Much of the current skepticism about science may have had its roots in the now mostly dead Intelligent Design movement: bit.ly/47Z0AYz

My latest Flatland column -- about 9/11 families like mine and a colleague's continuing to be denied justice -- now is online here: bit.ly/4nTJrnR

What caused the current round of skepticism about science and its findings? Maybe we should start with the old Intelligent Design movement. On my blog here: billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/did-intell... and here: bit.ly/47Z0AYz

Remember the "Intelligent Design" movement to explain creation? We may have I.D. to thank for today's skepticism of science: On my blog here bit.ly/47Z0AYz and here billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/did-intell...

My last "Faith Matters" Blog post on Typepad will appear tomorrow morning. But fear not, I'm moving to Substack. You can subscribe (for free or a pittance -- your choice) at: substack.com/@billtammeus... And then I'll be only on Substack starting Oct. 1. Hope to see you there.

The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education is presenting an important program about antisemitism on Sunday, Oct. 19. Details and how to make reservations are here: mchekc.org/navigating-h.... The event is called "Navigating Holocaust Memory Amid Contemporary Antisemitism."

A new, distressing history book focuses on the many ways religion shaped so many disastrous developments in the Western Hemisphere over the last 500 years: You'll find my Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog here: bit.ly/429gnAf and here: billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/a-new-impo...

The complicated history of the Americas -- North, Central and South -- has much to do with all that religion got wrong in this hemisphere, along with the occasional good it did: bit.ly/429gnAf and billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/a-new-impo...

If you know how difficult it is to translate scripture into a different language, now imagine turning stories from an AI Bible into videos. Oh, my: bit.ly/4mobpa4 or billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/what-if-an...

Translating scripture from its original language(s) into English is no easy task even for experts. Which is why I can't imagine what telling sacred text stories in AI-created video would be like: either bit.ly/4mobpa4 or billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/what-if-an...

Sacred scripture is difficult to translate from its original language into other languages, but attempting to put it in a video form may be a fool's errand: Read about that here bit.ly/4mobpa4 or here: billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/what-if-an...

This is just a reminder that my Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog is moving to Substack because its current host, Typepad, quits business on Sept. 30. After that (and even now) you'll find the blog at substack.com/@billtammeus... Please join me there. Feel free to use the "free" subscribe option. Thanks.

You can find a new blog post from me -- about people criticizing empathy -- in two places today. Here: bit.ly/4mjPsc2 and here: billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/is-empathy...

Somehow the concept of empathy is being slandered and diminished as just "woke" nonsense. How did we get here? Read my Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog here on Typepad (bit.ly/4mjPsc2) or here on Substack (billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/is-empathy...)

When we consider all the beautiful gifts we find in nature, maybe the greatest gift of all is the mystery of how The Artist created them: bit.ly/46qo4Dx

The natural world is full of wonders, but are these the most important gifts we find there? A trip to the Sealife Animal Center in Seward, Alaska, tells me maybe not: bit.ly/46qo4Dx

In a post on my Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog today written from Seward, Alaska, I write about the incredible breadth and depth of nature's gifts to us but conclude the real gift may be something else: billtammeus.typepad.com/my_weblog/20...

This is a reminder that although my Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog will publish early Saturday on its host, Typepad, that host will quit business Sept. 30. After that you'll find the blog only on Substack, but you need to subscribe (it's free unless you want to pay) at substack.com/@billtammeus...

Some definitions of religion are so narrow that they miss much of what authentic faith traditions offer. A visit to totem poles in Alaska convinced me of that: bit.ly/4ghV1q3

Just what is religion all about? Perhaps much more than most people imagine. Lessons from Alaska: bit.ly/4ghV1q3

Do you know the richness of your religious tradition? The author of a new book describes how she ignored all of that until one day she awoke to the treasure that could be hers: bit.ly/47wmFgO

Judaism has existed for some 4,000 years, but the author of this new book dismissed it as irrelevant -- until she didn't. Then it changed her life: bit.ly/47wmFgO

If you're looking for my weekend Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog, I'm afraid my hosting site, Typepad, has gone down and has been down for a long time. See my note about this on Substack at substack.com/@billtammeus.... When Typepad returns I'll post the blog and let you know.

