Pastor running Ponzi Scheme found guilty – he is going to jail

On Nov 17, a North Carolina court found Pastor Michael Baldwin guilty of running a fraudulent investment scam. What is the story here? Let’s find out. What exactly was he up to? He had established an “Investment Opportunity” called Miracle Mansion that started as long ago as 2009. The concept was this – it was … Read more

Pew Poll: Evangelicals reject Climate Science

A recent Pew poll has a rather interesting insight into the intersection between Climate Change and religious belief. Their opening pitch is this … …a solid majority of Christians and large numbers of people who identify with other religious traditions – consider the Earth sacred and believe God gave humans a duty to care for … Read more

Two New bits of scary Climate Science News

A popular Science Fiction theme often involves humans going out there, finding a suitable world and then proceeding to terraform it so that it becomes ideal for human habitation. That was literally the background plot for the 1986 Aliens, a sequel to the 1979 Alien movie. For those not familiar with it, the plot revolves … Read more

Arkansas attempts to deploy “Religious Freedom” weapon

Arkansas had an interesting item pop up for a vote – Amendment 3. The results are in and so those that live there can breath a big sigh of relief because common sense has prevailed. Here are the official results for Amendment 3 … What exactly was this amendment? The voters were asked to support … Read more