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Noah's Ark was not circular as British Museum 'expert' claims
(February 9, 2010)
A British Museum cuneiform expert, perhaps stepping outside his area of expertise, says he believes that the Genesis Flood account was cobbled together from Babylonian stories by the Jewish exiles in Babylon, and that Noah's Ark was circular. It's hard to think he is serious, but apparently he is. CMI gives a good answer to this silly assertion.

Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty
(February 9, 2010)
Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star at a brief hearing that had all the trappings of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama, CBN news reported. [See also our earlier article, Michael Jackson: He almost had it all.]

Author, talk show host appalled at Planned Parenthood's push to teach sex to 10-year-olds
(February 9, 2010)
Catholic talk show host, media expert, and co-author of the best selling All Things Girl series, Teresa Tomeo, insists the latest push by Planned Parenthood to promote sex to 10-year-old children is a wake-up call for Moms and Dads and anyone else concerned about today's youth.

Global warming case unravels
(February 7, 2010)
As we have repeatedly said, the case for human-caused global warming is getting worse each week. Creation Safaris had a very good round-up of recent revelations and added some astute insights. It's worth reading. [See also our links to other anti-global warming articles and news items.]

Why homosexual behavior should be against the law
(February 3, 2010)
A blog on the American Family Association website says that homosexual behavior represents a severe threat to public health, and is even more dangerous to human health than intravenous drug abuse. Because of the health risks involved, curtailing homosexual behavior should be as much a public policy concern as curtailing intravenous drug abuse, the article says.

U.S. church team 'falsely arrested' for child trafficking in Haiti
(February 2, 2010)
A Baptist church in Idaho whose members were detained in Haiti for trying to move children to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic said its team was “falsely arrested”. The church members say they were bringing the children to an orphanage where they would be given medical and emotional care. [Yes, the church members were naive in the way they tried to help the children and their families, but some websites reported this incident atrociously, even implying the church members were going to use the children to steal their organs. Is the world getting dumber? Do we really have to point out that Baptist churches are not into organ harvesting and child trafficking? As one commentator responded, that's the domain of witchdoctors, pedophiles and anti-Falun Gong officials in China.]

Abstinence-only sex-ed programs work, study finds
(February 1, 2010)
Sex-ed programs with an abstinence-only message may help to delay the start of sexual activity for certain populations of children, a new study suggests. Researchers found that, after two years, a program that urged kids to abstain from sex reduced the percentage of students who started having sex by about one-third compared with a health course that didn't include sex education (a control group). [See also our article Safe sex is not safe.]

Climate body 'embarrassed' over forest claim
(February 1, 2010)
The credibility of the world's climate change authority has taken another hit, with accusations that it based a claim about disappearing forests on a report by environmental activists, ABC News Australia reports. This follows a claim last week that the IPCC admitted it was a mistake to claim that Himalayan glaciers will melt by the year 2035. As we said earlier, if you're a global warming alarmist, you'd better have a Plan B soon, because the credibility of your side is falling apart fast. [See our anti-global warming links page for more.]

Why does Obama want to fill the military with gays?
(January 30, 2010)
A conservative military watchdog is disappointed that President Obama used his State of Union address to voice his support for allowing homosexuals to serve in the military. Since taking office, Barack Obama has made it clear that he supports the agenda of radical homosexual activists who want to repeal the 1993 law that strictly prohibits homosexuals from serving in the military. Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, feels this statement shows that Obama is off base with the nation's concerns.

2010: Year the global-warming hoax died?
(January 26, 2010)
With even California's Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer admitting cap-and-trade legislation may be a decade away, 2010 is shaping up to be the year in which the global-warming hoax died, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports. “Climategate revelations that prominent global alarmists have manipulated climate data prove global warming was an ideological agenda masquerading as a scientific theory,” Corsi says. [See also our page of links to anti-global warming news and video clips.]

Atheists disparage Mother Teresa
(January 26, 2010)
An atheist organization in America is attacking Mother Teresa as unworthy of being honored with a memorial stamp produced by the U.S. Postal Service. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is advocating that its constituents “vote with your pocketbook, and boycott these stamps.” For more than 45 years, Mother Teresa ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying in India. We know of no-one the Freedom From Religion Foundation has ministered to in that time.

Gays want boys to have access to girls' bathrooms, locker rooms
(January 26, 2010)
A Christian organization in Maine is protesting a state proposal that would give boys who call themselves girls full access to girls' restrooms, locker rooms and cheerleading squads. The Christian Civic League of Maine said “Gay activists are now demanding that their own private mental delusions about sex be accepted as public policy. By issuing this demand, radical homosexual activists are asking all of us to participate in a form of collective moral insanity.”

