Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
OPINION
Religion is alive and well in America. Don’t believe it? Ask a professor.
Cox recognizes that many “claim that a college education adversely affects religiosity,” but points out that “[t]hough the U.S. is becoming less religious, college curricula have little or nothing to do with it.” He cites surveys about the decline in American religion and presents evidence that “[m]ost young people who wind up leaving their religious commitments do so before ever stepping foot on campus.”…Read Full Article
From RNS
SOCIAL JUSTICE
I Feel Guilty for Not Donating
I feel a lot of negativity about [donating money] … but then I see God telling us to give, and so I become very confused about that. I feel guilty when I don’t give…Read Full Article
From busted halo
SCIENCE
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises – the cetacenas. We know that they are smart “for animals,” but we still give them short shrift. Maybe if they had picked up English by now we’d have more respect. But the thing is, they don’t need English … because they already have a language of their own!….Read Full Article
From Treehugger
SPIRITUALITY
A Devotional Life Beyond the Quiet Time
There are some parts of the Bible that sound great until I realize I don’t understand them much at all. Ephesians 5:18 is a prime example. Paul writes, “And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit.”…Read Full Article
From The Gospel Coalition
ANIMAL RIGHTS
Do You Care If Your Fish Dinner Was Raised Humanely? Animal Advocates Say You Should
Do consumers care? Mercy for Animals’ own in-house studies suggest yes — and offer a roadmap of the objections the group is likely to raise with the aquaculture industry. Concerns like too many fish routinely crammed into pens and tanks, fish being raised in dirty water, high disease and mortality rates…Read Full Article
From npr
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