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Navel-gazing science considers belly buttons; Finnish Prosecutor General accuses Christians of intolerance, contempt and hatred; Finnish PG also charges pastor for publishing book in 2004 that violates law passed in 2017; Facebook bans LifeSiteNews; Author appeals to experts and huge spans of time to prop up far-fetched, wildly speculative story about freak events; Evolutionists think Bicellum brasieri means life evolved many times . . . and other stories reviewed during this May 10, 2021, broadcast of Answers News. 

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"So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." Romans 14:16-17

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Articles:

What's inside your belly button?

https://news.yahoo.com/biologist-once-made-cheese-belly-160000422.html?_guc_consent_skip=1620664171 

Finnish Politician Charged With Hate Crimes for Tweeting Bible Verse, Criticising Homosexuality 

https://nationalfile.com/finnish-politician-charged-with-hate-crimes-for-tweeting-bible-verse-criticising-homosexuality/ 

Finnish Bishop Elect charged over historic Christian teachings on human sexuality 

https://ilc-online.org/2021/04/30/finnish-bishop-elect-charged-over-historic-christian-teachings-on-human-sexuality/

BREAKING: Facebook permanently removes LifeSiteNews’ page 

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-facebook-permanently-bans-lifesitenews-page 

One Incredible Ocean Crossing May Have Made Human Evolution Possible 

https://singularityhub.com/2021/05/02/one-incredible-ocean-crossing-may-have-made-human-evolution-possible/ 

Scientists Find Billion-Year-Old Fossil Life, 'Something Which Has Never Been Described Before' 

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-find-billion-year-old-fossil-life-something-1846792843 

Germany to ban 'chick shredding' from 2022 in global first 

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-ban-chick-shredding-from-2022-in-global-first/a-56285846 

Bill Declaring Personhood Begins at Conception Passes Tennessee General Assembly 

https://tennesseestar.com/2021/04/30/bill-declaring-personhood-begins-at-conception-passes-tennessee-general-assembly/

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How was Noah’s Ark designed? Noah’s Ark has been depicted in a wide variety of ways over the years, even among the Christian church.  And this is likely because in contrast to other divinely specified constructions in the Bible, the description of the Ark in Genesis 6 is very brief. However, even though it contains minimal information about the Ark, the data given in scripture is critical.

Propaganda is a key driver of today’s consumer culture, but it hasn’t always been like this. By looking back at where modern propaganda techniques came from, we can be become more aware of how propagandists operate, and how to think critically about their messages. Here’s the story behind modern propaganda, beginning with a journalist named Edward Bernays.

Yes or no? Should we answer the fool according to his folly or not? Proverbs 26:4-5 is a fascinating portion of scripture that applies directly to the topic of origins and how Christians should answers Bible skeptics.

Here’s a shortcut to test arguments’ formal validity without drawing truth tables, just by showing if an argument’s conclusion can be false while its premises are true. Let’s see how to do this with the following argument: “If molecules-to-man evolution is true, then we can observe it directly or see its effects. We cannot observe it directly. But we can see its effects. Therefore, evolution is true.”

Bee: Nuggets feature dinosaurs and humans together; Debates continue over the age of the universe; Harvard graduate insists there are six sexes; Team announces CRISPRon and CRISPRoff that can alter epigenetics; Researchers create oxygen simulations to guess the motives of dead people; Biden asks courts to force religious doctors and hospitals to perform transgender surgeries; SPU faculty votes against trustees who affirm biblical view of sexuality; Climate alarmists interpret underwater archaeology to support their fears . . . and other stories reviewed during this May 5, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’"

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Articles:

New Young Earth Creationists Nuggets Feature Dinos and Humans Living Together Peacefully

https://babylonbee.com/news/new-young-earth-creationist-nuggets-feature-dinos-and-humans-living-together-peacefully

How old is the universe?