UK Telegraph says it's getting more difficult to trust global warming alarmists
(January 26, 2010)
With the case for human-made global warming crumbling almost weekly, it has been surprising that most of the media seem either unaware or uncaring that there is massive opposition growing to global warming alarmism. But to their credit, the UK Telegraph has come out with an editorial headlined, “Climate change: give us science we can trust”. They say “It becomes difficult to resist the climate-change sceptics if the IPCC's research can't be relied on.” So why do governments want to throw trillions of dollars at a weather phenomenon that they can't do anything about? There's more to come on this. [See also our page that gives links to articles and videos by others who oppose global warming alarmism.]

Darwinists attack textbook and website that promotes even-handed discussion of arguments for and against evolution
(January 26, 2010)
Since its publication in 2007, the innovative science textbook Explore Evolution: The Case For and Against Neo-Darwinism has helped trailblaze a new way of teaching about evolution, one based on teaching students critical thinking by presenting arguments both for and against evolution. Many Darwinists, who don't want students to hear any evidence against evolution, have attacked the book — often grossly inaccurately. This week Discovery Institute is launching an extensive Further Debate website inspired by the book to encourage even more discussion. As most Darwinists oppose free speech when it comes to discussing evolution, the Discovery Institute is expecting more irrational attacks from them.

Save sex for marriage, Australian Opposition leader says
(January 25, 2010)
Couples should try to refrain from having sex until they are married, Australia's Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, says. He says in an interview that all women should regard their virginity as “a gift” that should not be given lightly. But Abbott, a Catholic, admitted he is not the ideal role model.

Texas store owner gets rid of robber “in Jesus' name” (video)
(January 24, 2010)
A gunman who entered a store in Texas and threatened the owner while trying to rob the store got something he didn't expect. The owner told the robber, “In the name of Jesus I command you to get out of my store right now”. The robber said no, he wanted all her money. The store owner said she wouldn't give it to him, and said, “I bind you by the name of Jesus in the Holy Spirit. Get out of my store.” The robber backed out and left with no money.

Documentary exposes abortion industry as being based on eugenics
(January 23, 2010)
A documentary on the abortion business has caught the attention of some members of Congress, OneNewsNow reports. The documentary, Maafa 21, traces the history of Planned Parenthood to its founder, Margaret Sanger, who believed in eugenics — controlling and eliminating certain population groups, especially minorities such as African-Americans.

Churches in U.K. may be forced to hire homosexuals
(January 22, 2010)
Churches across the United Kingdom had their worship interrupted on Sunday to watch a three-minute video warning about Britain's proposed equality bill. A group known as Christian Concern for Our Nation said the equality bill would force churches and ministries to hire homosexuals, CBN reports. The proposal is being called the biggest state interference in freedom of religion since the Reformation.

Preacher's toe touches school lawn, he gets arrested
(January 22, 2010)
A New Jersey judge has dismissed a criminal case against a volunteer who was preaching the Gospel on public property in front of the Edison, N.J., High School when his toe inadvertently brushed the grass and he was arrested. An attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund said, “Christians shouldn't be arrested and charged as criminals for expressing their beliefs on public property. They have the same First Amendment rights as anyone else in America.”

School board spends half-million dollars trying to fire creationist teacher
(January 22, 2010)
A Christian school teacher who has been fighting attempts to have him fired because he kept a Bible on his desk, says charges have been fabricated against him to get rid of him. School officials in Mount Vernon, Ohio, notified John Freshwater in June 2008 of their intent to fire him, but he asked for a pre-termination hearing, which has lasted more than a year and cost the school board more than a half-million dollars. The pastor of the church John Freshwater attends said, “If he had a Koran on his desk, he'd be fine and no one would say a word to him. If he had Origin of Species on his desk, they would celebrate that.”

Jihad Jitters: Is the Met full of cowards who bow to dictators?
(January 22, 2010)
The left has a long tradition of bowing to dictators and others they fear, a blogger on Big Hollywood notes. The latest example comes from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It seems that these liberal defenders of the freedom of artistic expression, who would never listen to a conservative complaint about a display, have removed a number of depictions of Mohammad from the collection formerly known as the Islamic Galleries. Why the changes at the Met? Simple, the people in charge know that Islamic Fundamentalists don't fool around. But if Christians ask them to take down something offensive, they just laugh.

Appeals court told Obama “security risk”
(January 21, 2010)
Judges on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have been told President Obama is a security risk and a usurper lacking constitutional authority since he admitted a dual citizenship at birth, thus making him ineligible for the office under the U.S. Constitution's requirement that the president be a “natural born citizen.”

