Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
HALLOWEEN
Watch Out: This Halloween, Horror Is Back
It’s official: horror is back. Last year, politically-themed costumes were the rage. Before that, it was film and television show characters. Now, thanks to a resurgence of scary movies and a desire to escape the real world, costume distributors and retailers say it’s all about fright…Read Full Article
From npr
RELIGION
Faith and the cosmos: An astrophysicist fields the big questions
I personally believe that there is only a conflict between science and religion if you want there to be one. People ask if scientists are religious. I tell them that I personally know many scientists who are atheists, and many scientists who are very devout Catholics, and Muslims and Jews and Hindus — and they all seem to sleep at night and they all are able to get work done and they all are able to pray, if they’re the praying kind. And we all get along…Read Full Article
From RNS
LIVING
‘Ikigai’ is the Japanese art of finding one’s purpose in life
Ikigai, whose name comes from the Japanese words iki, meaning life, and gai, meaning value or worth, is about finding purpose in life. It is about establishing a career that is “at the intersection of what you are good at and what you love doing.” It’s about feeling your work makes a difference in people’s lives…Read Full Article
From treehugger
FAITH
Are religious people more moral?
Today we have other ways of policing morality, but this evolutionary heritage is still with us. Although statistics show that atheists commit fewer crimes than average, the widespread prejudice against them, as highlighted by our study, reflects intuitions that have been forged through centuries and might be hard to overcome…Read Full Article
From RNS
CULTURE
Inside the Museum of the Bible
Today, Trobisch and others refer to the museum’s currently stated purpose, which is to invite all people, regardless of background, to “engage” with the Bible. There will be nothing in the museum “that would offend someone who is unchurched” or LGBT people, Trobisch said. Zeiss also avowed, “We don’t take any political or cultural positions.” Even so, it’s hard to imagine that vestiges of the original intention will not remain…Read Full Article
From Christianity Today
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