Perspectives
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Nuclear ‘Doomsday Clock’ Ticks Closest to Midnight in 64 Years
Reuters
January 26, 2017
Atomic scientists reset their symbolic “Doomsday Clock” to its closest time to midnight in 64 years on Thursday, saying the world was closer to catastrophe due to threats such as nuclear weapons, climate change and Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president.
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Over 900,000 Christians Martyred for Their Faith in Last 10 Years: Report
Samuel Smith
January 16, 2017
Gordon-Conwell’s Center for the Study of Global Christianity recently released its annual report on the persecution of Christians, which found that as many as 90,000 Christians died for their faith in the last year.
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Moving Toward a Cashless Society
Rick Brinegar
October 19, 2016
Soon physical cash will cease to exist. Paper money will be a relic of a bygone era. When cash is declared worthless and money is all electronic, the one-world government will have so much power it will be able to dictate who is allowed to participate in the economy.
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Earth Hasn’t Been this Hot for More than 100,000 Years
Becca Stanek
October 4, 2016
A new discussion paper by former senior NASA climate scientist James Hansen and 11 other experts published in the Earth System Dynamics journal reveals the steady rise of Earth’s temperatures over the past 45 years means the planet is now as warm as it was during the interglacial Eemian period, which ended more than 115,000 years ago. Back then, Earth’s sea levels were 20-30 feet higher than they are today and there was “much less ice,” The Guardian reported.
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Church Has More Martyrs Today Than in First Centuries, Says Pope Francis
Leonardo Blair
December 27, 2016
In remarks Monday to thousands of pilgrims who had gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, to mark the Feast of Saint Stephen, the Church’s first martyr, Francis called on Christians to remember those who died for their Christian faith through history.
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Vulnerability Is the Internet’s Original Sin
Fred Kaplan
October 25, 2016
On the day (perhaps not long from now) when the entire internet crashes, no one will be able to say that we didn’t see it coming. The denial-of-service attack on the morning of Oct. 21--which shut down Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, and a dozen other websites--offers a preview, in miniature and against relatively trivial targets, of how the day of doom might unfold.