Psalms banned, but witchcraft OK: Supreme Court endorses “hostility” toward Christianity
(January 20, 2010)
A lower court's “hostility” towards Christianity will stand after the U.S. Supreme Court today refused to intervene in a school district's censorship of a kindergartener's choice of literature for a class reading. Donna Busch accepted an invitation to visit her son Wesley's kindergarten classroom to read a passage of Wesley's favorite book to his classmates. His favorite book is the Bible, and his mother planned to read from Psalm 118. The principal refused to let her read from the Bible and instead wanted her to read from a book about witches.

Global warmers' claim that Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035 turns out to be bunk
(January 19, 2010)
A warning that climate change will melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035 is likely to be retracted after a series of scientific blunders by the United Nations body that issued it, a report in TimesOnline says. The scientists behind the warning have admitted it was based on a news story in New Scientist, a popular science journal, and that the New Scientist report was based on a short telephone comment from Syed Hasnain, a little-known Indian scientist in Delhi. Hasnain has admitted that the claim was speculation and had no formal research behind it. [Comment: After Al Gore's wrong claims, the East Anglia email scandal, and so much other other fake data toppling the credibility of global warming alarmists, if you're a global warming alarmist you may want to start reevaluating your position. Your side is losing points faster than the Himalayan glaciers are melting.]

Some links on global warming, old and new (see longer list at Global warming links:

Why lefties become artists and conservatives become doctors
(January 19, 2010)
According to some, liberal lefties often choose jobs like journalism, art, fashion, university professorships, and therapy, while conservative righties are more likely to choose medicine, law enforcement, dentistry, and the military. Greg Gutfield, on the Big Hollywood blog, thinks this is because the Left like jobs where it is almost impossible to create guidelines for success. “Look at modern artists and you'll see there's no way to predict who will make it and who won't.” But in jobs favored by the Right, standards are clearly drawn. “You can gauge the difference between a good doctor and a bad one by the number of sponges left behind in your lower intestine.” Maybe this is why lefties are more likely to believe in evolution (the goal posts are always changing and what was true 20 years ago isn't now) and conservatives are more likely to believe the Bible (the truth never changes).

Bangladesh follows China down the killer slippery slope of a one-child policy
(January 18, 2010)
It didn't work for China, and now it won't work for Bangladesh. It's the one-child policy, which has killed more unborn babies than even Hitler could have dreamed of, and has led to such an unbalanced gender bias towards males in China that the country can't find enough wives for its men. Although Bangladesh said it will not make one child compulsory, it will give special financial grants to one-child families and they will receive preference in school education.

Respect your plants: Don't say they evolved
(January 18, 2010)
Creation Safaris comments on the work of two scientists quoted in the American Journal of Botany who talk about plants as highly complex, integrated systems that we don't fully understand. In the marvelous world of plants, the scientists have to talk of teleology and design, yet seem to throw in the word “evolution” merely to keep out of trouble with the academic thought police.

Canada government goal is to squash belief that homosexuality is immoral
(January 18, 2010)
Opponents of 'hate crimes' legislation, who have frequently pointed to Canada as an example of how such laws are used to increasingly suppress moral objections to homosexuality, now have more fuel for their fire in the form of the Quebec Policy Against Homophobia. The policy assigns the government the task of eliminating all forms of 'homophobia' and 'heterosexism', including the belief that homosexuality is immoral, from society as a whole. Churches may be the first to be targeted under the new policy.

Sexters in China could have phones canceled and be reported to police
(January 18, 2010)
Chinese mobile phone users caught sending nude photos, dirty messages, or videos by phone could have their numbers canceled as part of the country's crackdown on pornography, state media reported. An employee at China Mobile, the world's biggest phone operator by market value, says the company would search for keywords and forward offending messages to police to investigate. [See also our article Sexting kills!]

Latest attack on Christianity: No noise allowed at services
(January 17, 2010)
A Christian legal organization in the United Kingdom is reporting a skirmish victory in the latest war against Christians and their churches — the demand that they essentially be silent in their worship. Government bodies in the U.K. as well as the United States in recent months have demanded that Christian groups essentially be silent, so that no-one can hear their worship.

Gay marriage activist convicted of manslaughter in shooting death at sex party
(January 17, 2010)
Just four days after attending a sadomasochistic party, where he shot fellow homosexual Fred Homer Wilson (who apparently “got a thrill out of using a loaded gun as a sex toy”) Bruce LaVallee-Davidson testified for gay marriage with his homosexual lover at a public hearing. Peter LaBarbera, from Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, said, “Had such a bizarre situation emanated from the 'religious right,' Maine's liberal media would have had a field day with it and used it to discredit pro-family ideas.” But this didn't happen, and gay activist groups are keeping quiet on it, LaBarbera said.