I know Typepad is going out of business at the end of this month, but does anyone know why it seems shut down tonight? Can't log in. Only the log-in page is available.

News about my Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog: My blog host, Typepad, goes kaput September 30, so I'll move my blog -- which has been on Typepad for more than two decades -- to Substack. Find and follow me here: billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/my-blog-is... I hope you'll sign up. Many thanks.

Is the end of the world near? To hear the always-wrong forecasters, it has been near since the very beginning: bit.ly/45LLpAw

I was asked to write an essay in response to Thomas Jay Oord's new book about God not being omnipotent. That essay now is online along with Oord's response to it. You find that here: c4ort.com/essays/an-am...

A little news about my "Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog." It's leaving Typepad and moving to Substack as of Sept. 1. Details here on how to keep finding it when that happens: billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/my-blog-is...

My latest Flatland column -- about the Mayor's KC Reparations Coalition -- now is online: flatlandkc.org/civic-affair...

My bride and I have been wandering around Alaska for 10 days. But we're back, which means my blog will get back to whatever normal is this Wednesday: bit.ly/3HMZlky

This blog will soon return to whatever normal is: bit.ly/3HMZlky

Should we have "chaplains" in public schools? The quote marks around the word chaplains is a clue that this idea needs deep vetting: bit.ly/4lI1cVx

Some people are pushing the idea of chaplains in public schools. Let's take that concept really slowly and carefully: bit.ly/4lI1cVx

Should we all be legally allowed to kill ourselves when we want? The legal euthanasia program in Canada is raising that and other ethical and moral questions: bit.ly/45OZZGf

The idea of legal euthanasia for desperately ill people has spread -- so widely, in fact, that its practice in Canada is raising difficult ethical questions we all need to consider: bit.ly/45OZZGf

Should people of faith support the idea of medically assisted death, or euthanasia? Canada's system of allowing that is raising some serious questions about the whole issue: bit.ly/45OZZGf

The world seems full of pain and disaster some days -- from Gaza to Sudan and beyond. How can our brains -- and hearts -- contain all this? bit.ly/4mobjQu

The suffering in both Gaza and Sudan is beyond measure. So what can we Americans do about any of it? Some thoughts: bit.ly/4mobjQu

After a difficult end my marriage to my first wife, who just died, my congregation did what it should have done -- surround me with love and support. Does your faith community do that? bit.ly/4fARZNg

When people are in need or grief, one vital role for a faith community is to be a supportive presence. The recent death of my first wife is a reminder of that important role: bit.ly/4fARZNg

My first wife's recent death and what happened when our marriage ended is a reminder of how faith communities can provide support to people who need it: bit.ly/4fARZNg

Over the years, Christian missionaries from the U.S. have done many good things for needy people overseas. But there's another, darker side of that story that needs to be told -- and is, here: bit.ly/45dAoHU

American Christian missionaries have worked in many places around the world. But what has life for their families been like? Here's a troubling account from the inside: bit.ly/45dAoHU

What do right-wing media outlets and religions have in common? More than you'd think, a new study says: bit.ly/4m8vbXR

What's the difference between right-wing news media and religion? A new study answers this way: Not much: bit.ly/4m8vbXR

Do right-wing media outlets really function like religions? A new study says yes: bit.ly/4m8vbXR

If a religion's creeds differ from one another and even disagree about things, what good are they? Good question. Plus a note about a family death on my blog today: bit.ly/3UfuQWY

On the anniversary of the adoption of the Nicene Creed 1,700 years ago, you'll find thoughts about such creeds on my blog today along with a note about a death in my extended family of someone many of you may have known: bit.ly/3UfuQWY

The silence of others is one of the tools oppressors count on to hide what they're doing to us. So we must break our silence: bit.ly/4mlY1DA

When injustice and just plain evil are spreading, the only moral, ethical, right thing to do is to speak out against it however we can: bit.ly/4mlY1DA