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“Brainwashing” is a highly emotional word that makes for effective propaganda. But what IS brainwashing, anyway? Is it even real? Not everyone thinks so. Originally used to describe communist ‘re-education’ techniques, “brainwashing” can now mean anything from sneaky salesmanship to hypothetically hijacking and restructuring another’s mind. 

Fake box experiment works on cats; University seeks to reduce whiteness and Eurocentrism in science; Disney runs internal campaign against white privilege and organizes racially-segregated affinity groups; Microbiology paper claims to see fungus on Mars; Owl dinosaur headline sensationalizes the facts; President hopes prayers to anyone will help Americans come together . . . and other stories reviewed during this May 19, 2021, broadcast of Answers News. 

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Thus says the LORD:

“Learn not the way of the nations,

nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens

because the nations are dismayed at them,

for the customs of the peoples are vanity.

A tree from the forest is cut down

and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.

They decorate it with silver and gold;

they fasten it with hammer and nails

so that it cannot move.

Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,

and they cannot speak;

they have to be carried,

for they cannot walk.

Do not be afraid of them,

for they cannot do evil,

neither is it in them to do good.”

There is none like you, O LORD;

you are great, and your name is great in might.

Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?

For this is your due;

for among all the wise ones of the nations

and in all their kingdoms

there is none like you.

They are both stupid and foolish;

the instruction of idols is but wood!

Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,

and gold from Uphaz.

They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;

their clothing is violet and purple;

they are all the work of skilled men.

But the LORD is the true God;

he is the living God and the everlasting King.

At his wrath the earth quakes,

and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

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Articles:

Cats love boxes so much they’ll even sit in fake ones

https://www.livescience.com/cats-tricked-by-optical-illusion-boxes.html

Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Justifies ‘White Male Supremacy’, Claims Woke University

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/05/10/charles-darwins-theory-of-evolution-promotes-white-male-supremacy-claims-woke-academics/

The Wokest Place on Earth

https://christopherrufo.com/the-wokest-place-on-earth/

Scientists Claim to Spot Fungus Growing on mars in NASA Rover Photos

https://futurism.com/scientists-fungus-growing-mars

Tiny dinosaur that looked like an owl hunted like one, too

https://www.livescience.com/owllike-dinosaur-night-hunter.html

There’s no one else to pray to’: Franklin Graham slams Biden after he fails to thank God during his proclamation for the national day of prayer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9552809/Bidens-proclamation-declaring-National-Day-Prayer-omits-word-God.html

Most human origins stories are not compatible with known fossils

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210506142133.htm

Catholic school can fire teacher for being in same-sex marriage, Indiana court rules

https://www.christianpost.com/news/catholic-school-can-fire-teacher-for-being-in-same-sex-marriage-judge-rules.html

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Photo via Flickr/The White House

Who wants to be a millionaire? Why discovering where the DNA code came from is a million-dollar question.

French cave-dwellers emerge after 40 days; ELCA elects woman who insists she is not a woman to serve as bishop; Chaplain sues Christian school that fired him for insensitivity to gender identity and sexual orientation; Neuroscientists admit evolutionary assumptions inhibited study of cerebellum; Archaeologists claim Kalahari cave is mankind's oldest known home; Calgary police arrest immigrant pastor for organizing illegal in-person gatherings . . . and other stories reviewed during this May 17, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of bishop*, he desires a noble task. Therefore a bishop* must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

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Articles:

15 French volunteers leave cave after 40 days without daylight or clocks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/25/deep-time-team-ends-40-days-underground-in-french-cave

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Elects First Transgender Person as Bishop

https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/milton-quintanilla/evangelical-lutheran-church-of-america-elects-first-transgender-person-as-bishop.html

School chaplain challenges dismissal over LGBT views

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/school.chaplain.challenges.dismissal.over.lgbt.views/136775.htm

