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• ⇒ An insatiable need to be right which masks a deep fear of being wrong?
• ⇒ A high need to expect others to see it our way?
• ⇒ An inability to say, "I don't know." and "I was wrong"?
• ⇒ A feeling of being threatened from new ideas from other people?
• ⇒ A fear of hearing new information that threatens our beliefs?
• ⇒ A preoccupation with winning approval from a god or other people?
• ⇒ The need to always be seen as tough, powerful and strong?
• ⇒ A belief that others who disagree with us are wrong and should change?

I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their hearts freely. And therefore, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!

Those are the words of Charles Dickens, and I have completely come around to his point of view.

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Just 40 years after a famous TIME magazine cover asked "Is God Dead?" the answer appears to be a resounding "No!" According to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life in a recent issue of Foreign Policy magazine, "Why God is Winning."

This is a critical moment in the human situation, and The Science Network in association with the Crick-Jacobs Center brought together an extraordinary group of scientists and philosophers to explore answers to these questions. The conversation took place at the Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA from November 5-7, 2006.

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Many Christians profess to be Bible-believing yet seem to lack knowledge of the most basic character of their scriptures. There are, of course, many who claim to know the Bible. Indeed, Christians are often able to speak in generic terms with regard to certain teachings considered to be important. However, when pressed for details and/or critical analysis of a particular position, most founder and are given to simply repeating what they've already asserted.

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