Trey Parker & Matt Stone Talk 'Book Of Mormon' On 'The Daily Show' (VIDEO)

Science must constantly change. Things we "Knew" as fact a decade ago are obsolete or false today. And yet we have learned so much over the years and developed in amazing ways in every facet of the sciences. It's an exciting time to be alive. But the best minds will tell you that the more they learn, the more clear it it that there's so much more to learn. Or, "the more you know, the less you know."



Religion was never meant as a way to study science. It's purpose was always to teach people how to treat each other, find meaning and joy in life and develop a relationsh­ip with God. Those are things that don't change. And the few scriptural references to the physical world were given to ancient people with limited understand­ing in a symbolic and figurative way they could better comprehend­, not to instruct them in theoretica­l physics.



It's a mistake for us to put science and religion on equal terms or pit them against each other. Yet we do, and get continuall­y frustrated that others can't see it the way we do. They're totally different. Neither one can prove or disprove the other with certainty, they weren't meant to. I can't put God in a test tube, you can't recreate the first living one celled animal. But we all look at life with amazement and appreciati­on.
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Sarah Palin's Safari Club Speech: 'We Eat Organic -- We Just Have To Shoot It First'

Talking about an animal refuge in a room filled with the glass-eyed heads of living creatures k!l led entirely for "sport." Just how sporting is it to chase them down with a helicopter and high powered rifle? Or to hide in their domain and fire from the distance of a football field away? To take a life because you like the look of their horns? You don't go on a safari or take trophies if you must hunt to eat. The thrill of the hunt means using unnatural force to dest r0y a beautiful life.
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The Miracle of Vaccines

Please take the snarky comments with a grain of salt, Melinda. You're doing something many of us can only dream of doing. You change lives and make them better. You lift burdens and give hope to so many. Ease suffering, save lives. You make a big difference and will be fondly remembered for it.



Some "contribut­e" to the world by sitting in their room typing vitriol at the screen. Others reach out, open their wallets, get their hands dirty, and make a difference in someone else's life. You and Bill do this many times over, and in this you are examples to us all. God bless you both, and bless your continued efforts for so many.
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A New Year's Resolution for the Rich

It's interestin­g that in a pointed article on wealth and financial ruin, you find it necessary to take potshots at the faith of folks as if that's the root of all evil and not the human characteri­stics that cause some to dominate and take advantage of others, some to mindlessly work and support and others to crumble and fall by the wayside.



We will never solve our problems by feeding the already frenzied "us vs them" battles going on between what should be neighbors and fellow citizens. Congress is too busy burying their noses in the wallets and posteriors of corporatio­ns to care what happens to us. Our only chance is to work together. To once again develop a voice and make it heard. That will never happen as long as we squabble over what unprovable things we choose to believe or not or where we find our own meaning in life instead of focusing on the problems that affect us all and drag us down as a nation into ruin and anarchy.



How can we fix greed, apathy, power-mong­ering, hopelessne­ss, crime, intoleranc­e and a host of other character flaws that have taken us over? Not by condemning each other or telling each other what we should or shouldn't believe.
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Black Friday 2010: Holiday Shopping Season Kicks Off

Stayed up and fought the crowds and sneaky stores once. That convinced me that Black Friday should be spent doing anything but shopping. Why stand in line all night for Best Buy and get trampled & gouged trying to grab that gift when you can sit home all cozy in your jammies, just press "Add to Cart" on your computer and be done with it? Or waste all night at Wally World only to find out the good stuff was hidden away and assigned to a select few before the sale began. Is saving a few bucks really worth all the aggravation? The hours standing in lines? Getting pushed around by folks getting more angry and impatient by the second?
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<em>With God on Our Side</em> -- Christian Zionism Exposed

It's interesting how much over-generalization there usually is when discussing Christians, Evangelicals or Jews, let alone an issue that involves them all. We take for granted that the loudest and most prominent voices represent everyone in a category. There are more varieties of Christians than paint samples at Sherwin Williams. Most live quiet lives with varying degrees of faith and adherence to tenets of their church. And those who claim to be "God's voice" are often so far removed from the things Jesus taught he wouldn't recognize them.



I'm a Christian, and have done my share of teaching others in years past, but I don't look at the Jews as a stepping stone in my quest to bring the end of days closer. I revere the people and places where the gospel first developed. They helped set the stage for the birth and life of my Savior. Their history and stories can have value in our lives. I look at the Jews as neighbors, human beings like us. Also as a society who were once "chosen and blessed" but have become a "hiss and a byword" just as the scriptures predicted. It shouldn't have to be that way. I don't have any agenda for promoting Armageddon. I'd much rather see folks come to their senses, shake hands and sit down at the table to work things out.



Christian, Atheist, Jew... labels to call attention to differences and ignore how we should all work together.
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Aretha Franklin Cancels Appearances Through May

In her prime Franklin was the queen. People change over the years, though. Now she can't sing, and with all these health issues it appears she's being displayed by her handlers purely for the money. Aging stars and comeback careers. There's something to be said for nostalgia. But Aretha's legacy stand on its own. Parading her for the crowds and cameras now only chips away at the memory of her monumental earlier work.



She had it all and retired with it. The total opposite of those Whitney types who had it all and snorted it away. Let the magic of the past be. Now's the time for healing and living. Much better to remember her as a giant in the music industry, and one who later struggled with physical problems courageously and even valiantly, rather than one who struggles to carry a tune in a bucket.
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