https://newscientist.com/question/how-old-is-the-universe/ 

‘Modern science’ says there are six sexes, Democratic Texas state legislator insists

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/24/texas-democratic-lawmaker-modern-science-says-ther/

New CRISPR technology offers unrivaled control of epigenetic inheritance

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210416131923.htm

Ancient people may have created cave art while hallucinating

https://www.livescience.com/upper-paleolithic-cave-art-oxygen-hallucinations.html

Biden Files Appeal That Would Force Religious Doctors, Hospitals to Perform transgender Surgeries despite Objections

https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/milton-quintanilla/biden-files-appeal-that-would-force-religious-doctors-hospitals-to-perform-transgender-surgeries-despite-objections.html

Christian University Faculty Revolt After Board Votes to Affirm Biblical View of Sexuality

https://www.faithwire.com/2021/04/22/christian-university-faculty-revolt-after-board-votes-to-affirm-biblical-view-of-sexuality/

Exploring ‘Aquaterra’, the drowned continent walked by our ancestors

https://institutions.newscientist.com/article/mg25033300-500-exploring-aquaterra-the-drowned-continent-walked-by-our-ancestors/

The Lies they told me in Sunday School

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-lies-they-told-me-in-sunday-school/

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Photo by John-Mark Smith

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In this episode of the GREAT Conversations Podcast, host Calvin Smith (the Director of Answers in Genesis CA) sits down with the Founder of the Cross Current ministry- Mr. Cory McKenna to discuss how to adapt our evangelism efforts to our current situation in the Western, and what churches need to do to initiate more effective evangelism.

Sign war breaks out in Virginia town; Iranian programs beetle algorithm that solves engineering problems; Climate alarmists hesitate to have children; Koonin reveals why climate science is unsettled; Coffee plant variant productive in  more climates; Media anticipates summer release of UFO report; US government to fund discrimination in schools; New Scientist considers two competing estimates on the age of the universe . . . and other stories reviewed during this May 3, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,

  the fruit of the womb a reward.

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Articles:

Sign war escalates in Christiansburg, Virginia

https://notthebee.com/article/check-out-this-insane-sign-war-thats-currently-ongoing-in-a-virginia-town 

Colour-changing beetle inspires algorithm for efficient engineering

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2274915-colour-changing-beetle-inspires-algorithm-for-efficient-engineering/  

Vogue equates having children with destroying the planet

https://notthebee.com/article/vogue-comin-through-with-the-headline-of-the-day 

Obama administration scientist says climate ‘emergency’ is based on fallacy

https://nypost.com/2021/04/24/obama-admin-scientist-says-climate-emergency-is-based-on-fallacy/ 

Coffee plant can resist climate change and tastes just as good

https://newscientist.com/article/2274931-lost-coffee-plant-can-resist-climate-change-and-tastes-just-as-good/ 

Pentagon UFO report: They 'acknowledged the reality,' whistleblower says 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/pentagon-ufo-report-acknowledged-reality-whistleblower 

GOP Reps warn against Biden administration's 'dangerous' and 'divisive' critical race theory push 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-critical-race-theory-push 

Seattle police chief rescinds dinner invitation sent by evangelical group known for anti-LGBTQ stance

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-police-chief-rescinds-dinner-invite-sent-by-evangelical-group-known-for-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-and-stance/ 

How old is the universe

https://newscientist.com/question/how-old-is-the-universe/ 

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Photo by Patrick Schneider 

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The idea of structural oppression and the need to be liberated from it is not new. However, for a generation nourished in government schools and universities steeped in the radical intellectual legacy of Rousseau, and flavored with the naturalistic, atheistic neo-Marxist developments of the New Left, it has taken specific aim today at the evisceration of Christianized culture in the West.

Truth tables are tools to help you spot invalid arguments without having to know the name of a single formal fallacy, and without having to know if the statements in an argument are true! Let’s walk through an example of drawing a truth table for a more complicated argument.