how are some more certain of everything than i am of anything?….

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/05/16/universal-clock-oxygen-life/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-20/in-romney-mormons-see-path-to-christian-mainstream.html

http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2012/05/21/a-new-translation-to-allow-for-evolution-and-millions-of-years/

http://io9.com/5911969/lies-youve-been-told-about-the-pacific-garbage-patch

http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/shannon-hayes/gainful-unemployment

http://www.cracked.com/article_19832_5-iconic-pop-culture-moments-improvised-at-last-second.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/21/flaming-rocks-that-ignited-in-womans-pocket-were-coated-in-phosphorus/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/hospital-debt-collection-health-care_n_1528124.html?ref=business

http://longform.org/

http://www.alternet.org/sex/155461/why_do_sex_scandals_destroy_democrats_but_not_republicans/?page=entire

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/16/in-pursuit-of-the-unknown-ian-stewart/

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/ken_bennett_birther_hawaii_arizona_emails.php?ref=fpa

http://bigthink.com/ideas/should-psychologists-just-butt-out-of-politics

http://thesecretyumiverse.wonderhowto.com/blog/pickpocket-proof-yourself-from-thieving-hands-0135191/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sloan-wilson/evolutionary-religious-studies_b_1524227.html

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/05/21/2531238/court-denies-survivors-benefits.html

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/evolution/How-Dogs-See-the-World-The-Evolutionary-Story-of-Color-Vision.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/21/fox-news.html

http://www.good.is/post/the-least-worst-juice-cleanse-a-three-day-liquid-diet-that-won-t-make-you-want-to-die/

http://homebrewedchristianity.com/2012/05/21/creation-out-of-nothing-is-overrated-for-tony-jones/

http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/routine-emergencies/it-s-complicated-zuckerberg-chan-and-intermarriage-among-jews.premium-1.431937

http://www.alternet.org/story/155499/today%27s_gop%3A_worst_political_party_since_the_civil_war?page=entire

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/peterenns/2012/05/what-biblical-scholars-do-since-you-were-likely-losing-sleep-about-it/

http://www.amazon.com/The-Face-Deep-Theology-Becoming/dp/0415256496/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/22-0

http://bigthink.com/postcards-from-zizek/less-than-nothing-2

http://nplusonemag.com/fresno

http://bigthink.com/book-of-the-month/less-than-nothing

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/tonyjones/2012/05/21/when-should-a-church-schism/

http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/eighteen_life_size_female_mannequin_nutcrackers

http://io9.com/5912201/do-you-suffer-from-answer-syndrome

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0522/Two-harrowing-US-military-rescues-offer-haunting-portrait-of-Afghan-war/(page)/2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=711bZ_pLusQ&feature=youtu.be

http://imgur.com/D7stp

http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/60-students-suspended-biking-school.html

http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/5983/a_year_after_the_non-apocalypse:_where_are_they_now/

quote:

When the world failed to end, they clung more tightly to their belief. Rather than folding, they doubled down.

A psychologist might call this confirmation bias, that is, the tendency to accept only evidence that confirms what you already believe, to search for pieces that fit your puzzle. We’re all guilty of it at times. But that label doesn’t fully explain the willingness to suspend disbelief: Believers selectively accepted evidence that caused them to quit their jobs, alienate friends and family, and stand on street corners absorbing abuse from passers-by. There is something else going on.

In a recent email, he wrote that he had “definitely lost an incredible amount of faith” and hadn’t touched his Bible in months. These days he’s not sure what or whether to believe. “It makes me wonder just how malleable our minds can be. It all seemed so real, like it made so much sense, but it wasn’t right,” he wrote. “It leaves a lot to think about.”

http://www.truthdig.com/report/page2/the_nearly_1_trillion_national_security_budget_20120522/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/05/22/synthetic-biologists-turn-dna-into-rewritable-digital-data-storage/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120522114643.htm

http://news.discovery.com/animals/bugs-streetlights-120522.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/may/22/why-are-we-abandoning-afghans/