1. Well, Really?
(Comments)

Liberals complain of the fascist-leaning press. Conservatives bash the left-wing, liberal press. Is the press responsible for all disasters, natural and man-made? Do we really believe that on-the-floo

2. Global Warming—We Got Trouble
(Blogs/Science and Society)

Whether we want to admit or not, I believe most people know that global warming is real and accelerating due mainly to our activities. The questions our generation has to answer are: will we face up

3. Ah, The Comfort of Knowing
(Blogs/Science and Government)

Webster’s definition of the verb “to know” is “to be sure of” or “have true information about.” To know something, we must be aware of it and believe it to

4. The Most Futile Debate Of All Time
(Blogs/Science and Society)

...lly stumbled onto a cable TV talk show and heard an ex-preacher/politician, now temporarily working as the show’s host, discussing with guests how important it is for all of us to respect the op...

5. Space Aliens: Red, Yellow, Black, Or White?
(Blogs/Science)

Scientists tell us it is almost a certainty that life forms elsewhere in the universe have evolved in the same way as those on Earth. However, it is also almost certain that none of those other life

6. Play Poker Blind Folded?
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

...It’s my guess you would not play poker without looking at your cards, so why blindly gamble with the future of your soul? As far as I know, all religions require their practitioners to strongly ...

7. Change The Creator's Rules?
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

All around the world change is in the air. The hue and cry for changing our political leaders and old arrangements between nations is raging. What about changing some of our old religious beliefs to

8. Come, Let Us Pretend Together—Or Else!
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

If I remember right, there’s a passage in the Bible quoting Paul [1 Corinthians], who said “…when I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child: but when I [grew up] I p

9. Religious Terrorism and You
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

Terrorism, and the war on it, are not new. Terrorism has been with us ever since man began to think and respond to his emotions. Whether for religious or political reasons its tactics are committed

10. THINK: You Can Do It If You Try
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

Why do many people feel compelled to offer excuses for the actions or inactions of the Good Spirit?  They always claim the Good Spirit lives among us, is all-powerful and loves us.  I

11. Stock Market Volatility and The Media
(Blogs/Science and Society)

It’s not your fault. Your incessant demands for easy credit had nothing to do with it. The recent stock market crash and credit crisis was caused by those despicable Wall Street tycoons.

12. Religion: Desperate Quest For Salvation
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

The purpose of any religion is to offer individuals a way to obtain eternal life. Accepting the reality of death is so abhorrent to some that they often purposefully hurt the feelings of family memb

13. Fertilized Egg: A Person?
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

Here we go again, another legal skirmish attempting to outlaw all abortions. In November, Colorado voters will be asked to decide if a females’s egg cell becomes a “person” when it

14. Before the Here and Now
(Blogs/Science)

What Is The Natural World and What Was Here Before It? The natural world is a physical structure of time and space, containing matter and energy, that is governed by the laws of physics. Physicist

15. Evolution or Creation: A Credibility Issue
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

Religious opponents of the scientific theory of evolution frequently point to some of its still–hotly debated details as proof that the theory is not a credible explanation for the great diver

16. What Is A Human Being?
(Blogs/Science)

Biologists classify humans as just another primate. Most people, however, consider human beings as completely separate from the animal kingdom. What Makes Us Human? It is the kind of in

17. Global Warming And Death:
(Blogs/Science)

... We don’t usually think of global warming or death as good things but both are essential for the continuity of life. Without death new life could not be born. Why? All chemical elements are ...

18. Faith, Idiots, and Common Sense
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

...that some individuals and groups make it a practice to manually handle poisonous snakes to demonstrate their faith and trust in the Great Spirit. Many people are probably already aware of this practic...

19. Why We Lie-Is It Good For Us?
(Blogs/Science and Society)

Like spirituality, and all our other human tendencies that evolved before it, lying was naturally selected for us because better liars survived longer to have more offspring. Soon after early human

20. Fossil Fuels: Fetishes of Our Times
(Blogs/Science and Society)

Every day now either on TV broadcasts, in print media or on the Internet some mention is made about our reliance on fossil fuels for our energy needs. What are they? How were they made? How did they

21. First Life and Death On Earth
(Blogs/Science and Society)

We often hear skeptics of the theory of evolution say something like, “Scientists can’t even tell us for sure where the first living cell came from so they can’t possibly know how

22. Scientific Knowledge: A Threat To Some, An Opportunity For Others
(Blogs/Science and Society)

...dquo;ism” to be successfully marketed it must first be considered useful, or perceived to be, by the people it is being offered to. The product, if purchased, must then perform as advertised and...

23. Opinions
(Blogs/Science and Society)

Opinions are a person’s assessment of things, situations, ideas, and other people. Each person either forms his own based on what he already knows, or thinks he knows, or just blindly accepts

24. Humans Walking With Dinosaurs?
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

There seems to be no limit to what some of us claim to believe. Some are now offering “proof” that humans lived on this planet at the same time as dinosaurs. Do they not have any concept

25. High Prices, Weak Economy, and Good Books
(Blogs/Science and Society)

... current policymakers have been replaced with ones whose economic ideas are more in tune with those of the reporting journalists and broadcasters. We all know that journalists sometimes use pow...

26. Arrogant and Superior or “Woe is Me”: Which Best Describes You?
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

 Been Talking Down to another group lately? Almost everything about us as individuals was determined for us before we were born. The particular combination of genes we inherited from our ance

27. Terms of Use
(Admin/Policies)

...ind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information contained within this site. While the information contained in the site is periodically updated, no guarantee is given that the inf...

28. Privacy Policy
(Admin/Policies)

... To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notic...

29. About the Author
(About Us/Author)

For over fifty years, Floyd Glidewell has been fascinated by how the universe came into existence and how life evolved, and has been gathering scientific data to support his ideas and contentions.

30. Jet-lagged Intelligent Designer
(Blogs/Science and Religion)

Many people have experienced the awful feeling of jet lag that results from crossing international time zones. Some of its symptoms include disorientation, grogginess and irrational thinking. Now