Why should human evolution be taught in schools?
(January 16, 2010)
Denyse O'Leary on the Uncommon Descent website found this fact in the journal Nature: Little is known about human evolution other than basic outline. After noting that the evolution story constantly changes but gets no better, O'Leary asks: “Why are people expected to learn in school whatever evolution story is currently taken seriously — by whomever and for whatever reason?” Hmm. We've been asking this as well, but evolutionists never give a good answer, they just ridicule those who ask. [See also our article Which human and which ape evolved from which common ancestor?]

British UFO reports triple in 2009
(January 14, 2010)
2009 saw one of the highest number of UFO sightings ever recorded in Britain. Over 600 odd lights or strange objects were reported to the Ministry of Defence X Files bureau last year — which was quietly axed in December. Among the recent sightings was someone from Essex who saw a flying orange light the size of a 20p coin and a man from Doncaster who saw one the size of 30 jumbo jets. [See also our article, Where do UFOs come from?]

Euthanasia cases increase in Holland in 2009
(January 13, 2010)
Euthanasia cases in The Netherlands continued to increase in 2009. The number of reported cases increased by 200 to about 2500, Dutch News reported. That figure is likely low. Experts said in 2007 about 80% of such deaths are officially reported, according to Dutch News. [Comment: That's the problem with euthanasia. Once you allow it, it's easier to justify the next case. So numbers continue to rise.]

Religious leaders gather in Houston to oppose abortion super-clinic
(January 12, 2010)
Pro-life and religious leaders will gather in Houston, Texas, next Tuesday to oppose the second-largest abortion clinic in the world. Organizer Len Engle told OneNewsNow he believes God wants to raise up an answer to the targeting of minorities for abortions by Planned Parenthood and others. [See also our article Why Christians oppose abortion.]

Why not accept the fossil record at face value instead of imposing a theory on it?
(January 12, 2010)
Evolutionists don't accept the fossil record as they find it, a writer for Uncommon Descent says. Darwinists impose all sorts of hypothetical creatures and stories of what they think happened in the past to substitute for 99% of earth history, rather than simply looking at what's there. [See also our article Evolution trees: Why haven't all the dots been replaced by animal names?]

Tiller shooting trial may refuel abortion debate
(January 12, 2010)
Prosecutors against the accused killer of late-term abortionist Dr. George Tiller filed on Monday a motion in an attempt to keep abortion out of the trial. They filed the motion after Sedgwick County Judge Warren Wilbert said he would consider giving the jury the option of convicting Roeder on voluntary manslaughter. Scott Roeder is accused of shooting Dr. Tiller on May 31, 2009 in a church in Kansas. [See also our article The Tiller abortion shooting: How should Christians react?]

30 years of global cooling coming, scientist predicts
(January 12, 2010)
Oranges are freezing and millions of tropical fish are dying in Florida, and it could be just the beginning of a decades-long deep freeze, says Professor Mojib Latif, one of the world's leading climate modelers. Professor Latif thinks the cold snap Americans have been suffering through is only the beginning. He says we're in for 30 years of cooler temperatures — a mini ice age, he calls it — basing his theory on an analysis of natural cycles in water temperatures in the world's oceans.

Gay activist says God is a homophobic bigot who needs to repent
(January 12, 2010)
According to an article on the Americans for Truth website, Frank Kameny, a homosexual activist celebrated by fellow homosexuals the world over and honored by President Obama and his administration, says the God of the Bible is a “sinful homophobic bigot” who needs to “repent of his sinful homophobia.”

Neanderthals wore make-up. Archaeologists find cosmetic containers
(January 9, 2010)
Scientists at two archaeological sites in southern Spain have found shells containing pigments that Neanderthals used as make-up containers. Professor Joao Zilhao, the archaeologist from Bristol University in the UK who led the study, said “this is the first secure evidence for their use of cosmetics. The use of these complex recipes is new. It's more than body painting.” He said, “The association of these findings with Neanderthals is rock-solid and people have to draw the associations and bury this view of Neanderthals as half-wits.” [See also our article Neanderthals were fully human.]

Oldest Hebrew text deciphered. Lends weight to conservative view of Scripture's history
(January 8, 2010)
An inscription from Khirbet Qeiyafa, dating from the time of David and Solomon, has been deciphered. It indicates that the Kingdom of Israel already existed in the 10th century BC and that at least some of the biblical texts were written hundreds of years before the dates presented in current research. This lends weight to the conservative view of the historicity of Scripture.

