The modern and increasingly secular world continues to attempt to drive wedges between faith and reason and build barriers separating the human and the divine. The secularists and moral relativists seem determined to not only banish faith from the public square, but also to eliminate it completely from all institutions.
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Why So Many Young People Are Unhappy
Though people have more money, better health care, better health, better housing, and more education, and live longer than at any time in history, they—especially young people—are unhappier than at any time since data collection began. Why has this happened?
What Americans Know About the Holocaust
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that most U.S. adults know what the Holocaust was and approximately when it happened, but fewer than half can correctly answer multiple-choice questions about the number of Jews who were murdered or the way Adolf Hitler came to power.
Bella Thorne Became Bella Porn? A Research Response to an ex-Disney Princess
Bella Thorne hit stardom when she starred in the record-breaking 2010 Disney TV show Shake It Up. After parting ways with Disney, Bella quickly moved into more adult film content with many young fans following her, which concerned numerous parents. What she has to say about the porn industry reflects a deep lack of understanding about what research has found about the effects of this kind of content.
4 Potential Consequences of Passing the Equal Rights Amendment
The ERA could inevitably produce a host of negative consequences for the country. Here are four of the many potential outcomes.
Climate Change – The Great Inoculation
God at times sends catastrophic events to warn people to turn from evil. Satan counters by disguising such events as solely a result of man’s mismanagement of the environment. It’s called conditioning and inoculation.
“The Constitution ‘Hangs by a Brittle Thread’” and What Can Be Done About It! (Part 2)
The Constitution is “hang[ing] by a brittle thread,” but there are two major fronts on which increased constitutional literacy can take place: 1. Public Education; and 2. Education in the Home. This column, Part Two, examines what can be done at the public level.
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