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According to lore, P.T. Barnum often displayed the Fiji Mermaid as a sideshow attraction, which was really the torso of a Monkey stitched together with the tail of a fish. Yet, this curiosity attracted great crowds and many traveling entertainers have since duplicated the stunt. This is certainly a fitting illustration for describing Dawkins’ recent lecture hosted by the Center for Ethics and Religion at Queens University in Charlotte. The event certainly unveiled the grandeur of Darwin’s Rottweiler’s oratory skills; however, just as those who believed the Fiji Mermaid exhibit to be the carcass of an actual living creature reminds us that there may be some truth to the adage “there’s a sucker born every minute,” one is to be discerning with what Dawkins’ hocks as facts for evolution. The evening’s lecture was divided into two parts: the first was Dawkins’ reading selections from his latest book, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Note the title hearkens to a tagli...

An argument raised by Muslims to support their belief that Jesus was a prophet of God, yet not divine, is the incident of the cursing of the fig tree in Mark 11. The Muslim reasons that the fact that “it was not the season for figs” (v. 13b) indicates that Jesus demonstrated ignorance in trying to find fruit on a tree when every one else understood it was the wrong time of year to go fig picking. (Of course, the an atheist, Buddhist, Hindu, Jew, or any other belief system that denies the deity of Jesus Christ could raise the very same argument and this is not exclusive to Islam.) Did Jesus make a mistake? Not! Jesus’ cursing of the fig tree demonstrates the very opposite! It presents Jesus having a sophisticated intellect, which revealed a person deeply rooted in the Old Testament, who possessed a prerequisite knowledge of facts only available through divine revelation. The fig trees in Palestine bear leaves in March and are accompanied by small edible knobs called taksh (c.f. Stephen...

After seeing Zombieland , here's how I would rate this horror flick: Gross-out factor: 10 Scare factor: 1 Laugh Factor: 10 Originality: 4 - There are a few things that remind me of Shaun of the Dead Social Message: Nothing deep like one gets with George A. Romero. Zombieland is about the idea that some rules can be changed, like forget about "don't be a hero," and kill a 1000 zombies to win the totally unattainable girl, or enjoy the little things in life like killing a 1000 zombies to get a twinkie. Why? Because you're no better than a mindless zombie if you don't. Well, that's all I got to say about that.