Interesting Links for 07-10-2014

[andrewducker]

• Don't let fear stop you from traveling!
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• Memory Loss Associated with Alzheimer’s Reversed for First Time
  (tags: alzheimers dementia medicine memory )
• How to Align Contracts with Agile Software Development Teams
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• The Supreme Court Just Quietly Made Marriage

Comments

[abigail_n]

That global warming article is an extremely frustrating example of false balance. Just because a religious group makes an argument doesn't mean that it's a theological argument. It's one thing to argue whether god commanded humans to preserve or exploit the planet, and quite another to say - as the pro-climate change group is saying - that increasing carbon emissions is good for the planet, or that the poor will be hurt by efforts to curtail the effects of climate change. The first is a matter of theology. The second are simply lies.

[alextfish]

Really interesting link on the debate among US Evangelicals about global warming. Thanks.

Naturally, evangelicals elsewhere in the world are not so affiliated with big oil businesses and are rather more in favour of "environmentalist" attitudes. It's really distressing to read claims like "Rising atmospheric CO2 benefits all life on Earth by improving plant growth and crop yields, making food more abundant and affordable, helping the poor most of all", or Christians describing environmentalism as "the utopian vision of Marxism, the scientific facade of secular humanism, and the religious fanaticism of jihad". G'buh.

But still, it's good to hear that despite the broad-strokes picture the media paints of American Republican evangelicalism, there are a number of US evangelicals with somewhat more sane attitudes out there, even having a good go at explaining things to their compatriots.

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[apostle_of_eris]

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