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August 17, 2009 - Oregon Primate Center vs Resident Chimps

Wesley J. Smith discusses the emerging debate on animal rights. With the national debate on health care drawing a great deal of the public’s attention, Wesley Smith draws attention to another public policy debate that may go unnoticed. A policy that Mr. Smith feels would create “chaos in our society” […]


August 15, 2009 - Faith Film Review: Bandslam

Bandslam (PG-13) Catholic Conference of Film Boradcasting — Genial comedy with music in which a newcomer (Gaelan Connell) at a New Jersey high school overcomes his socially disastrous past when befriended by a popular fellow student (Alyson Michalka) who makes him the manager of her rock group as they prepare […]


August 14, 2009 - Why does God take some to heaven so young?

Question  of the Week: By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy, Oregon Why does God take some people to Heaven prematurely—before it seems He should—and others so late when they are old and in such pain? Isaiah 55 says God’s thoughts are higher than ours. He has purposes we can’t […]


August 14, 2009 - Survey: 74% believe in Heaven, 59% Hell

“Only 59 percent of Americans believe in hell, compared with 74 percent who believe in heaven, according to the recent surveys from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. “I think it’s such a difficult and important biblical topic,” said Kurt Selles, director of the Global Center at Samford […]


August 13, 2009 - Protestants have high rate of suicide

Rising Unemployment Rate Forecasts Increased Suicide Among Protestant Christians By Prasso Ministries GREENVILLE, SC, Aug. 11 /Christian Newswire/ — As unemployment rates rise around the United States, experts predict a corresponding rise in the suicide rate. Recognizing that the Christian community is not exempt from this trend, South Carolina-based Prasso […]


August 12, 2009 - Oregon author starts Oprah letter campaign to fight bullying

By Traci Scott, Faith Reporter A local author has appealed through an open letter to Oprah Winfrey to continue to include the topic of fighting adolescent bullying.   A letter writing campaign has started to get thousands of people to mail the Oprah show their child’s bullying horror stories. Paul Coughlin […]


August 11, 2009 - Homeschoolers test 37% above peers, study shows

New Nationwide Study Confirms Homeschool Academic Achievement Home School Legal Defense Fund: Each year, the homeschool movement graduates at least 100,000 students. Due to the fact that both the United States government and homeschool advocates agree that homeschooling has been growing at around 7% per annum for the past decade, […]


August 11, 2009 - U.K. gay marriages decline 18%

Showing that government forecasting on marriages is just as dicey as predicting the economy, The Daily Mail Reporter in England reports that new civil partnerships are in a decline.   Some theorize that the drop reflects current cultural norms where couples delay or forgo formal wedding rituals.   Here is the article: […]


August 10, 2009 - Founding Fathers on stimulus, taxes, health care reform.

Georgene Rice of KPDQ FM, interview with Brian McClanahan, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers. GEORGENE: Dr. McClanahan’s book gives us insight into what the Founding Fathers would have thought of the present day’s Stimulus Package, health care or foreign policy based on historic documentation.. GEORGENE: […]


August 9, 2009 - Magazine surveys nonreligious

Results from a Survey of the Nonreligious offers some interesting findings Amherst, NY (August 5, 2009)–The best statistical portrait yet available of atheists, agnostics, humanists and other nonreligious Americans, based on data collected from nearly 6,000 respondents, has just been published in Free Inquiry magazine (Vol. 29, No. 5, pps. […]