"Competing ideologies" by Bernard Randall

https://christianconcern.com/resource/a-school-sermon-by-bernard-randall-competing-ideologies/ 

Brain’s movement control centre may have had key role in our evolution

https://newscientist.com/article/2276936-brains-movement-control-centre-may-have-had-key-role-in-our-evolution/

Early humans lived in this South African Cave 2 million years ago, making it the World’s Oldest home, Archaeologists say

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wonderwerk-cave-worlds-oldest-home-1961900

Calgary pastor whose Easter confrontation with police went viral arrested after holding church service

https://www.foxnews.com/world/canada-calgary-pastor-arrested-covid-health-order-church-service

Dinoflagellate Genome Structure Unlike Any Other Known

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/dinoflagellate-genome-structure-unlike-any-other-known-68749

Is there a pattern to the universe?

https://www.livescience.com/is-there-pattern-in-universe.html

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wikipedia commons photo of Rev. Megan Rohrer

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/HonorThemWithAction_San_Francisco_20170612-5950.jpg

The liberating identity of those in the covenant of grace transcends skin color and ethnic origin and refuses to look at the world in terms of us and them, oppressors versus oppressed, but grasps all reality in light of our Creation, Fall and Redemption as a human race.

Emotions are powerful persuasive forces, but when do appeals to emotion become fallacies? God created us with great emotional capacities, but in our fallen world, emotions can be used to mislead us to believe wrong or illogical ideas. Propaganda often involves strong emotional appeals, and research shows certain emotions affect critical thinking. Let’s see how emotions influence persuasion, and how to respond with the truth.

Why can’t Christians just concentrate on the New Testament when sharing the Gospel?  Because telling someone about the ‘good news’ makes little sense to people who don’t know the ‘bad news’ in Genesis.

Repeating a lie can’t make it true, but repetition is sure an effective propaganda technique. Here are some studies that illustrate the incredible persuasive force of repetition, powerful enough to make people call a dubious statement true—even if they originally knew it was false. Amazingly, the power of repetition affects young adults and seniors differently, confirming the value of older mentors for Christian students.

Four boys, five girls, and new mother, Halima Cisse, are doing well; Large US adoption agency says placing black children with white parents is racist; More hospitals succeed with in utero surgeries; Grizzlies and polar bears are cross-breeding in the wild; New barite dating method may upset evolutionary timelines; Fossil genetics change crocodile family tree . . . and other stories reviewed during this May 12, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

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Articles:

Nonuplets: Woman from Mali gives birth to nine babies

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/woman-nine-babies-mali-nonuplets-b1842271.html

Christian Adoption Agency Opposes Interracial Adoptions 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/05/nolte-christian-adoption-agency-opposes-interracial-adoptions/

32 Babies Had Surgery to Fix Spina Bifida While Still in the Womb and are Born Healthy

https://www.lifenews.com/2021/05/05/32-babies-had-surgery-to-fix-spina-bifida-while-still-in-the-womb-and-are-born-healthy/

Pizzly' bear hybrids are spreading across the Arctic thanks to climate change 

https://www.livescience.com/pizzly-bear-hybrids-created-by-climate-crisis.html

Earth's crust is way, way older than we thought 

https://www.livescience.com/earth-continental-crust-older-than-we-thought.htm

Extinct 'horned' crocodile gets new spot in the tree of life

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210427085749.htm

‘Big-brained’ mammals may just have small bodies, study suggests 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/28/big-brained-mammals-may-just-have-small-bodies-study-suggests

From Best Friends to Platonic Spouses 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/fashion/weddings/from-best-friends-to-platonic-spouses.html

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Photo by Benji Aird

https://unsplash.com/photos/cdmK19B88_w 

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Christians in Canada are watching society get dismantled and rebuilt according to the secular worldview of the day. Explore how you can be part of the solution as we unpack ‘4 Pillars: Building the Church in an Age of Decline’, with special guest and author David Cooke, the Campaign Manager with Campaign Life Coalition.