explained to me. Previously I thought the two terms were synonymous. Basically, evolution is the theory that a life form can naturally take completely new external information into its genes that tells it how...

Manuscript evidence: the New Testament’s firm reliability

In determining the reliability of ancient writings, whether secular or religious (like the New Testament), scholars have devised standards to judge them. Those standards are the following: Bibliographic Evidence --Was the document composed close to the time of the event(s) it describes? --How many copies of the document are available to make a comparison? Internal...

NY Times, legal elites dump on the U.S. Constitution

According to a New York Times article released on January 6, 2012, the U.S. Constitution is losing its appeal on the international stage. Citing a study done by professors of law at St. Louis' Washington University and the University of Virginia, democratic constitutions in other nations that used the U.S. Constitution as their foundation made...

Biometric identity management pushed by EU official

Last week the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted an identity management conference in Washington, DC. Among the distinguished guests was Frank Paul, who manages IT systems and biometrics within the EU. He criticized U.S. passports for having only digitized information instead of biometric information. Paul is of the opinion that identity management systems...

Washington state senator twists Bible to support gay marriage

Washington State Senator Mary Margaret Haugen recently voted in favor of Washington's bill to legalize same sex marriage. She then proudly proclaimed on her blog why she as a "Christian" found it necessary to support it. Those in favor of gay marriage are now using her as an example of why Christians should "set aside...

Why it pays for us to get over ourselves

It is a staunchly engraved part of our human nature to be preoccupied with our own needs and wants. All too often our preoccupation with our own ideas can inadvertently lead us to fulfill popular cliches like "he shot himself in the foot," or "she cut off her nose to spite her face." When, in...

The healing power of honey on infections

Honey has long been used in home remedies to combat colds and has been known for its antimicrobial abilities. The Bible tells how King Saul's son Jonathan was feeling weak in the midst of battle so he ate some honeycomb and it gave him strength [1 Samuel 14]. Proverbs 16:24 also said honeycomb provides "health...