Prayer, Bible lessons and a big red bus: How an Ohio group is bringing God to public school
LifeWise Academy is on a mission to reach school children with the gospel. Opponents say the weekly Bible studies blur the line between church and state. See article HERE
Category: Kids/Padawans
Will Artificial Intelligence Replace People?
It depends what we do with it. Here are one author’s thoughts:
What would you like AI to do for you?
Happy Easter!
If you don’t celebrate Easter as religious event, you can still have Easter-like activities, such as an egg hunt. And, this year Easter falls on a day celebrating the equality and rights of transgender people. Here is what president Biden said:
“On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate the joy, strength, and absolute courage of some of the bravest people I know. Today, we show millions of transgender and nonbinary Americans that we see them, they belong, and they should be treated with dignity and respect (President Joe Biden).”
Activity: Using A Thesaurus
Have you ever wanted to make your writing more interesting? There are a lot of words out there you can use instead of the ones you usually do: synonyms. Try using a thesaurus, like this one. If you check out a thesaurus, look at all the words you can use instead of “said.”
Question: Have you ever known someone who uses lots of big words? Do you think people who often use big words instead of small ones really know the differences between the many synonyms they use?
Activity: Using an Etymology Dictionary
Are you a philologist, someone who loves words? If so, did you know words have a history? For instance, did you know the word lunatic comes from the word luna, meaning moon. We can picture the person changing into a werewolf on the full moon.
To check out the history of some of your favorite words, explore an online dictionary of etymology!
Activity: Using A Rhyming Dictionary
Ever wonder how poets are able to come up with just the right rhyme, such as pop stars do. It’s probably not that they are brilliant, but more likely they have a rhyming dictionary, such as this online one
Here is a poem I quickly came up with using that online rhyming dictionary:
LUCKY ME
Such a vision was He, when I looked upon God,
Though some thought him flawed, and others a fraud.
I too saw his Son, who died that I might be free.
Some disagreed if he was one, or should be considered to be three.
There seem just as many gods, as there are folk.
Thank God I was born into the right faith, so my beliefs aren’t a joke.
ACTIVITY:
Use a rhyming dictionary to more easily come up with your own poem!
Was Jesus Born Of A Virgin?
No, this was an idea made up long after our oldest writings about Jesus of Paul and Mark:
Was Jesus Born In A Stable Or Cave?
No, our earliest account is that he was born in a lower room of a house:
God and the Gaps
A favorite of some religious people is pointing out something science doesn’t understand yet and saying God must be responsible. Is this silly?
Religion Hurting Kids: The Question of Science
One common situation to find among religious people is the denial of evolution and climate change. Evolution is denied because it contradicts the Genesis creation account, and climate change is denied because God’s perfect creation wouldn’t allow humanity to destroy itself. Consider the following article where a state tries to institutionalize these superstitions in the state education standards.