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Livescience lists medical oddities from 2020; "Awoman" congressman prayed to Brahma; Democrats continue using the words their new rules prohibit; Geneticists find identical twins may not have identical DNA; Astrophysicists continue to debate the age of the universe;  Scottish politicians issue more restrictions on worship, weddings and funerals; Elders at Trinity Bible Chapel stand up to government; Archeologists debate whether a niche next to a floor indicate the place Herod decided to kill John the Baptist . . . reviewed during this January 13, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge..."

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Articles: 

Strange Medical Cases from 2020 

https://www.livescience.com/strangest-medical-cases-2020.html 

‘Amen and Awoman’: Minister Invokes Hindu god, offers gender lesson during opening prayer for 117th Congress 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/amen-and-awoman-minister-invokes-hindu-god-offers-gender-lesson-during-opening-prayer-for-117th-congress 

Democrats mocked for still using ‘Gendered language’ they banned in the House 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-mocked-for-still-using-gendered-language-they-banned-in-house 

Identical twins don’t share all DNA

https://www.livescience.com/identical-twins-dont-share-all-dna.html 

Astronomers agree: Universe is nearly 14 billion years old 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210104131925.htm 

Updated: Scotland bans public worship for second time during COVID-19 crisis 

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-scotland-bans-public-worship-for-second-time-during-covid-19-crisis 

Canadian church pens epic response after police charge six elders for holding services in defiance of lockdowns 

https://notthebee.com/article/canada-arrests-six-elders-of-ontario-church-for-holding-services-in-defiance-of-government-orders 

Dance floor where John the Baptist was condemned to death discovered, archaeologist says 

https://www.livescience.com/dance-floor-john-the-baptist-execution.html 

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Photo by Kevin Nielsen / Global News File

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Calvin sits down with the Founder of the Cross Current ministry- Mr. Cory McKenna to discuss our current situation in regards to outreach in the West, and what the church needs to implement immediately to initiate effective evangelism. 

Australians play in snake-infested sea foam; Pennsylvania Health Department publishes guidelines for sinning; Evolutionists try another way to accidentally produce life from chemistry; Paleoanthropologists resist evidence that Neanderthals were human; True-believers want to re-classify minerals according to dogma, rather than science; Hungarian lawmakers resist postmodern identity politics; UNwomen imagine utopian neverland of Equiterra , , , and more during this January 11, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools...

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Articles: 

Australia's got snake-infested sea foam. Because it's Australia and of course they do.

https://notthebee.com/article/australias-now-got-snake-infested-sea-foam-as-if-there-werent-enough-things-to-kill-you-there-already

Pennsylvania Health Department Publishes Guidelines For Sinning

https://notthebee.com/article/the-pennsylvania-health-dept-issues-covid-guidelines-for-orgies-and-in-other-news-our-nation-deserves-the-just-wrath-of-a-holy-god 

Discovery boosts theory that life on Earth arose from RNA-DNA mix

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201228095428.htm

Neanderthals buried their dead: New evidence

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201209140358.htm

Scientists and philosopher team up, propose a new way to categorize minerals

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201221160435.htm

Hungary upholds traditional marriage, bans LGBT adoption with new constitutional amendment

https://disrn.com/news/hungary-upholds-traditional-marriage-bans-lgbt-adoption-in-new-constitutional-amendment

Welcome to Equiterra, where gender equality is real

https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2020/2/illustration-equiterra-gender-equality-utopia

Global Warming Will Unearth Never-Before-Seen Viruses

https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/12/global-warming-is-unearthing-never-before-seen-viruses/

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Image Credit: UN Women/Ruby Taylor

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A popular objection to Christianity is that people in the church may be hypocrites. Religious hypocrisy is a sad reality, which Jesus Himself detested. But is hypocrisy a logical reason to dismiss the Christian worldview? 

Arguments that persuade by propaganda often use fallacies of irrelevant premises. There’s a long list of these fallacies, but one critical thinking hack can help you catch any of them. Just ask: “Is this message true or false because…” Because many people believe it? Because someone famous said so? This tool lets you respond to countless fallacies without needing to know their Latin names.

Divers record octopus punching fish; Scientists reinforce each other's assumptions about mummified wolf pup; Botanists find unknown plant in Hawaii; Dogma drives quest for and interpretation of ancient ice; Massachusetts Democrats override pro-choice Governor's veto so that 16 year-old girls can abort without telling parents;  State university IT department embraces role as thought police;  Media reports speculation about untestable formula as a study by experts; openDemocracy pressures Amazon to block charitable donations to Christian groups that assert biblical sexuality . . . and other stories reviewed during this January 6, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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By the breath of God ice is given, 

and the broad waters are frozen fast.