Child sacrifice becoming more widespread in Uganda
(January 7, 2010)
A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts suggesting ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities acknowledge. One witch-doctor led the BBC to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be consumed by spirits.

Flying fossils found in Australia
(January 7, 2010)
A population of tiny insects called “living fossils” has been found in Australia. These tiny greenling damselflies have no living relatives, and their closest relatives supposedly disappeared from the fossil record 250 to 300 million years ago. Creation Safaris said, “If this were the only case it would be enough to cause serious doubts about the consensus age of the earth and Darwinian evolution, but there are many living fossils.”

Islamic cartoons that angered Muslims in 2006 republished
(January 6, 2010)
The Islamic cartoons that outraged Muslims in 2006 have been republished by Christian Newswire. This Christian news service was the only US-based newswire to publish the cartoons in 2006. Christian Newswire director, Gary McCullough, said, “I for one am not willing to go one inch down the road that ends with the media publishing only that which Muhammad would approve.”

Why circumcised men are less likely to become infected with HIV
(January 6, 2010)
Three studies in Africa have found a reduction of more than 40% in HIV acquisition among circumcised men.

Is global warming a myth?
(January 6, 2010)
Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas recaps some headlines that “refute the global warming myth promoted by secular big government liberals.”

Stray bullet kills 4-year-old as he sat in church miles away
(January 5, 2010)
A 4-year-old boy who was sitting in church next to his mother was hit and killed by a stray bullet that came through the church ceiling and struck him in the head. He died 2 hours after being hit. Police were unable to work out where the shot had come from.

Egypt archaeologists discover huge tomb near Cairo
(January 4, 2010)
Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered the largest known tomb in the ancient necropolis of Sakkara, to the south of Cairo. The tomb dates back 2500 years to the 26th Dynasty and contains amazing artefacts, including mummified eagles.

Archaeologists find synagogue in Israel where Jesus may have prayed
(January 1, 2010)
Israeli archaeologists working in northern Israel say they have uncovered a 2000-year-old synagogue where Jesus may have prayed. The remains of the ancient synagogue were discovered on the site of a planned hotel north of Tiberias in Migdal. Migdal is the town where Mary Magdalene once lived.

Study: Home-schooled children excel as adults
(December 28, 2009)
Despite what many believe, most home-schooled children say they have plenty of opportunities to socialize with other children and, as adults, come to excel in all measured areas of adult life, according to a new study.

Student complains about biased Al Gore film she was forced to watch in class
(December 27, 2009)
After a high school student was forced to watch Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth in English class, she complained to her school board about the biased teaching on climate change. “It says (global warming) will kill us all without offering any alternative views throughout high school,” Michelle Dewkett said. “This goes against board policy which states 'Teachers shall approach controversial topics in an impartial and unprejudiced manner.'”

Superstitious Kenyans attack and kill elderly as witches
(December 26, 2009)
Dozens of poor and elderly villagers in the Kenyan district of Kisii are falling prey to superstitious groups that accuse them of witchcraft. The poverty-stricken western district, known as Kenya's sorcery belt, has seen a disturbing increase in mob attacks on individuals, and even killings. “Every ailment, misfortune or trouble is blamed on sorcery,” an Al Jazeera reporter said.

Mississippi is most religious state in the U.S.
(December 23, 2009)
Mississippi is America's most religious state, according to a Pew Forum study on the levels of devotion in America, which asked respondents whether religion is important in their lives. Eighty-two per cent of Mississipians said yes. Alabama and Arkansas (both at 74%), Louisiana (72%), Tennessee (71%) and South Carolina (70%) follow.

Manhattan Declaration: A Christian call to arms
(December 23, 2009)
The recently released Manhattan Declaration is noteworthy because, unlike the signatories of other declarations that are long on rhetoric and short on calls to action, the more than 300,000 people who have signed this declaration (including 55 Catholic bishops who have oversight of more than 600 of the nation's private hospitals) agree to engage in civil disobedience regarding laws that reject mainstream values.

Archaeologists unearth house in Nazareth that Jesus probably visited
(December 22, 2009)
Archaeologists have found the remains of a house in Nazareth that dates back to the time of Jesus Christ. They say Jesus would have probably known and visited the house because Nazareth was so small at that time.

Cave dates and climate estimates may be off
(December 21, 2009)
The steady drip, drip, drip of water from stalactites should provide a way to calculate the age of cave formations, right? Don't be too sure. A scientist at Florida State found that calcite deposition is a function of how the cave “breathes,” reported New Scientist. This finding “pours doubt on ancient climate records derived from these structures.”

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