Most of you will know the good news about research performed on cells drawn from amniotic fluid recently. In fact, many of the unfulfilled promises about the glories of “tiny-human-harvesting-for-the-purpose-of-serving-big-humans” research (i.e., embryonic stem cell research) were actually met through the amniotic fluid research. Various tissue forms were grown (muscle, bone, fat, blood vessel, nerve […]
Two posts ago, I drew attention to the growing pop-atheistic-God-denying movement taking place in the US. This group has taken atheism out of the lecture hall and onto the streets. In a recent NYT article, Nicholas Kristof actually takes aim at this set of “secular fundamentalists” (Kristof’s term, not mine). He writes that “the tone […]
I can still remember Jimmy Swaggart standing wet-faced and ashamed, staring into a camera and saying with a cracked voice, “I have sinned.” I can remember reading the article, printed in a Christian magazine, about the investigators who witnessed him paying a prostitute for sex. Not sure how old I was, but I remember that […]
Well, if you haven’t heard, now you will. It’s not a good time to be a baby (born OR unborn) in England. The Sunday Times has just reported:
“BABIES born alive at less than 22 weeks gestation should be treated as if they had never existed, even if they breathe, move […]
