Thu, February 9, 2012

Science and Religion Around the Web

 

Why Science and Religion?

Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

Hi, I’m Brook, your TFT Science and Religion correspondent. Why the belated introduction? I got my first comment the other day, on my piece about the Creation Museum and dinosaurs. It went like this: “How can you have a section called Science and Religion? You might as well have one called…

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Journey to the Center of the Creation Museum

Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

Recently, reports came out that Florida Adventure Land, a Christian dinosaur theme park in Pensacola, Florida, was shut down for tax fraud. Apparently the owner contended that he was working for God, not the federal government, and so was not required to pay taxes.  But let’s back up: what on…

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Dead Weight: The Science of “Cold Souls”

Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

Paul Giamatti’s new movie has a wacked-out premise: an actor has his soul surgically removed and put into cold storage in New Jersey so it doesn’t get ruined when he takes on the apparently soul-sucking role of Uncle Vanya. Giamatti’s soul, as it turns out, is about the size of a chickpea. …

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