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Articles:

Octopus punches fish in the head (just because it can) 

https://www.livescience.com/octopuses-punch-fish.html 

57,000-Year-Old Frozen Remains of Wolf Pup Found in Canada 

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/zhur-wolf-pup-09179.html 

New plant found in Hawaii believed to be the only one of its kind in the world 

https://disrn.com/news/new-plant-found-in-hawaii-believed-to-be-the-only-one-of-its-kind-in-the-world 

Oldest Antarctic Ice: Will Searching For An Older Ice Core Help Understand Earth's Climate? 

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/26/949159524/scientists-have-found-some-truly-ancient-ice-but-now-they-want-ice-thats-even-ol 

Massachusetts lowers age for abortions without parental consent 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/massachusetts-abortions-parental-consent-veto-override 

University IT Department Embraces Role As Thought Police 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-of-michigans-it-department-suggests-calls-terms-like-picnic-and-brown-bag-offensive 

Milky Way may be full of aliens who annihilated themselves, study says 

https://www.foxnews.com/science/milky-way-aliens-annihilated-themselves

Amazon Pressured to Drop Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Focus on the Family from Charity list 

https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/amazon-pressured-to-drop-billy-graham-evangelical-association-focus-on-the-family-from-charity-list.html 

Satanists say ‘Abortions save lives’ on billboard outside Houston 

https://www.newsbreak.com/texas/rosenberg/news/2128390374480/satanists-say-abortions-save-lives-on-billboard-outside-houston 

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Photo by 66 north

https://unsplash.com/photos/D9qcSHMvqEc 

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Why half-truths aren’t true at all. If the first 50% of time in scripture isn’t true, why believe the second half?

Thai researcher converts feathers into food; School district pays $187K to atheists harmed by graduation prayer; Botanists declare Madagascar flower is ugliest orchid; Appeals court rejects Nonhuman Rights Project lawsuit; NY Times promotes paganized Messiah; New UK Police program allows people to report their "extremist" friends and relatives . . . and other articles reviewed during this January 4, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

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Articles reviewed:

Nobody asked for this! Researcher recycles chicken feathers into “edible” food. 

https://notthebee.com/article/choke-me-on-a-chicken-feather-researcher-recycles-chicken-feathers-into-edible-food  

SC school board settles lawsuit with atheist group over student led graduation prayers  

https://www.christianpost.com/news/south-carolina-school-board-settles-lawsuit-with-atheist-group-over-student-led-prayer-graduations.html   

Newly discovered orchid species labelled ugliest in the world  

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2263273-newly-discovered-orchid-species-labelled-the-ugliest-in-the-world/

Animals are not ‘persons’: Appeals court upholds ruling over Bronx Zoo elephant 

https://fox59.com/news/animals-are-not-persons-appeals-court-upholds-ruling-over-bronx-zoo-elephant/

NYT Promotes a Pro-LGBT Handel's 'Messiah,' with Jesus as a Muslim Woman 

https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/nyt-promotes-a-pro-lgbt-handels-messiah-with-jesus-as-a-muslim-woman.html  

UK Police launch program to report ‘extremist’ friends, relatives for re-education 

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/uk-police-launch-program-to-report-extremist-friends-relatives-for-re-education  

A Surprisingly Simple Biochemistry Rule Drives the Evolution of Useless Complexity 

https://scitechdaily.com/a-surprisingly-simple-biochemistry-rule-drives-the-evolution-of-useless-complexity/ 

2020’s science superlatives include the oldest, highest and grossest discoveries 

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/2020-science-superlatives-oldest-highest-grossest-discoveries   

Most never married US adults hope to get married someday, despite culture shift: poll 

https://www.christianpost.com/news/most-never-married-us-adults-hope-to-get-married-someday.html  

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Photo by Sasin Tipchai

https://pixabay.com/photos/girl-africa-animals-asia-cambodia-1822525/

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Not all arguments are equally logical. In logic, an argument is a set premises which work together to support a conclusion. Deductive arguments try to prove a conclusion is true, while inductive arguments try to imply a conclusion is probable. Being able to recognize a sound deductive argument will help you spot invalid, unsound or weak arguments, along with logical fallacies.

By now in the critical thinking process, you will have already caught many potential fallacies in a message, including Appeals to Authority, Equivocation and Either-Or Fallacies. But other faulty arguments, such as Circular Reasoning, Appeals to Probability, or Faulty Generalizations, may still lurk behind the facts. Catch them with a final check on the message’s reasoning.