Ponce de Leon may not have discovered the fountain of youth, but life just got younger nonetheless. Scientists have long held that life has existed on Earth for 3.5 billion years based on what was thought to be fossilized bacteria discovered in a rock in Australia. That research has been called into serious question by new research. Geologists at the University of Kansas have concluded that the structures in question are hematites (a mineral), not bacteria. If their findings are confirmed, then life will be downgraded from 3.5 billion years old to 2 billion years old.
This is both good and bad for materialists. (more…)
I’m sure you’ve heard that Christians have the same divorce rate as non-Christians. I’ve long suspected that this is a myth driven by a poor definition of “Christian.” Many people are only nominal Christians; i.e. while they profess to be a Christian, there is little evidence from their conduct and beliefs that they are.
It seems my suspicions are correct. The Pew Forum released a summary of recent reassessments of the data that found a strong correlation between church attendance and divorce rates. Brian Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, concluded that “Americans who attend religious services several times a month were about 35 percent less likely to divorce than those with no religious affiliation.”
Ponce de Leon may not have discovered the fountain of youth, but life just got younger nonetheless. Scientists have long held that life has existed on Earth for 3.5 billion years based on what was thought to be fossilized bacteria discovered in a rock in Australia. That research has been called into serious question by new research. Geologists at the University of Kansas have concluded that the structures in question are hematites (a mineral), not bacteria. If their findings are confirmed, then life will be downgraded from 3.5 billion years old to 2 billion years old.
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