Sufficiently advanced aliens would be able to capture vast quantities of energy from their star using a massive structure called a Dyson sphere. Such a device would give off an infrared heat signature – and astronomers have just spotted 60 stars that seem to match. See the article HERE.

The argument seems to be they should be allowed to have the jets because they really enjoy using them.

One of the slam dunks scholars as diverse as Bart Ehrman and John Loftus name against the existence of the Christian God is the problem of horrendous suffering, for surely the world is not reflective of a powerful, loving God. If there is such a God, why are 3 year-olds dying of cancer? In reality … Apologetics And The Problem of Horrendous Suffering

The “not religiously affiliated” group is now a large societal group, although strict atheism is not yet surging. See article HERE.

Hypatia was an ancient female philosopher who taught neoplatonism. Though she saw rationality in the universe that was in some sense divine, she did not ascribe to any particular god and welcomed students of all backgrounds to her school. See the 5 minute video here to learn about Hypatia and how she was brutally murdered … Hypatia of Alexandria

Check out this week’s Misquoting Jesus podcast to see why Bart thinks Jesus was left on the cross to be food for the birds!

I come from the Continental Philosophy tradition and this professor’s sentiments are mine as well:

In this video, a sociologist shows that on issue after issue (eg Racism), secular people take a more ethical stance than strongly religious people. For example, the more religious someone is, the less likely they are to believe climate change science or to do anything about it. Stay through to the end of the video … Are Religious People or Secular People More Ethical?

I come to the end of blogging through the first half of “Lamb of the Free” which looks at OT sacrifices. We saw that while the day of atonement/decontamination was basically a factory reboot of the sanctuary. However, major moral sin couldn’t be addressed through purgation, and so actually contaminated the land itself. Once the … Lamb of the Free (conclusion)

One of the key takeaways from Rillera is that kipper is about the individual doing their part to help decontaminate the holy place from contamination, not an animal substituting for the individual. We read as an analogy to a child taking care of a pet: Blood here is not connected to death as per substitutionary … Lamb of the Free (10)