These are not good times for science. As perhaps no other time since the Enlightenment, science is under attack from the dark forces of ignorance and superstition. What makes it so much worse is that the attack is being led by ideological zealots from within. The only analogous situation was
Proverbs 4 13 Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go. Guard them, for they are the key to life. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
As historian Geoffrey Blainey notes, “At no other decade in the first thousand years of Christianity were women as influential as they were during Jesus’ own brief ministry.” Women abound in the Gospel stories – and a confusing number of them are called Mary. Including not just Jesus’ mother, but another
Proverbs 3 33 The Lord curses the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the upright. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
Despite the fact that Gene Simmons briefly majored in theology at college, religion is not generally something associated with rock group KISS, except in the negative (a long-standing, if false, claim is that their name is anagrammatic of “Knights In Satan’s Service”). Yet, KISS were more on the
Proverbs 2 14 They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
Proverbs 1 10 My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them! If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
Proverbs 31 27 She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
Proverbs 30 12 They are pure in their own eyes, but they are filthy and unwashed. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
Proverbs 29 18 When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law is joyful. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
Proverbs 28 5 Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand completely. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
Three centuries after the Enlightenment, and decades after blasphemy laws were overturned in England, blasphemy is being treated as criminal behaviour again in Europe. Not blasphemy against any old religion, of course: Christianity can be profaned, mocked and vilified at will. Indeed, in parts of England it is now explicitly
Proverbs 27 17 As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
Proverbs 26 7 A proverb in the mouth of a fool is as useless as a paralyzed leg. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
